Some help with genealogy please?

[Coemgen]

Well, my mom's side of the family is remarkably very well documented - at least, for those who lived in the U. S. There are family reunions ad such that have put together comprehensive lists and such. The oldest members came over to the US in the 1600's, and beyond that it's fuzzy anyway, and I'm just trying to figure out where I came from.

It's really my Father's side I'm interested in, and that has the least information! I'd get one of the packages from Family Tree DNA, but I don't have a spare $900 sitting around waiting to be spent.

[gilmore]

Their most expensive Y DNA is only about $300, as I recall. You can always get the cheapest one, a 12 marker test, and if you get a 12 out of 12 match with some one, you can then upgrade it and test for more markers to see how closely you are related to him.