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For many of our Low families, the only way that we will ever get by our "brick walls" is with DNA results.
My brick wall is Thomas Low (died 1829) of Lincoln County, N.C. I have a good idea of where he may plug into a Low family tree, but there are no written records to confirm.
My father is at present doing the DNA test. We are hopeful that his results will tell us to which Low/Lowe family tree we attach. And we further hope that his DNA will match to one of the persons that has already tested, but there are so many different Lowe families that many more testers are needed. (Approximately 50 Lowes have currently tested.) Testers are especially needed that have proven genealogical lines into the 17th and 18th Centuries. Those of us that do the test to get by a brick wall need this information. It is of little help to match to another tester if that other tester does not know his genealogy back several generations.
I have been deeply involved with a DNA project for another family, and can attest to how well DNA testing can work to get researchers past brick walls. It can also be used to confirm your conclusions from the written records. It can also be used to disprove your conclusions from the written records. In one case, the DNA testing for that other project disproved the conclusions from the written records, and proved a connection to a different family with the same last name. That family now knows from who they really descend!
Please consider testing if you are a male with the last name of Low/Lowe/Lough/Loe, or recruit a male Low cousin to test. The test is easy and only involves a swab to gather saliva to test. There are no needles or blood involved!
Go to the Lowe family DNA project website for more information and to see current results:
http://dnastudy.baileyconnection.com/lowehome.htm
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