Many Arnett/Arnott researchers have had difficulty connecting the various Arnett/Arnott families in America before 1790 (the year of the first U.S. census). We have also found it difficult to connect with our cousins on the other side of the ocean. We hope that with DNA evidence we can shore up suspected links between our families. We also hope that we can find a genetic link to Arnetts/Arnotts in the British Isles, where we suspect our ancestors to have come from. If we can make a genetic connection with families in Europe, it will make it much easier to research back on those lines to find our probable immigrant to America.