·    Discover information to help with our family history research

·    Discover which family trees are related

·    Discover information which may solve research problems, and/or resolve brick walls

·    Bridge gaps in the paper records

·    Work with the Trethewy Society to discover more information to link established and unidentified  lines of descent

·    Discover information to define the major branches of the tree going back to the origin of the surname

·    Preserve DNA results for future research, to protect against any male line becoming extinct

·    Discover information about our distant origins