I am the administrator for the Tow/Towe/Tower/Towers DNA Surname project on familytreedna.com. We currently have two participants with more coming on-board. One is a known descendant of William & Rebecca Lance Tow. Since so many of these lines seemed to spring from the south or the North Carolina area, we hope to find a connection between these.

Evidence seems to point to Jesse & Nancy Haws Tow as the parents of this William. We are looking for a male descendant of Jesse & Nancy.

Go to this link:
http://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Tow/Towe/...

To participate, you must be a direct male descendant. The surname of Tower/Towers has been added since we do know that one branch out of William and Rebecca Lance Tow changed the surname to Tower/Towers.

I will say I'm nowhere near understanding all that this DNA testing tells...so I am not able to answer any questions on what all this is telling us other than whether or not lines are related. Familytreedna.com was chosen due to the time frame they have been conducting this service, references from others who have used the service and reliability. I also asked others who have done the project which marker test they recommended and the majority said the 37 marker test that runs about $153 to do.

Tony Pope