Several Coats/Coate/Coates families lived in Alabama in the 1800s. Were they related at all? To find out, we need to get more male descendants of Coates/Coats/Coate to take the Y chromosome (DNA) test. Three of my Coats line have taken it (It takes about 10 seconds to swab the inside of your cheek; then it must be mailed to the lab), and lo, we are related, plus we have about ten new, distant relatives. The problem is that there as yet are many branches in this family that would help us solve many family connections, so the links to the other relatives are as yet unknown and the kinship may be back 100s of years! So we need more males to take the test! So far 34 Coates/Coate/Coates males have been tested, and 11 distinct family lines have been identified, plus there are some that have no matches. Test results are posted here: http://www.coatsarchive.us/dna.htm For more info regarding the Coats/Coate/Coates DNA tests, go to: http://www.coatsarchive.us/dna.htm Remember DNA doesn't lie...except in the O.J. Simpson trial! ( : 0) Charlotte Coats -- Always Remember: Without documentation, genealogy is mythology! Coats Archive http://www.coatsarchive.us