This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Allison, Ellison Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hZ.2ADIB/1655.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The type of DNA that is tested in our Allison/Ellison DNA project is Y-chromosome DNA. Only men inherit the Y-chromosome, therefore only men with the Allison or Ellison or Ellyson surnames can be participants in the Allison/Ellison/Ellyson Y-chromosome DNA Family Reconstruction Project. Women can't participate by providing a DNA sample, but they can partipate by encouraging a male in her Allison line to become a participant. She can also participate by helping to pay for all or part of the cost of a DNA test. Y-Chromosome DNA is passed from father to son down through the generations just as surnames are passed from father to son. In other words, the Y-Chromosome DNA samples can only be provided by Allison or Ellison or Ellyson males who have the ALLISON / ELLISON / ELLYSON Surname. I hope that I've explained that clearly. If you have a living male relative with the Allison/Ellison surname, he would have the same DNA as your Allison/Ellison male line and he would be an ideal participant to represent your Allison line in the Allison/Ellison Y-chromosome DNA project. Our Allison/Ellison DNA Project Results webpage is online. The URL is: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~allisonellisondna/index.htm When you click on Participant #24627 on the DNA results chart, you will see his paternal ancestry chart. He has Allison ancestors who lived in Bedford Co., TN. in the early to mid 1800s. Perhaps you share a common Allison ancestry with him. The Family Tree DNA Company (FTDNA) is offering at reduced prices three different Y-chromosome DNA paternal ancestry tests to registered family groups like our ALLISON/ELLISON group: (1) the 12 marker test for $99 (US dollars) (2) the 25 Marker test for $169 (US dollars) (3) the 37 Marker test for $229 (US dollars) It is necessary to add $2 shipping cost. A participant does not pay for the DNA test kit when he places the order. He will include a check when he mails the DNA sample back to Family Tree DNA. The link below can be used by an Allison or Ellison or Ellyson male who might wish to submit his name, mailing address,e-mail address, etc. to order a DNA sample kit to be mailed to him and join the Allison/Ellison DNA Project. http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?code=H99693 All the best, Mary Allison Yonan