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/rw/hZ.2ADIB/1523.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Stephanie, Did you know that there is an ongoing Allison/Ellison DNA Project? The paternal ancestry charts of participants in the Allison/Ellison Y-chromosome DNA Project are at this URL: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~allisonellisondna/index.htm We have our website available on the web to help all Allison/Ellison researchers find others who are researching the same Allison/Ellison line. The more participants who join the DNA Project, the more information there will be available and the easier it will be for all of us to find our long-lost cousins. Y-Chromosome DNA is passed from father to son down through the generations just as surnames are passed from father to son. Only men inherit the Y-chromosome, therefore only men can be participants in a Y-chromosome DNA Family Reconstruction Project. For our surname DNA project, the Y-Chromosome DNA samples can only be provided by Allison or Ellison males who have the ALLISON / ELLISON Surname. If you have a male descendant of your mother's Allison line (uncle, nephew, cousin... even a distant male cousin) who HAS the ALLISON surname and is interested in joining the DNA Project, I'll be glad to share further info about cost, how to join, etc. All the best, Mary Allison Yonan Co-ordinator, Allison/Ellison DNA Project yonan@fgi.net Allison/Ellison DNA Project Results website: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~allisonellisondna/index.htm Member of the International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG) www.isogg.org