More results are in. They prove that three of us all descend from a common Barrett ancestor. The results do not prove who we descend from, but our paper trail does. Two members of the group descend from Reuben's son John. The other member descends from Reuben's son Arthur. With three exact matches we have a good base for the family of Reuben. Any male Barrett who want to find out if he descends from this line can purchase a kit. When their results are back, if they match the three of us they will know that that have a common ancestor with us. Again, this will not prove that they descend from Reuben, only that they have a common ancestor. They still have to find the link. What we don't have is a good base for the family of Arthur Barrett who married Rebecca Barton. Most of us have believed that this Arthur and our Reuben were brothers. We have one sample from Arthur's family. The results from that sample are not close to the three of us who descend from Reuben. We MUST have additional samples from the family of Arthur Barrett and Rebecca Barton to prove anything. If you have any contact with any member of Arthur's family, please encourage them to look for male Barrett descendants and have them to contact me. There are several family trees on the internet for the family of Arthur and Rebecca, but I have not been able to find out who generated these trees. I don't understand why anyone would bother to put their information on the internet and not provide contact information. Jim Barrett Bedford, TX [email protected] Barrett Surname DNA Project http://www.flash.net/~parino/barrett-family-dna-project.htm Barrett Family Reunion - Greenville, SC http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barrettbranches/reunion2003.html Powell Surname DNA Project