Hi, I am interested in getting a DNA project started to prove or refute common ancestry of our Blakley/Blakely/Blakeley/Blakeney/Blakeslee/Blakesley or simuliar spelled names. The test to do do this is a "Y" chromosome test done on a male of the above surnames. If you match on 11 to 12 of the 12 test points currently used you have a common male ancestor. If a female is interested in this she would need a brother or male cousin to be tested since females do not have "Y" chromosomes. This is the website to the company that we are using for DNA comparison. You can get more information here and order the test kit also. Due to the fact that different companies use different test points you can not make a comparison if you test with a different company. http://www.familytreedna.com/ This is the link to subscribe to the Rootsweb GENEALOGY-DNA mail list where you can see what is going on with other families and issues about DNA. A very good place to ask questions. http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GENEALOGY-DNA.html Here is a link to the Boone Family DNA site which has good information and links to even more surname DNA family projects http://www.members.tripod.com/dellariola/ Because of the cost some people may want to share the cost with siblings or cousins. If you have the same male grandfather your "Y" DNA will be the same. There is also a female, mitochrondial DNA, test that can be done which I also did because of special pricing to do both test at once. If you view your pedigree chart the only two lines you can test on are the outside lines, ie. your father, his father.... and your mother, her mother.... Gary Blakely