This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: wwetmore819 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/232.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: It would be useful to know where these Bonnells were born and where they lived as adults. Just a suggestion. Forgive me if you know all this, but here goes: For DNA testing, you need Y chromosomes, which are passed down unchanged from father to son to grandson. I.e., you would have to be a direct MALE-LINE descendant -- and a male yourself, of course; females don't have Y chromosomes. Now, I'm a direct descendant of Loyalist Isaac Bonnell of New Jersey and then Nova Scotia -- but via his granddaughter Maryanne Sophia Bonnell Wetmore, my great-great grandmother. I'm a direct male-line descendant of her husband Timothy Robert Wetmore of Gagetown, New Brunswick. (I'm still searching for Isaac's antecedents -- my primary"brick wall.") I participated in the Wetmore DNA project and verified that I am indeed a Wetmore. I have one marker that's different from those of other participants, but that's a normal mutation. Best regards, Warren Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.