Last week I wrote >The Y-DNA test (25 marker) costs $169, and that is more than some >can afford. At the same time, they would be happy to take the test >if it didn't cost quite so much. I suggested that perhaps some of the rest of us could help. Since then I have received several encouraging emails including two that have offered to provide financial help to enable other Bowles lines to be tested. So here is the opportunity: if you or someone you know is a male Bowles descendent, and you want to join the DNA project, but the cost has been more than you can afford, contact me privately at [mailto:hartley@iglou.com] (you should be able to click on this link to send me a message) and we will discuss the arrangements. While many of us are interested in the Bowles lines that came through Virginia, North Carolina, and Maryland to Kentucky and beyond, this offer is not limited to those lines. I look forward to hearing from you. Charlie Hartley Bowles DNA Project Administrator [mailto:hartley@iglou.com]