This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jwg3 Surnames: Brougham, Broom, Broome, McBroom, Green Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.brougham/40.7.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: rickbrou92 (Richard Brougham) & everyone subscribed or reading, Your info on how to pronounce Brougham is very interesting to me. My mom was born a Broom & said her father b. 1864 said our name was originally Brougham. I can find no evidence of this, but a Y-DNA match with Broughams would be great evidence. Most Brooms & Broomes & McBrooms in the Broom DNA project at FTDNA.com match. No Brougham has ever tested their Y-DNA. I keep hoping one will test their DNA one day. The ideal place to test Y-DNA is FTDNA and the ideal starting test is Y-DNA37 (37 marker analysis). It can be upgraded later & their are sales on upgrading about twice a year. The shipping & handling charge is $5 within the USA & $7 outside the USA. If you want more info email me directly at [email protected] & I can be more helpful. Incidently, I am pleased to report we now know our Brooms are DF63. That is our deepest SNP (i.e. deepest clade -- y-haplogroup within the tree of all humans). I am very proud we know it this precisely. By contrast my Greens are Z11 Greens so I have incorporated that into my surname below. To keep from boring, I will stop here. Sincerely, James W. Green-R-Z11 III 285 Agnew Road Winnsboro SC 29180-6975 803-635-9236 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.