Good morning Jim, 197 distinct lines - wow. A question for you as I'm just learning about this tool. My tree is such and I was wondering if there was anyway I could try to connect to one of the Brown lines? I belong with the Family Tree Beckwith group. William P. Brown born abt. 1794 England William H. Brown born 8-12-1832 New Brunswick, Canada Deborah A. Brown born 5-10-1873 New Brunswick, Canada Gerald Beckwith born 5-2-1907 Charles Beckwith born 1-9-1932 Douglas Beckwith born 7-19-1953. Any help is appreciated. Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 10:11 AM Subject: [BROWN] Brown DNA Update Good morning Brown researchers and descendants! The Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study now has results for 334 men, who fall (so far!) into some 197 unrelated, biologically distinct lines. This diversity of origins for the Brown surname continues to surprise, although most of us who have followed the DNA project should be accustomed to the phenomenon by now! The project's revised website now places our "matched" participants into 59 groups, which contain a total of 196 men. We believe there's better than a 50-50 chance that the members of any specific group share a common Brown ancestry within the "surname era," that is, since about 1400 AD. For many of the groups, moreover, we can be reasonably confident that their common Brown ancestors lived within the past 350 years or so. (In the meantime, another 138 project participants are still waiting for their first potentially significant matches.) If you'd like more information on the Brown DNA Study, please see the URL at the bottom of my signature block below. Or please feel free to e-mail me directly. Best regards, Jim Brown (James Armistead Brown, Jr.) Project Co-Administrator Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> or [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://brownsociety.org/browndna/dna-brown.htm<http://brownsociety.org/browndna/dna-brown.htm> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message