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] or [email protected] http://brownsociety.org/browndna/dna-brown.htm