One way to start this is to get all Bryant tested then sort into Hoplogroups. There are only Three Bryant's, Three Bryan's and O'Bryant in Irish Type III that Dennis Wright is working to see if we descend from Brian Boru. You can see his work on that here! http://au.geocities.com/t120r61/Surnames.htm You can see part of what of my cousin and I did here! http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ourbryants/bryantsite7.htm We need more that 55 Bryant's tested for this to work for everybody, get tested. john b. Keith wrote John, Hi!, I am getting more confused than ever, please explain the Theory behind the Project, whose DNA are you comparing???, surely not Brian Boru, Count Brienne, or any other Ancient?. or is it to ascertain if all in any Family are truly Descendants of the same Parents, or Grand Parents.??. and also, do we Really have to know?. Keith W. BRYANT. ============================================================= If you go to this link there is a very good slide show on Hoplogroups http://www.dnaheritage.com/haplogroups/SNP_procedure_split_1.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message