I am the Project Administrator for the Ivey/Ivy/Ivie Y-DNA Surname Project at FamilyTree DNA. The Busby/Busbee/Busbice-Ivey/Ivy/Ivie match is actually as great as 67/67 for some participants, so it's a certainty that one family line from each of the larger families has a common ancestor at some point in time. It's my personal guess that this point was in very early Virginia or Maryland, but it's still possible that it might have occurred in the Caribbean Islands or Western Europe. It won't be possible to sort this out until we find new participants with documented places of origin whose Y-DNA results match those we currently have. Jerry L Ivey http://www.jlivey.com/dna -----Original Message----- From: busby-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:busby-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gc-gateway@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 10:54 PM To: BUSBY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BUSBY] mary busby - eli hall This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: moss2008 Surnames: Busby - Ivy Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.busby/2034.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for the information, I found that years ago and have wondered about the circumstances. I have very little information on Allen, we had ruled him out as being a father to my John Washington, I will look at my notes and send you what I have. In your research have you come across a Busby - Ivy connection? Our DNA matches exact on the 37 marker to the Ivy family of Jackson co., Al. with a 84% chance of a common ancestor within four generations. I have been looking for some time and have found nothing. Barbara