This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Young Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/7aB.2ACEAE/451.2 Message Board Post: Hello, My name is Andrew H. Young and I have started a Surname Project for males with the surname YOUNG (all spellings). The Y chromosome is passed through the generations unchanged from father to son. You and/or other males within your family with the surname YOUNG can benefit greatly from participation in this project. LADIES, encourage male YOUNGs in your family to join this project and your family is involved and will benefit from the genealogical information and relationships discovered. Family Tree DNA is offering the test to us at a group rate discount. Among the benefits possible through participation are the opportunities to: 1. Identify others who are related 2. Prove or disprove theories regarding ancestors 3. Solve brick walls in your research 4. Determine a location for further research 5. Validate existing research This systematic, proven method of determining paternal relations can be very cost effective in proving genealogical relationships from the distant past and leapfrog you back to a wealth of substantiated data. I encourage you and/or male YOUNGS in your family to participate in and benefit from this opportunity to learn more about our ancestors. For more insight into the DNA project you may go to this site: http://www.familytreedna.com/ I will receive NO benefits other than those received by other participants. I am looking forward to hearing from males with the surname YOUNG. Thank you, Andrew H. Young