This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dowell, Dewell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/AST.2ACEB/574 Message Board Post: The Dowell Y-Chromosome DNA Project is now more than two years old. So far we have results back on 20 males. These results have identified two distinctly separate groups of early settlers of Colonial Virginia and one group of early settlers of Colonial Maryland, some of whom migrated to North Carolina right after the Revolutionary War. In addition, two Dewells biologically unrelated to each other or to any of the Dowells have been tested. One Dowell from England and one from early North Carolina have also been tested who are outliers from any of the other males so far tested. We are actively seeking male Dowells from various parts of the UK to join our project. If you or anyone you know would be willing to be pursuaded to join our endeavor, please contact me for more information. All that is required from you is a few swabs from the inside of your cheek. So far we have not matched with any of the McDowells tested although many oral traditions suggest connections.