I've been asked for further information on the five gentlemen who have had their DNA tested. They are: Richard Baxter Downing (of Viking origin), Clyde Downing, Ray Downing, Richard Lynn Downing, and James Downing, the last four being of western European origin. There is at least one sample pending from Daniel Downing. Here is the explanation I received from the group sponsoring our project regarding the Viking heritage if anyone is interested: "Scandinavians and Englishmen come from different genetic gene pools, separated by at least 30, perhaps 40,000 years. During the last Ice Age a group of men in western Europe lived in Spain and then moved north into all of western Europe. Their genetic group is called R1b. Another group, called Group I moved north and east out of Siberia after the end of the last Ice Age eventually finding a home in Scandinavia. So when we find men who are in group I living in the British Isles it's pretty clear that they are downstream from the Viking expansion." Again, if anyone wishes to participate, please contact me. Lynda Roberts Downing DNA Project Administrator