Often finding a Johnston/e ancestor is like searching for the proverbial needle in a hay stack. For those of us with ancestors who spent some time in Ireland finding documentation is often a nightmare. Y-DNA testing has provided many of us Johnston/es with a valuable genealogy tool. While most Johnston/es are of Celtic origin a small group of us are of Danish Viking ancestry. Many of us are descendants of Herbert & his son Symon of Johnston, Nese, Glennybank and Poldean. We invite all interested individuals to participate with us on our new Yahoo group site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnstonsInPoldean/ In the Files section there are a several files with our Y-DNA information. One file has 3 Sheets. We welcome any and all informed opinions and assistance that you all can give us. The Johnston/es who descended from Herbert and his son Symon (ca. 1500) settled within a 4.5-5 mile radius of Moffatt for the most part in the early days. Dumfries was also popular. After the sale of Poldean in 1742 they appear to have traveled to the 4 corners of the world. If you have this "popular" name and have run into the proverbial brickwall, have your Y-DNA tested, find out if you are one of us and welcome aboard. Good hunting, Cliff. Johnston "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay