This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Goff, Gough, Goffe Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5MZ.2ACEB/1163 Message Board Post: The initial results for the Goff/Gough/Goffe Surname DNA Study have been received. The 25 marker tests show three distinct male lineages and are posted at http://home.comcast.net/~philgoff/GoffBook.htm We need male Goff descendants of John Turton Goff (d 1803 VA) and Thomas Goff (c1747-1824 KY) to participate in order to clarify the Y chromosome DNA markers for the father of the four Goff brothers of western Virginia. We are also seeking a male descendant of George Gray Goff, son of Salathiel Goff. In addition, male Goff descendants of Ishom Goff and other Goff families are encouraged to sign up to help determine if a common link exists between the various Goff families. There is a $25 discount available for the first male Goff descendant of any of the above mentioned families to sign up at http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?code=K13572&special=True&projecttype=S To receive the discount, please signup using the "invoice" method.