I am considering buying a Y-DNA test in the familytreeDNA sale. I have had my own mtDNA fully tested with interesting results - my maternal ancestry seems to have been in Devon since the last Ice Age! Our male WAYCOTT bloodline will die out in my generation (though not the name, thanks to deed poll). I have 2 brothers and a male cousin, one of whom I am hoping to persuade to test. Eventually we may be able to link up with other WAYCOTT lines. I'd be grateful for suggestions for the best test to choose, for ONS purposes as well as family tree. Maureen Kenchington Researching: Waycott, Fewings, Piper, Burgoyne, Johns, Phillips, Paddon, Streat; Morrish, Rowd*n, Pike, Lowder, Flood, Parsons and others. All in glorious Devon! Member of the Guild of One Name Studies (Waycott) http://www.one-name.org/profiles/waycott

Hi Maureen For your one-name study you should get one of your brothers to do a 37-marker Y-DNA test. You can buy this test all year round from the Guild for £80 inclusive of postage: http://www.one-name.org/members/sales/DNAkits.html If you buy a 37-marker kit in the FTDNA sale you would also have to pay the postage which is $9.95 per kit so it's generally cheaper to buy from the Guild, and the Guild also gets a small percentage on each sale. I strongly recommend that you contact Susan Meates, the Guild's DNA Advisor, so that you can get a project set up for the Waycott surname. It doesn't matter if your brother is the only person in the project. It's important to reserve the name while you have the chance. You can just run the project on a passive basis. You can contact Susan at dna@one-name.org. She will do all the project set up for you. If one of your brothers takes the test do make sure that you also add him to my Devon DNA Project: https://www.familytreedna.com/public/devon For family history purposes it would also be a good idea to get both your brothers and your cousin to take the Family Finder autosomal DNA test. Although you've already tested yourself it helps to test as many close family members as possible, especially if your parents aren't available for testing. You and your two brothers will each inherit different percentages of DNA from your various ancestors and they might well pick up matches that you don't get. There are various coupons available for $10 off the Family Finder test so if you use one of those it will only cost $79 (£51) in the sale. Best wishes Debbie Kennett Member no. 4554 Cruwys/Cruse/Cruise one-name study -----Original Message----- From: goons-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:goons-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Maureen Kenchington via Sent: 02 December 2014 11:36 To: GOONS@rootsweb.com Subject: [G] Which DNA test? I am considering buying a Y-DNA test in the familytreeDNA sale. I have had my own mtDNA fully tested with interesting results - my maternal ancestry seems to have been in Devon since the last Ice Age! Our male WAYCOTT bloodline will die out in my generation (though not the name, thanks to deed poll). I have 2 brothers and a male cousin, one of whom I am hoping to persuade to test. Eventually we may be able to link up with other WAYCOTT lines. I'd be grateful for suggestions for the best test to choose, for ONS purposes as well as family tree. Maureen Kenchington