It isn't meant to be exclusionary. It's just a matter of biology that the Y chromosome is passed only from father to son. Judy in Ocala -----Original Message----- From: hill-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:hill-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Javbst@aol.com Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 8:16 PM To: hill@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HILL] dna testing I support the DNA testing if that can be a useful tool for research, though I asked Aaron about Hill DNA testing and in emails to me he replied that since I wasnt a Hill it was for only, I also was told that by one of the testing labs noted here in the discussion ... yet my great grandfather was a Hill and my grandmother a Hill, so I really dont understand the exclusionary basis of this testing. B Rgds, Scotty Hartigan ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HILL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message