This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: pepperdog_1 Surnames: holt Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.holt/3177.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: To get your DNA done you have a few options. What I did was to have my father participate in the National Geographic Genographic project(https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/?fs=www5.nationalgeographic.com ). For males you can either have them test the x chromasomes (DNA from the mothers side) or Y Chromasomes (male line of DNA). I had the Y Chromasomes tested. When I got the results they told me that if I wanted to share the information to click a box and it was shared with familytreedna.com. then I went to familytreedna.com and found I could see who else I was a match with or I could also join a group. I joined the Holt DNA group where you can see other Holts DNA groupings and get a feel for which family you are most closely aligned with. (http://www.holtfamilydnaproject.com/) The other option is to go to familytreedna.com direclt (http://www.familytreedna.com/Default.aspx? ) and order tests through them. I believe the costs are about the same. At the time the cost was $99/kit. If you go to the national geographic site you will see that your purchase of a kit goes towards a bigger gene research project looking at migration patterns and collecting DNA samples from remote populations around the world. It is all very intersting. I assume that over time I will learn more about the family as more people participate. You will not learn details about recent family....but you will get a rough idea on where people came from... and how they migrated over thousands of years. Neat stuff Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.