This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RaymondKelly91 Surnames: KELLEY, KELLY, O'KELLY Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.kelley/5049/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Greetings to All, We now have 153 participants.132 Test Results are posted on our Website. 66 participants have a 12 Marker Match with another related participant. This consists of, 2 Groups of 7, 2 Groups of 6, 1 Group of 5, 3 Groups of 3, and 13 Groups of 2. We have 66 participants with no match. Our 132 Test Results represent 87 unique, unrelated, KELLY/KELLEY/O'KELLY Families. This means that when Surnames were adopted in Ireland about 900 AD that 87 different Families adopted the Surname KELLY (Gaelic Equivalent). DNA Testing is the only practical method to determine from which KELLY Clan we descend. Since there are a large number of Unique KELLY Clans we are going to have to get a large number of participants to find matches for those of us who haven't yet found a match. Studies done by Geneticist at Trinity University in Dublin. indicate that Murphy and Kelly are the two most popular Surnames in Ireland. However, DNA Studies carried out by the University indicate that the large number of people with Surname Kelly is due to multiple family founders as opposed to a single patrilineal line with a large number of descendants. Please contact your fellow KELLY/KELLEY/O'KELLY researchers and encourage them to participate. There are 66 of us who are still without a match. I will happily reimburse the cost of the DNA Test for the participant who matches my haplotype. Our Website URL is: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kellydnaproject/index.htm Best Regards, Raymond Kelly 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.