This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CelesteHolly51 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lawson/6754.1.2.1.1.3.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have all that info. I communicate with the admin of the Hooker site; he has posted, on the Hooker project, the link to the the latest info which shows that the Q1a3 subgroup both M3 and M3- (Q1a3 -) can be Native American. One must remember that there are other Q haplos that are found elsewhere, but Q1a3 is Asian in origin which is where the Native American ancestors came from. The M3 is a mutation which occurred right before or right after the Asian peoples moved over the Bering Strait. Some of the Q1a3 males after that time had the M3 mutation and some remained without the M3 mutation. Eventually the M3 mutation may have become the predominant group due to natural selection/survival of the fittest or just natural disasters/occurrences. We know the Q1a3- (with out the M3 mutation) is rarer now than the mutated Q1a3 with M3 in this continent. But since that mutation happened right at the time of the migration to this continent at that time the Q1a3 with M3 was less prevalent at first. Both do occur on this continent, though. The M3 is found on other continents rarely as it was a mutation occurring as the people moved into this continent. The Q1a3 without the M3 still is found in Asia and this continent. 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.