This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ksaxe Surnames: McConnell, McDonald, MacDonald, McDaniel, McDonnell Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.mcconnell/1344.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, Robert and Ruth. I'd like to encourage the two of you to consider participation by Robert in the Clan Donald DNA Project, which uses Y chromosome DNA test results to shed light on the ancestry of men with reasons to suspect that their surname line is a Clan Donald line. Most of the 525 men already on the tables for this project have names that are considered variants of the name MacDonald. The group includes 21 McConnell men, 3 MacConnell men, and many others with variants such as McDonald, MacDonald, McDaniel, and McDonnell. The project has an outstanding website to help participants and their families understand their results. You can learn more about the project on the project website at http://dna-project.clan-donald-usa.org/. You might also check out posts that I have made to the McConnell board concerning the project during the last year. I'm happy to answer any questions that you or others considering participation in the project may have to the best of my ability, and to help you find others with answers to questions that stump me. Kirsten Saxe, researching my McConnell family from northwestern New Jersey 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.