This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MORROW Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JN2.2ACIB/1536 Message Board Post: Any Morrow male is invited to join the Morrow Y DNA testing project. Female researchers may sponsor either their fathers, brothers, cousins, spouses or male friends who have a Morrow surname by birth. Y DNA is passed from father to son, and basically remains the same for centuries. Thus only male Morrows can be used in the testing for Morrow Y DNA. This is not a "total DNA" test, and thus is alot cheaper. Only Y DNA is tested. Results are kept confidential. Your privacy is guaranteed. A kit is mailed to the address of the donor, containing two plastic swabs and two vials. Only a cheek swab is needed from the donor. Simple and painless. You brush inside your cheek and place the swab ends in each vial and mail back to the lab. Testing takes about five weeks. The purpose for Y DNA testing is to compare "Marker" number results with other participants, looking for a match. When the Y DNA markers match from two or more donors, it proves they all have a common ancestor back in their lineages. If no match occurs with you, at least you know not to research the other donor lines. The Morrow Y DNA group now has 11 members, all from varied lineages. We began last year, and hope to gain many more members, the more the merrier. We hope to eventually establish various lineage "groups" of those whose Y DNA matches. The costs begin at $99 plus $2 mailing for a 12 marker test, per each participant. Most of us opted for the 25 marker test at $169 plus $2 mailing fee. If money is a problem, maybe your family/branch can chip in & share the cost. Payment can be by credit card or they will invoice you and you can send a check or money order. If you wish to join, here's the URL: http://www.familytreeDNA.com/surname_join.asp?code=R92350 If you wish to know more about DNA testing: http://www.familytreeDNA.com Here's the URL to the Morrow DNA website: http://www.freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~amorrow/morrow.htm Or email me, ....Bill Morrow of Oklahoma