This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UN2.2ACIB/1181 Message Board Post: UPDATE>board [and list] Administrator here....It has been awhile since there has been anything posted about the DNA projects so I thought I would post a little information about these important projects for those who may not know about them. Any cost discussion should be kept as private messages [you can find this information on the DNA website] however, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OF THE PROJECTS ARE WELCOME. Yes, there are TWO Morse Y-DNA projects in the works.. [Analysis of markers on the Y chromosomes of men (passed from father to son)] You can find out about these projects and how you can participate in either of these by going to each of the url's posted below. If anyone has questions on either of these projects I am sure someone will have an ans. for you or will try to find an ans.. http://morsesociety.org/?dnatest.htm Morse Society represents the Northern New England Morse study=male with the surname Morse, Morss, Moss, or Mors, or have a brother, uncle, or other relative who is, we invite you to line up the men for this simple test. http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Morse%2D2/ WE ARE COLLECTING DATA ON ALL EARLY SOUTHERN (including Maryland) MORSE / MOSS LINES.==The purpose of this study is to use DNA analysis of the Y-chromosome to determine the descendants of the Morse/Moss families who entered Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas in the 1600s and 1700s. One of these lines connects to the William and Anthony Morse lines of Massachusetts. We want to discover the relationships among the groups of their descendants scattered over Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia and other southeastern states. It is hoped that these projects will have many participating.