Hello to all listers, www.familytreedna.com This is a company located in Houston, Texas. I am not affiliated with this company. I have been following 2 dna surname projects. Both of those projects are very interesting to me. One involves my great grandmother, another my uncle. Go to this website, then check on what projects are now going on for your various surnames, be sure to check spelling variations. For example, the surname project for BREWER includes a number of families who actually spell the name as BROWER, and the immigrant ancestor was spelled as BROUWER. For example: my maiden name is MARTIN, which is the 16th most common name in America. There are plenty of dna projects for the name Martin, however none appear to connect to my family, as of yet. If I had a brother, male cousin, male uncle named Martin I would gladly pay for the test, but I do not. I would make sense to check these various surname projects from time to time to see if anyone descended from your same ancestor is participating. Best regards, Lilly Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justine McCormick Peterson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 1:31 AM Subject: Re: [NJ] Letter A > Pat, > How would I get into the DNA to check what is available. I really don't > think joining the DNA in my case would help. Maybe I don't understand it > but > it is a fairly new program and I already have the people that I want down > from Rev. William with most of his 9 children. It is worth a look. > Thanks, Justine McCormick > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 1:43 PM > Subject: Re: [NJ] Letter A > > >> Justine: >> >> Just as an end of the paper trail, and all else fails, and you are of the >> notion. >> >> There is always, the DNA Project for your surname. >> >> Check various DNA web sites, for your surname of research, in time, the >> cost >> will go down I hope. >>