The Pennsylvaina Dutch are not Dutch. They are of German heritage. Click here to get the scoop: <A HREF="http://www.kerchner.com/padutch.htm">http://www.kerchner.com/padutch.htm</A> Be sure to give the music time to load. "The KIRCHER/Kerchner/Kirchner/Karchner/Kaerchner/Kercher/ Karcher/Kaercher and Similar German Surnames Y-DNA Chromosome ID Project" is active and on-going. MALES with the KIRCHER surname are invited to participate. Submission of a DNA sample is simple. Just a swab from the inside of the cheek is all that is required. Your DNA sample has the potential of connecting you with another KIRCHER and/or other KIRCHER lines and taking your particular KIRCHER line back hundreds of years. Neither me, Tom KIRCHER, nor the "Project Facilitator" have a financial interest in this initiative. We simply want to connect KIRCHERs to KIRCHERs for very selfish reasons. We have hit brick walls and want to tear them down. Questions? Contact either me or Tommy KIRCHER at email address [email protected] Bob Kircher, Fort Myers, Florida (Born in Imperial)