I am not familiar with this line, but a quick check of the 1900 census for McDaniel Pace in Johnston County, North Carolina shows that he had other sons besides Lenoard Pace(b. Nov. 1879). Leonard Pace appears to be living in the household adjacent to his father McDaniel Pace. The image on HeritageQuest is dark where the household is enumerated, but McDaniel and Harriett (Wall) Pace had at least 3 other sons as well - Oscar, William, and Lester. So, the DNA results would apply to all of these other Pace lines as well. (There are Wall and Creech families on this page as well.) Yes, the results of this line should also be included in the surname project of the reported father, but they are also Pace line results. FTDNA participants/results can currently be part of 2 surname projects and likely able to be part of additional surname projects in the near future. Participants can also join regional projects and haplogroup projects - you are not limited to just one surname project. Rebecca genealogy@snuffy.britishlibrary.net wrote: As I understood the initial message in this thread, the anxiety over getting the DNA test done is because Leonard Theodore Pace, the gentleman to be tested, is the only grandson of Leonard Pace b. 1879. If that is correct (and assuming Leonard Pace had no brothers), then the gentleman to be tested is also the only surviving male-line descendant of McDaniel Pace. There may be other present-day male-line descendants of McDaniel Pace's father, but their surname won't be Pace. I am mentioning this because it seems likely to be disappointing and frustrating for the family concerned if they hope to get a match through comparing the gentleman's Y-DNA with that of the contributors to the Pace study. If the surname of McDaniel Pace's father is known, there may be a DNA study for persons of that surname, and that would have a bigger chance of producing results for them. Ellen ==== PACE Mailing List ==== You can search archived messages from the Pace Mailing List by going to http://searches.rootsweb.com. If you need instructions just ask me - gordonpace@comcast.net