Hello Cousins: We have a new volunteer to help with our PARKER DNA project. Greg PARKER has agreed to serve as the co-administrator for the project. You can check his PARKER research at: http://www.nhn.ou.edu/~parker/Genealogy/DNA.htm Greg has also established PARKER DNA projects at Relative Genetics and DNA Heritage. You can find links to those projects on his web site. If you are not familiar with our genealogy by DNA project for the PARKER surname, please visit our web site at: http://web.utk.edu/~corn/parkerdna/ Thanks to the generosity of a few people, we have established a fund to assist with the cost of DNA testing. If you would like to contribute to this fund, FTDNA has a web page to accept donations by credit card, paypal, or personal check at: http://www.familytreedna.com/contribution.html We will use this fund to provide cost sharing for the Y-DNA test. Our cost for the 25 marker test at FTDNA is $169 (+ $2 shipping & handling). We will use our fund to pay one-half the cost, until the fund is exhausted. Your cost would then be $86. We will only fund the 25 marker Y-chromosome DNA test. The DNA sample must be from a living male who carries the PARKER surname. DNA is collected by swabbing inside the cheek. It is painless, quick, and easy. Please email me if you are interested in our cost sharing for the DNA test. I will request a little more information before approving the cost share. Dennis West in Knoxville, TN descended from Isham PARKER, 1815, AL or MD co-administrator for PARKER surname DNA project.