Bev,   On my maternal side my Julia Frances Powell, born Hood Co., TX 1857 married Preston Aiken McIntosh, born South Carolina 1850. Jim Barrett - Timpson, TX Barrett Surname DNA - http://www.flash.net/~parino/barrett-family-dna-project.htm Powell Surname DNA - http://www.flash.net/~parino/powell-surname-dna-project.htm --- On Thu, 12/4/08, bev powell <[email protected]> wrote: From: bev powell <[email protected]> Subject: [POWELL-DNA] MT connections To: "Powell DNA List" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 9:05 AM Hi My MT connections are Some of the names have different spellings; but all part of their respective Clan Robinson/Robison/Robertson McIntosh/MacIntosh/MacKintosh McLachlan/McLachlin/McLaughlan Carr/Karr/Kerr My Robinson family ancestory originated in Ireland Except for the Robinson surname the remainder of my "Mothers" all derive their ancestory from Scotland. So, as I understand the MT matching process, if you have a llow resolution matches to me then you must also have similar Scottish routes. If its a high resolution then the same applies but a closer connection. The entire list of both my MT AND Y biological surname connections are Beatty, Bennett, Boyce, Burgess, Butler, Carr, Downham, McIntosh, McLachlan, Morgan, O'Neil, Powell(X2), Pritchard, Robinson, Russell, Sanborn, Smith, and Wood. So my ancestory is all mixed up with the English, Irish, Scottish and Welch Take care Bev Powell [email protected] Strathroy Ontario Canada