Family Tree DNA (www.familytreedna.com) is the company conducting the tests for our Poythress/Poytress-Surname Y-DNA Group Study. Today I got the company's announcement to the Group Administrators that they have launched the highest resolution Y-DNA test available anywhere in the market: the 59-marker Y-DNA test. For information about the impact of this test for matching purposes, anyone can refer to the following page: http://www.ftdna.com/faq2.html What that page shows (with a chart & a graph) is that if men match on 59 of 59 markers, the odds are 95% that their Most Recent Common Ancestor was within 5 generations -- in other words that both men are 3g-grandsons of the same ancestor. Their announcement also included the news that the cost of the various upgrade-tests has been lowered due to more people having the tests done. (You may recall that Family Tree DNA is the company doing the huge worldwide study with National Geographic.) I'd like to encourage all our Poythress/Poytress-Surnamed Y-DNA Group Study participants to consider upgrading from their current test to the 59-marker test. Any participant wanting a refresher in using his kit number and his code at the company website should contact me off list, at bp_neal@earthlink.net Barbara Poythress Neal, Volunteer Group Administrator Poythress/Poytress-Surnamed Y-DNA Group Study