Hi Athol. I am a MacDonald that first tested 12 markers ( with the Clan Donald Family Tree DNA project). I had some matches but was told by the project administrator that little could be told from 12 markers. I upgraded to 25 markers and was lucky enough to get one perfect match with a McDonald. He is of Keppoch branch, Bohuntin cadet family. I've now got a direction to go in to break through my brick wall. Any questions, please email me at the address below. Raymond MacDonald fisemicr@yahoo.com --- From: "acmcdonald" <macdon@iinet.net.au> Subject: Fundamental queries Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 22:18:49 +1000 A couple of fundamental questions from someone one new to the concept of genealogical DNA. As first step I had a 12 marker Y test completed. The results provided 2 exact matches and 8 with a genetic distance of 1. None of the matches had the same surname as my own, however, so I understand that my relationship with these other gentlemen is quite distant.