There are certain Islay surnames that I would encourage to participate in the DNA projects going on. These are McKane, Johnston, Johnson, McLea, McArthur, McThomas, McComish, McAmish. I am a director with several successful DNA projects that are working with known Islay, Bute and Arran families. We recently found an Islay family, a Johnston family that is an Ardnamurchan Mac Eain in origin. Anyone of Islay descent with anyone of these surnames should contact me should they want to explore their history via DNA testing. The advantage is you can get around stone walls in family genealogy and history by finding your paternal cousins. I think one of the neater aspects of working with these projects is, we have put several families in touch with their distant cousins, some after 285 years of separation. Barra McCain http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ulsterdna/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mccaindna