Hello all, Merry Christmas and Season's Greetings to you all!   We haven't sent an updated report on the Sisson DNA project recently. Over the summer I wrote a new summary, and it has been published as an article in the current issue of _New England Ancestors_. This is a journal of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, see their webpage at www.nehgs.org..   The title is "Results of a Y-Chromosome DNA Study on Surnames Sisson and Sissons," the issue is Vol. 9, nos. 5-6 (Holiday 2008), pp. 53-55.   Briefly, the results show that there are (at least) three different unrelated Sisson lineages. These correspond to three men who immigrated to North America in the 1600s - Richard, to Rhode Island; Robert, to Virginia; and Thomas, to Virginia.   Each of these lineages has found at least one good match in men who have tested from England or with known English roots.   Thomas has a good match with a man in Penrith, England. This is in county Cumbria, on the northwest coast of England. Cumbria was formed out of two previous counties, Cumberland and Westmorland. Sisson families have been living in this area for hundreds of years.   The Richard and Robert lines have good matches with men who use the spelling "Sissons" with final s in England. Note that in England, the two spellings "Sisson" and "Sissons" are equally common. In the U.S., "Sisson" outnumbers "Sissons" 50 to 1.   Robert has a good match with "Sissons" in Lincolnshire, England.   Richard has a good match with "Sissons" in Sutton-cum-Lound, Nottinghamshire, England.   Further paper research will be done in each of these places, and we hope we can find the home parishes of our North American immigrants!   This isn't the last word on the DNA project, though. After this article went to press, we received more results that will continue to help us target our research in England. For one example, another good match was found for Richard in a "Sissons" family from Market Weighton, Yorkshire.   A huge thank-you to all Sisson and Sissons men who have participated in the project! Your results are helping us find good information on our lines. And another huge thank-you to the sisters, daughters, nieces, and cousins who have recruited and sponsored their men! Thanks also to David Arne Sisson and David Martin, who suggested _New England Ancestors_ as a good venue for this report. There will be plenty more to come!   Carol Sisson Regehr Sisson-L list mom -- cregehr@yahoo.com