This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: sweet swett sweat switt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HBRBAIB/1301 Message Board Post: We have now identified at least six distinct Y DNA patterns, and possibly seven, among Sweets and Swetts. The latest addition, which can be traced back in modern times to Devon, has now been confirmed by high-resolution testing to be unrelated to the descendants of both John SWEET of Salem and John SWETT of Newbury. For more details, visit the web page: http://www.fairleafarm.harvard.ma.us/dnasweet.htm John Chandler