Hi Folks, We've had some additional developments in terms of analyzing DNA testing results. One of our testing companies (Family Tree DNA [FTDNA]) has introduced a new function that allows us to place genetically related Taylors into groups arranged with color-coding. We now have five groupings that appear to be relatively firm with good matches amongst their members. This is a result of studying matches via three methods: 1) Those results known from this FTDNA page and the individual participants' webpage result listings; 2) The additionally available results found within the Ysearch.org database; 3) The fact that some of our participants have also been tested by another DNA testing company (Relative Genetics) and their results are being examined by this co-administrator. This results in some -very- useful cross-referencing of test results. What might not be so obvious with the results from one company then becomes -very- obvious when observing the results from that other company. This is (in part) what has happened with the following Taylor Group 06. Taylor Group 06 is a -somewhat- provisional group. This contains four members who happen to closely match the Scots and / or Dal Riata Modal Haplotypes. This group might eventually -partially- fall apart with further testing, as there are seemingly thousands of folks with close matches to those two modal haplotypes of Scottish origins. But, along with the known DNA results we found that two members of this group had a shared set of ancestors. Their respective paper trails / genealogies showed that they had a common pair of ancestors in the late 17th to middle 18th centuries in Virginia and North Carolina. This match would not have been found had not the co-administrator of this project noticed what -might- have been a genetic match between two of these individuals. Now, at least two of them are obviously genetic cousins. And perhaps a third and even a fourth will be found to also be cousins. Here are the short genealogies for the two individuals who make up the matches within Taylor Group 06. W. H. Taylor - Kit # 66126 1. Capt. Thomas Taylor, 1607 England - 1657 VA 2. Robert Taylor, Sr., 1648 VA - Unknown + Elizabeth Hudson 3. Robert Taylor, Jr., 1688 VA - 1758 NC + Mary Ann Hudson (Common Ancestors) 4. Joseph Taylor, 1728 NC - 1784 NC + Mary Powell 5. Meredith Taylor, 1764 NC - 1844 AL + Anna Duke 6. Jesse Duke Taylor, 1805 SC - Unknown AR + Mary Miller 7. Thomas Lewis Taylor, 1831 SC - 1886 KY + Adeline Winston Gatlin 8. Clinton Gatlin Taylor, 1857 MS - 1940 TN + Mary Susan Cook 9. William Harold Taylor, Sr., 1902 TN - 1974 TN + Cora Wilhelmina Fields 10. Kit Donor Taylor C. R. Taylor - Kit # 26356 1. Robert Taylor, 1688 VA - 1758 NC + Ann Hudson (Common Ancestors) 2. William Taylor, 1712 VA - 1762 VA + Mary Teagle 3. Thomas Teagle Taylor, 1734 NC - 1826 NC+ Celia Little 4. Stephen Taylor 1787 VA - 1848 NC + Nancy Curl(e) 5. Jesse Little Taylor, 1809 NC - 1896 AL + Beatrice Beday Taylor 6. Stephen Taylor, 1845 AL - 1917 AL +m2 Nancy Jemima Jackson 7. Newton Clement Taylor, 1907 - 1981 + Myrtie Marcum 8. Kit donor Taylor - Migration: VA, NC, AL As can be seen from these two genealogies, these two test participants do share a common set of ancestors in Robert Taylor, Jr. and Mary Ann Hudson. Without the matching DNA results that were noticed, then this finding of their shared genealogies might have taken far longer to discover. One of these Taylors has now gained the opportunity to move further back into his Taylor ancestry. If you have a brick wall involving your Taylor lineage, then I urge you to consider having a male Taylor relative undergo DNA testing. I hope that the above information proves to be helpful. Sincerely, Dale E. Reddick Co-Administrator, Taylor Family Genes DNA Surname Project