This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sheffield, Shuffield Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5510 Message Board Post: Sheffield/Shuffield DNA Project Organized – Announcement *** Pass this Announcement along to Male Sheffield/Shuffield Family Members *** Sheffield/Shuffield families are working to find DNA cousins and establish their common Sheffield/Shuffield ancestor. Your surname can be either spelling Sheffield or Shuffield. If you are a MALE with the surname Sheffield/Shuffield, please join the Y-Chromosome DNA study. If you are a FEMALE Sheffield/Shuffield family member, please spread the work to your MALE Sheffield/Shuffield relatives. All males with the surname Sheffield or Shuffield, from California to Milam County, Texas to North Carolina, and all points in between can participate in the project. DNA projects can only track along the MALE family line from generation to generation as the male DNA does not combine the mother and father’s DNA. Female DNA changes with each generation as it combines both the mother and father’s DNA. The DNA sample is obtained through a cheek swab; there is no blood involved. It is done at home, not at a clinic. Why should you participate? We need to be able to better track the migration of the Sheffield/ Shuffield family, to determine how family lines are allied and help families break through the brickwall of Sheffield/Shuffield family connections. To sign-up for the project, go to: http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_det.asp?count=11&group=Shuffield = = = = = If you have any questions, please e-mail me personally at: < friday@agrohouston.com > = = = = = “Family Tree DNA” will provide all testing services for this project. http://www.familytreedna.com/ Family Tree DNA 1919 North Loop West, Suite 110 Houston, Texas 77008 Telephone: 713/828-4200