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Very well spoken, Kyle! I suffer the burden of making my living as an Engineer, and being of that ilk, I tend to want to analyze any data that affects my life very thoroughly (my son feels that I want to analyze the whole universe thouroughly). I don't expect that my DNA will match the Chief of the McLea clan - though that would of course to me be a great honor. I do expect to understand the meaning of the DNA data points, prior to entering the project. I'm sure I will fit in somewhere, in the "woven tartan of the family"!

Well, Ralph, if you want to learn more, you might consider looking at these resources: Joining the Livingston MacLea DNA group on Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livingston_maclea_DNA/ Or the "DNA Newbie" group there: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DNA-NEWBIE/ I might recommend you also do some reading at the ISOGG: http://www.isogg.org/ Or doing some general reading about genetic genealogy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_genealogy http://genealogy.about.com/od/dna_genetics/ The Rootsweb GENEALOGY-DNA list has a lot of traffic, but can be red in threaded archives or in digest mode as well: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/D ... Y-DNA.html Hope this helps!

Thanks for the links, Kyle! I'll have to work through them over the next few weeks, as almost all of my free time, including weekends, is being spent on a work project at present. Saturday, I received my Grandfather's military service records for 1917-1921. Just looking them over quickly, I've already learned a lot of facts I hadn't known. I have more records that should be on the way, and I'll report if any of them yield clues to my family's Scottish links. Best Regards to all - Ralph

A quick note: The colour coding is something I made up for a very simple purpose: it aims to show the markers where people are different from the norm. Regards Andrew

I think, after having looked over the charts for about an hour this evening, that I understand them a bit better. Are the color codes assigned to the family groups (such as dark green for the Baron's family group) simply meant to group them together, or do the colors assigned to them have any significance as to proximity to the haplotype? Out of curiosity Andrew, is the Lancaster name related to the McLea's in any way? Your name caught my eye, as the closest city to my rural home is Lancaster, CA (USA).

Good evening, Donald - It looks like you've made quite a bit more progress on researching your family than I have! I haven't had success with the PEI records yet, but have only started to look them over a bit online. Donald and Hugh were apparently also popular names in my family, as both my Father and one of my Brothers share the name Donald, and my Grandfather's middle name was also Hugh. My son carries his Great-Grandfather's name forward - so the tradition lives on. Best regards - Ralph

Hi Hugh Yes the colours on the names over on the left just show when families appear to be definitely related. My connection to the Livingstones is via my grandmother's family. I also administer the Lancaster DNA project, so if you know any, send them to me! Regards Andrew

Hi Ralph, There's the usual end-of-year sale on Y-37 and Y-67 DNA tests that I can send you info on (and intend to post as well).

I'm Ralph's sister.

Welcome, Donna!