On March 9, 1731, fifty-six individuals from the Canary Islands comprising sixteen families arrived in what is now San Antonio, later establishing the first civil government in Texas. This is a dual geographical YDNA and mtDNA project and is open to all individuals, male or female, who are descendants of those original settlers, commonly referred to as "Los Isleños." If you are not in a direct line of descent either paternally or maternally but still descend from one of these families, you will be placed in a "non-direct line of descent" group for the family you descend from.