Primarily a Family Finder project aimed at exploring the matches between the extended family trees of assorted, connected, researchers. It supplements any y_dna surname projects of particular interest by looking beyond the direct paternal lines. A connection to existing matches, and /or the family trees of the researchers involved must be demonstrated for a join request to be approved - and if you've popped up in our DNA matches with a good match, you'll probably have been contacted and invited to join :) The project also contains assorted yDNA testers "of interest" who do not necessarily have a project of their own and are connected in some way to others here. The bulk of the participants have "recent" Scottish and English ancestry, and pedigrees on WikiTree.