As Y-DNA is only present in males, we can only accept a JAMES male with Y-DNA results. Ladies will have to have their JAMES, brother, father, uncle or male JAMES cousin test to represent their JAMES family line. We do not accept Family Finder or mtDNA tests. A Y-DNA test can indicate whether or not two JAMES men share a recent male-line ancestor. The purpose of this JAMES Y-DNA Surname Project is to help sort out all the different JAMES lines which have arisen independently since the adoption of surnames began about 800 years ago, and to assist genealogists to coordinate genetic research with existing documentary evidence.