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Some time ago I had my DNA tested for use in my genealogy research, and I have even blogged about it in the past (Here, Here, Here and Here).  I used familytreedna.com for my testing and they offer 4 levels of Y Chromosome testing, 12, 25, 37, and 67 marker testing.  The more markers, the more detailed the "picture" you can get.  At the time in 2008 when I had my testing done, there were not that many Toler / Toller / Towler's that had completed the DNA testing.  Three years later, in March of 2011 there are still not that Toler / Towler / Toller's that have taken the test.  When you first signup with familytreedna.com they ask if you would like to share your results with others, including those you may not know.  If you elect to share, every time that someone takes the test and has results that are a close match to you, you are notified by familytreedna.com.  I have taken the full Y-67 DNA panel test and recently I just got notified about some more matches.  

I will have to admit, I have not looked at these that much recently, so I decided to take a minute and look at the results I have too date in a little more detail.  Below I have put together a few tables with my Matches in them, 1 table each for the 67, 37 and 25 marker tests.  What I want you to notice is the number of Surnames in the tables that are not Toler/Toller/Towler.

67 Marker Test

37 Marker test

25 Marker Test

Taking a look at the tables above you will notice that there are names that are not Toler/Towler/Toller in the list.  Specifically I find it interesting that the Surname of Holliday/Holladay (5) and Barnard (2) and Buchanan (2) show up more than once.  These tests follow markers that are on the Y chromosome, so this means that there are likely some connections here but I am not sure what they are or how they all tie in....  Looking in my online database, I can not find any of the surnames listed above, meaning I have not been able to document (as of yet) and connection to those surnames. Does anyone out there have any ideas on what the connection might be?  If so please use the comment feature or the contact form on the site.