DNA is easily the most important tool to come along for the genealogist in quite some time.  DNA is the definitive answer for who is and isn't related.  What it cannot do is tell us about the people.  It cannot tell us who entered into a land agreement or when.  It cannot hint at struggles our ancestors faced coming to America or heading west into the wilds of Kentucky.  It cannot tell us when someone got married, that can only be done by what I call "butt-time"; time spent on the Internet, in a courthouse, or in a research center.  What it can, and has done, is locate relatives we didn't know we even had, and answer the question if two people are or are not related.  Below are the DNA markers for three Ham(m)on(d)(s) families, Ambrose Hammon (1647-1694), from who I descend, those who descend from Martin Hammond, and a third whose name is annonymous, but whose haplotype is listed. At some point I hope to have as many different Ham(m)on(d)(s) family trees as possible available so we can more easily help each other find the right tree.

DYS Markers 1-25

	393	390	394	391	385a	385b	426	388	439	389-1	392	389-2	458	459a	459b	455	454	447	437	488	449	464a	464b	464c	464d
Ambrose Hammon*	12	24	15	10	12	17	11	15	11	12	11	28	16	8	9	11	11	27	16	19	29	12	15	15	18
Martin Hammond**	13	22	14	10	13	14	11	14	11	12	11	28	15	8	9	8	11	23	16	20	28	12	14	15	16
R1b1b2 ***	13	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	13	13	13	29	18	9	9	11	11	25	15	19	30	15	15	17	17

DYS Markers 26-37

	460	GATA-H4	YCA-IIa	YCA-IIb	456	607	576	570	CDY-a	CDY-b	442	438
Ambrose Hammon*	11	10	19	20	13	14	17	18	38	38	11	9
Martin Hammond**	10	10	19	21	15	14	17	19	36	36	12	10
R1b1b2 ***	11	13	19	23	16	15	17	18	37	37	12	12

DYS Markers 38-47

	531	578	395S1a	395S1b	590	537	641	472	406S1	511
Ambrose Hammon*	11	8	15	17	8	12	10	8	13	9
Martin Hammond**	11	8	15	15	8	12	10	8	9	9
R1b1b2 ***	11	9	15	16	8	10	10	8	10	10

DYS Markers 48-67

	425	413a	413b	557	594	436	490	534	450	444	481	420	446	617	568	487	572	640	492	565
Ambrose Hammon*	11	8	15	17	8	12	10	8	13	9	23	20	12	12	11	14	10	13	12	11
Martin Hammond**	12	23	23	15	10	12	12	16	8	13	28	20	12	13	11	12	10	11	12	11
R1b1b2 ***	12	23	23	16	10	12	12	16	8	12	22	20	13	12	11	13	11	11	14	12

The values listed for Ambrose are my* actual DNA results while those listed for Martin Hammond are from Jim Main's cousin, Mr. Hammond**, while R1b1b2 is the haplogroup for the third family.  They may not be a 100% match to our actual ancestor, but there should be enough matches to indicate if one is related to one of these trees. The numbers in red and blue indicate differences from Ambrose and as one can see, there is a significant difference between our family and the other two.  This large difference is further supported by haplotype testing; those belonging to the Ambrose line are J2b* (formally J2e1) while those belonging to the Martin line are I1a-AS-10, and the third is R1b1b2. Haplogroups "I" and "R" are two of the most common northeastern (including England, Scotland, and Ireland) haplogroups.

It should also be noted that less than a perfect match does not exclude individuals from being related. Some genes mutate faster than others and it is possible that a mutation could occur between brothers, leaving them less than a perfect match.

Below are the known matches as of August 15, 2008.  Out of curteousy for their privacy, I will only list names and no other information.