The Salmon surname DNA project focuses on collecting Y-DNA test results revealing branches of relatedness. The project welcomes anyone male and female descended from surnames Salmon, Irish Bradán (= Salmon), or their spelling variants. Surnames and Y-chromosomes descend through the male-only, strictly father-to-son line, which Y-DNA results reveal, so this project's primary goal is to Y-test Salmon-surnamed men. The Y branches are clearer the farther back in time you go because more men's Y-DNA results can be compared; more recent fine-tuning depends on enough test-takers' results to achieve a clear picture. Surnames began about 1200 AD, but branches of relatedness are easily revealed by Y-testing which go back thousands and tens of thousands of years; the very early pre-1200 branching patterns stand out clearly so the easiest information gained from Y testing is which branches a person is not related to in the past 800 years of genealogically-relevant time. General fund contributions welcome to help recruit the testing and test-upgrades of male Y test-takers.