October 28, 2008: At last we have our first two sets of results! The sample from Unity, Maine, USA, has 11 of the exact same markers out of 12 of the sample from Rezpnik, Poland. What does this mean? Well, because the surname is the same (Luczaj was the spelling the Luczai family used when first in the US), even though we do not have an exact 12/12 match, an 11/12 match is still close enough to say that there is a high probability that these two individuals share a common ancestor. What is the next step? Ideally, we would like to identify this common ancestor. We can upgrade to 25 marker tests (in the case of these first two participants, the cost will be covered by the group administrator). If we continue to show a close match, we can confidently assume that the common ancestor was within fewer generations. Of course, we could just try to match the ancestors up with a paper trail but given the fact that the Polish/Russian border has been the site of numerous wars and conflicts over the past four hundred years, we would have to get very lucky to uncover the truth this way.