·        * Establish the correct Haplogroup for the male descendants of Peter Hairston the Immigrant.

·        *  Try to determine the relationship between the (Peter) Hairston, Austin, and Kirk families that all appear to have a common male ancestor.

*  · *   Explore the Y-DNA genetic roots of the Hairston male linage.

·        *  Differentiate between other families having the Hairston, Harston, or other surname variants.

·        *   Help Hairston males whose genealogy shows that they should be a descendant of a Hairston male, but their Y-DNA test reveals unexpected results.

·        *  Help men whose Y-DNA test shows that they are a descendant of the Hairston family even though they have no known male Hairston ancestor in their direct paternal ancestry.

·        *  Help Hairston, Harston and people with other name variants who have hit a brick walls with their genealogy.