Welcome, This project is intended to supplement conventional genealogical research to help identify families who share a common male ancestor. All Hershberger surnames, of various spellings, are welcome to join this project and non similar surnames with matching Y-DNA. A Surname Project traces members of a family that share a common surname. This project is for males Hershberger taking a Y-Chromosome DNA (Y-DNA) test. Thus, the individual who tests must be a male who wants to check his direct paternal line (father's father's father's...) with a Y-DNA67, or Y-DNA111 test and who has one of the surnames listed for the project. By joining this project you agree to the below requirements: 1) Provide the name of the person being tested. 2) Name and dates/locations for the birth and death of your most distant paternal ancestor. 3) Permission to show the test results and most distant ancestor's information on the project website. Females do not carry their father's Y-DNA. Females who would like to check their Hershberger line would need to locate a male relative with the Hershberger surname and order a Y-DNA test. Females can also order an mtDNA test for themselves such as the mtDNAPlus test or the mtFull Sequence test and participate in the project only if the Hershberger surname in on their tail female line, their mother's, mother's mother, ect. Thank you.