The earliest known record of the Robitaille family is in northwestern France in Nord Pas de Calais. In the 17th century, a branch migrated to Canada, settling in Quebec and Ontario. Today the family is geographically dispersed. Due to a ban on home DNA testing in France since 1994, most YDNA participants are part of the Canadian Robitaille family. The deeper ancestry of the family appears to be in haplogroup I-Z140. The I1-Z140 family has its paternal roots in Scandinavia. The YSNP Z140 is estimated to have mutated 4,000 to 5,000 years ago and defines this branch of the family tree of man. The I- Z140 tag is estimated based on YSTR matching. Objectives for the project are: > Confirm the YSNP position in the family tree of man by testing at least one confirmed Robitaille male with a Big Y 700 or I-M253 SNP Pack test. Based on YSTR matching, the family is believed to be in the I-Z140 YSNP family. This branch of YSNP family of man > Use YDNA to add support to paper trail records and to identify lineages when paper trails are not available through either loss of records or records not being created. > Based on the above, develop a theory of the migration path of the Robitaille family prior to living in France.