This genetic genealogy project for Scheurer ancestry will be open to any person who directly descends or suspects they descend from the Scheurer surname. This is only for results of Y-DNA tests and is for males only. Females do not carry their father's Y-DNA and acquire a new surname by way of marriage, so the tested individual must be a male that wants to check his direct paternal line (father's father's father's...) with a Y-DNA12, Y-DNA37, or Y-DNA67 marker test. Females who would like to check their direct paternal line can have a male relative with this surname order a Y-DNA test. We are not tracking any mtDNA tests as that follows the maternal line. You can also find genealogical information on the Shirer and Scheurer surnames at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysong/.