The goals of the Ely Carroll DNA project are to:

• Encourage interest in the Ely Carroll sept, also known as Eile or Clan Cian

• Use ancient Ely Carroll pedigrees to define Ely Carroll Y-chromosome DNA

• Use DNA to assess the historical relationship between Ely Carroll, Dalcassians (Brian Boru), Eognachta, and Clan Colla

• Help Carrolls to find out whether they are descended from Ely Carroll rather than Clan Colla, Northwest Irish (Niall), etc.

• Bring Ely Carroll descendants with varying surnames - historic and non-historic - together in one place

• Encourage participants to upgrade to Big Y