This message is for all those who have Walling family ties to South Carolina before 1850. We would like to invite those of you that have the Walling surname in your family tree and have roots in South Carolina pre-dating 1850 to participate in a project to help establish family relationships between early Walling families via DNA research. There are three companies that you can choose from to have your DNA tested: 23andMe.com, Ancestry.com, and familytreedna.com. No matter which company you choose, the standard fee is $99.00 to get started.

For those of you that are male and have the Walling surname with ties to South Carolina, we encourage you to order the YDNA test(Y-DNA37) from familytreedna.com. It is currently $169.00 but is well worth it. Since the Y chromosome is only passed down from male to male, this test is useful in finding paternal line cousins.

If you have any questions, please contact Tom Brown at tnmbrown @ hotmail.com.