Member Count
52
Project Website
www.familytreedna.com/public/eckhardt/
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Description
The primary aim of this project is to sort Ackers (and other variants of Germanic surname Eckhardt) into related groups. Ancestry uncertain? Here's the opportunity to establish scientifically what the paper trail could not. Currently represented are descendants of Palatine emigrants Joh. Adam Eckhardt of Dutchess Co. NY and Nicholas Eckhardt of Schoharie Co. NY, as well as Peter Acker of Pendleton Dist. SC, William Akers of IL and a growing list of others including Eckard, Achor, Ackerson, et al...
Requirements
A Surname Project traces members of a family that share a common surname. Since surnames are passed down from father to son like the Y-chromosome, this test is for males taking a Y-DNA test. 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. Females can also order an mtDNA test for themselves such as the mtDNA or the mtDNAPlus test and participate in an mtDNA project.
Surnames In This Project
Accord, Acher, Ackard, Ackart, Acker, Ackerd, Ackers, Ackerson, Ackert, Ackor, Acord, Acre, Acres, Aker, Akerd, Akers, Akert, Akker, Eacker, Eager, Eagert, Eaker, Echer, Eckard, Eckardt, Eckart, Ecker, Eckers, Eckerson, Eckert, Eckhard, Eckhardt, Eckhart, Edzard, Eggehart, Eggers, Eggert, Egghard, Einert, Einhart, Eker, Ekert, Ekker