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Description
The purpose of this project is to determine whether people with surnames beginning with the letters ISER... or similar sounding letters share a common male ancestor within the last 600-800 years. Men with surnames simalar to the following are encouraged to join the project: Issar, Isar, Izar, Issroff, Isseroff, Issarov, Isserow, Isroff, Isserl, Isserlis, Isserles, Isserlin, Israel, Esrov, Essrow, Ezrow, Esser. According to many sources these names are all derived from Israel.
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
Esrov., Esser, Essrow., Isar, Israel., Isroff., Issar, Issarov, Isserl, Isserles, Isserlin, Isserlis, Isseroff, Isserow, Issroff., Izar