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1. Have a home for anyone of Belgium descent on any direct male Y-DNA line or direct female mtDNA line who may not yet have a surname project to join.
2. Create a database of yDNA and mtDNA of people with a Belgium Heritage which can be utilized in Belgium genealogical research, both personal and academic.
A. To help individuals find evidence of common ancestral in Belgium.
B. To determine deep and recent ancestral distributions and origins.
3. For the Quartemont surname, determine the nationality of Jean Joseph Quertemont the first Quertemont to immigrate to the US.
From extensive genealogical research none by Brendon Baillod (son - Pamela Quartemont, daughter - Harry C. Quartemont, son - Frank Quartemont), it is known that Jean Joseph Quertemont surname is his mothers maiden surname. Neither church nor civil records identify his father. He was conceived at about the same time that Napoleon's battle of Waterloo was fought in the area were his mother was living. Therefore, Jean Joseph Quertemont father’s nationality could be France, Prussia, English, or Belgium.
2. Create a database of yDNA and mtDNA of people with a Belgium Heritage which can be utilized in Belgium genealogical research, both personal and academic.
A. To help individuals find evidence of common ancestral in Belgium.
B. To determine deep and recent ancestral distributions and origins.
3. For the Quartemont surname, determine the nationality of Jean Joseph Quertemont the first Quertemont to immigrate to the US.
From extensive genealogical research none by Brendon Baillod (son - Pamela Quartemont, daughter - Harry C. Quartemont, son - Frank Quartemont), it is known that Jean Joseph Quertemont surname is his mothers maiden surname. Neither church nor civil records identify his father. He was conceived at about the same time that Napoleon's battle of Waterloo was fought in the area were his mother was living. Therefore, Jean Joseph Quertemont father’s nationality could be France, Prussia, English, or Belgium.