The Swiss Anabaptist DNA Project- Background

Administrators

Surnames

Albrecht, Amish, Amman, Amstutz, Anabaptist, Aschliman, Augsburger, Bachman, Bachmann, Baughman, Baumgartner, Beachey, Beachy, Beechy, Beiler, Bender, Berkey, Blank, Blauch, Blough, Bontrager, Bontreger, Borkholder, Borntreger, Brandenberger, Brenneman, Burkey, Burkhalter, Burkhard, Burkhardt, Burkholder, Burki, Byler, Christner, Chupp, Coblentz, Cross, Detweiler, Easch, Eash, Egli, Egly, Eicher, Engel, Erb, Esch, Esh, Eyer, Farmwald, Fischer, Fisher, Frey, Fry, Frye, Funk, Garber, Gerber, Gindlesperger, Gingerich, Gingrich, Glick, Gnaegi, Good, Graber, Grabill, Graybill, Guengerich, Gundy, Guth, Habecker, Habegger, Hapeger, Haphegger, Hartzler, Hawbaker, Hawbecker, Headings, Helmuth, Herschberger, Hershberger, Hertzler, Hirschberger, Hirschy, Hochstetler, Holly, Hooley, Hoover, Hostetler, Huber, Jantzi, Johns, Jost, Kanagy, Kauffman, Kaufman, Keim, King, Kinsinger, Kneisly, Knepp, Knisely, Krabill, Kraybill, Krehbiel, Kuhns, Kurtz, Lantz, Lapp, Layman, Lehman, Leichty, Lichty, Liechti, Liechty, Livengood, Loganbill, Luginbuhl, Mast, Miller, Mischler, Mishler, Mullet, Nafziger, Neuhauser, Nicely, Nisley, Nissley, Nissly, Nofziger, Nusli, Oesch, Orendorf, Otto, Oyer, Peachey, Peachy, Petersheim, Plank, Raber, Ramseier, Ramseyer, Reber, Rediger, Renno, Rickenbach, Riehl, Rupp, Schantz, Schenk, Schertz, Schlabach, Schmucker, Schowalter, Schrack, Schrag, Schrock, Schürch, Schwartz, Schwartzendruber, Schwartzentruber, Seese, Seib, Sherk, Shetler, Shirk, Showalter, Shrock, Sieber, Siever, Sipe, Slabach, Slabaugh, Smucker, Sommer, Souder, Souders, Speicher, Sprunger, Stahley, Stahli, Stahly, Stauffer, Stehly, Steiner, Stoll, Stoltzfus, Stuckey, Stucky, Studer, Stutzman, Summers, Suntheimer, Swarey, Swartz, Swartzendruber, Täufer, Troyer, Tschantz, Umble, Unsicker, Unzicker, Wagler, Weaver, Weber, Wedel, Wenger, Wengerd, Whitmer, Whitmore, Wingard, Witmer, Yoder, Yost, Yutzy, Zehr, Zimmerman, Zook

Background

Welcome to the Swiss Anabaptist DNA Project. We hope this project will allow our families, who share not only centuries of history, but a great deal of our DNA, to benefit from this powerful new tool. There are at least two levels on which it can be useful. Genealogical puzzles and mysteries can by solved by comparing the test results of selected descendants of the ancestors in question. But beyond this, we can glimpse much further into the past than genealogical records extend. The possible origins of our ancestors in a variety of ancient tribes can be explored by discovering the genetic groups that are represented among Swiss Anabaptist descendants today. We strongly encourage male participants to test at least 37 or more Y chromosome markers; the more markers that are tested, the more we'll be able to discover in regard to the family's paternal ancestry. Both male and female project members may have their mitochondrial DNA tested, to learn about their maternal ancestry. Females who wish to investigate their paternal ancestry may recruit their father or brother, or an uncle, nephew, or cousin related to their father through the Y lineage, and sponsor his testing. The members of this project are encouraged to also join and participate in a surname project devoted to investigating their own family's lineage. Family Tree DNA allows customers to join multiple projects with different purposes. A project like this one, focused on the deep genetic history of an entire population, is not able to work on the history or genealogy of individual families, though comparison of test results between families can sometimes be important in answering specific genealogical questions. Members of this project are strongly encouraged to also upload their results to the Ysearch.org public database, which is open to anyone who has had their Y-DNA tested, regardless of which company it may have been tested by. This provides a very helpful way for all genealogists who are using DNA in their research to share information freely with one another. On your personal page, under "Y-DNA Matches," you will find a link to automatically upload your results to Ysearch. Please take advantage of it! Here are some links to good sources of information on genetic genealogy for beginners. It's best to read the pages from more than one source, as each may help to shed light on questions that others may not answer: http://www.familytreedna.com/dna101.html http://blairgenealogy.com/dna/dna101.html http://www.familytreedna.com/tutorial_B.html ("Reading and Comparing Results") http://www.kerchner.com/dna-information.htm http://www.kerchner.com/anonftp/pub/introg&g.htm http://www.familytreedna.com/faq.html http://www.familytreedna.com/faq_privacy.html http://www.worldfamilies.net/faqs.html More to come!

General Fund

Current balance: $0.00