Project Surnames
Abroc, Abroz, Acosta, Ambroz, Ambrozic, Anbroz, Barasch, Barrasch, Barrash, Barrasj, Barresch, Broc, Brock, Brodsky, Bros, Brosch, Brosgall, Brosgarth, Brosgill, Brosgol, Brosogold, Bross, Brosz, Brousse, Broz, Brozgal, Brozgol, Brozgold, Brozhgul, Carvalho, Chernoff, Cobel, Coble, Crouch, Czerner, Davis, de Broz, de Tafalla, Deleon, Eid, Faris, Gabler, Garcia, Gobel, Goble, Gobler, Gold, Gorsky, Gotay, Grammer, Helton, Herrera, Hiles, Huroz, Hurroz, Kaplan, Kizer, Kobel, Kraus, Lerner, Levine, Lopez, Marchosky, Melamedavitz, Melondovitch, Merovitz, Nello, Nelson, Ortega, Padua, Padwa, Padwe, Padwee, Padwi, Preiskel, Randolph, Robertson, Rosa, Saez, Santiago, Segui, Silva, Tafolla, Tafoya, Tijerina, Urroc, Urrotz, Urroz, Villalobos, Vroz, Vrroz, Zaidin, Zaidins
Several Brosgol family members discovered each other through JGFF (JewishGen Family Finder). There are a number of Brosgols descendant from a large Brozgol family from Rezekne, Latvia, and the name appears on lists of agricultural colony settlers in the Ukraine. Several Brosgols (and surname variants) are known to have emigrated from Latvia and the Ukraine to the US, UK, Canada and Spain. There is an oral history that the Brosgols were originally Sephardic, which is supported by Y-DNA evidence. We have learned much about the family history from the paper trail but there are still questions for which we hope DNA testing will provide answers.
The following are good DNA 101 websites:
http://blairdna.com/dna101.html
http://www.kerchner.com/anonftp/pub/introg&g.htm
A helpful overview of the origins of the various haplogroups found in Jewish populations, including the Cohen Modal Haplotype can be found at:
http://www.jogg.info/11/coffman.htm
An interview with Jon Entine, author of Abraham's Children: Race, Identity and the DNA of the Chosen People:
http://reformjudaismmag.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=1321
A non-technical overview "Genetics and Jewish Identity" by Diana Muir Appelbaum and Paul S. Appelbaum MD was published in the Jerusalem Post, Feb 11, 2008:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1202742130771&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
For an overview of the human migration out of Africa and an interactive map and timeline where you can trace your Haplogroup, check out the National Geographic Genographic Project website:
https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/
A Glossary:
http://www.isogg.org/course/glossary.htm
Wikipedia is also a reliable source for information pertaining to genetic genealogy
I highly recommend the book DNA & Genealogy by Colleen Fitzpatrick and Andrew Yeiser.