South Africa Cape Coloured DNA Project- Background

Administrators

Surnames

Abrahams, Adams, Africa, Cape, Cape Coloured, Cape Malay, Cape Town, Coloured, Davids, Diedericks, Edson, Englebrecht, Hendricks, Jacobs, Josias, Khoi, Khoi San, KhoiKhoi, KhoiSan, Klein, Lawrence, Malay, Meyer, Peterson, San, Senosi, South, South Africa, Southern Africa, Van der Byl, Van Staden

Background

Welcome to the Cape Coloured DNA Ancestry Project.

On the southern tip of Africa lies a community that for over 350 years has been struggling with identity. A community mostly birthed out of slavery, whose labor built one of the richest African nations, and whose history has been overlooked for centuries in South Africa. Like other slave colonies around the world very few records exist of ancestors. In addition, the separation of many families during Apartheid added to their inability to connect the 'ancestral' dots (so to speak). As a result so few today can trace their ancestry beyond their grandparents. Thus the creation of this project.

With new technology millions of people around the world are discovering their ancestry through the use of DNA testing. A break through in genealogy for those who can not find a paper trail of records or whose family simply does not want to discuss their ancestry. DNA testing is a first step towards linking one to other distant relatives and revealing an ancestral heritage that for too long has been lost.

Our experts are available to guide you through this journey of revelation and help you put the pieces of your ancestral puzzle together.

General Fund

Current balance: $0.00

Project Stats

Statistic Type Count
Distinct mtDNA Haplogroups 13
Distinct Y-DNA Confirmed Haplogroups 9
Distinct Y-DNA Predicted Haplogroups 6
Family Finder 2
Maternal Ancestor Information 10
Maternal GEDCOMs Uploaded 3
mtDNA 27
mtDNA Full Sequence 2
mtDNA Plus 6
mtDNA Subgroups 12
Paternal Ancestor Information 20
Paternal GEDCOMs Uploaded 3
Predicted Y-DNA Haplogroups 9
Total Members 36
Unpredicted Y-DNA Haplogroups 0
Unreturned Kits 1
Y-DNA Deep Clade (After 2008) 2
Y-DNA Deep Clade (Prior to 2008) 1
Y-DNA Subgroups 13
Y-DNA12 27
Y-DNA25 12
Y-DNA37 12
Y-DNA67 2