Project Surnames
Dickson, Dison, Dixon, Dixson
Current balance:
$0.00
Group General Fund
Project Background
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Welcome to the DIXON Surname DNA Project!
This project is open to Dixons worldwide.
DIXON, DICKSON, DIXSON, DISON, or any reasonable
variant spelling welcome.
To participate you need a living male DIXON relative willing to provide a simple, painless cheek-rubbing sample.
Joining involves ordering a Y-DNA test kit from FTDNA, and providing genealogical information to the project administrators.
If you have already done a test for a male DIXON at FTDNA, go to your kit's "my page" and use the join button to add your kit to the Dixon project.
Males named Dixon may be tested. If you are female or a male researcher whose surname is not Dixon, you may find a male Dixon relative willing to do the test on behalf of your family line.
If your name is Dixon but you were adopted, you may still join the project and transfer to another surname if / when appropriate. If your name is not Dixon but you expect your DNA to match with Dixons for whatever reason, you may join this project.
To join by ordering a kit, click on the 'join this group' link on this page to order a test kit at the group rate.
**** When joining, please send genealogical / pedigree information to the project administrator.****
We now ask that you send this information up front, when ordering the test. A Gedcom file will do, or a simple straight-line pedigree from yourself to you earliest known ancestor will do. If all you know is the name of your grandfather and where he was born, that is fine.
Test choices:
The 37- or 67-marker test is recommended for genealogical purposes. It is possible to order a starter test (12, 25 or 37 markers) and order an upgrade later.
The 12-marker test is generally not useful for genealogy, but can be used to determine your 'haplogroup,' "deep ancestry," or ethnic backround, or to rule out a relationship.
Dixons who have tested at other labs may contact the project administrator at the email address shown on the join page for comparison.