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!
To participate all you need is a living male DIXON relative willing to provide a simple, painless cheek-rubbing sample.
This project is open to Dixons worldwide.
DIXON, DICKSON, DIXSON, DISON, or any reasonable
variant spelling welcome.
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.
To join, click on the 'join this group' link on the upper left side of this page to order a test kit at the group rate.
****When joining, please also send genealogical/ pedigree information to the project administrator.**** Or, upload a Gedcom to FTDNA on your personal "My page" at Familytree.com. (FTDNA will send you a link to your "my page" when your results are back. You may use that link or log in with your kit # ( and create a password) at the main FTDNA page: www.familytreedna.com.
Joining involves ordering a test kit from FTDNA.
The 37 marker test is recommended as a minimum for genealogical purposes. (a 67 marker test is now available as of May, 2006)
It is also possible to order a basic test (12 markers) and order an upgrade later without re-testing. 12 marker results are generally not useful for genealogy, but can be used to determine your 'haplogroup' or ethnic backround.
Dixons who have tested at other labs may include their results in this project by contacting the project administrator at the email address shown on the join page.
We are sharing results with the DICKASON project and have had one cross-match.
Also we are comparing DNA results with the Border-Reivers project, which is a geographic-based project using a number of surnames, including Dixon.