The Daglish DNA Project

Project Background

The Daglish DNA Project has been started to support the existing Daglish One-Name Study which looks at all occurences of the Daglish name worldwide.

The main known branches of the Daglishes originate from County Durham and Northumberland in the United Kingdom - and most living Daglishes can trace their ancestors back to these English counties. Through the DNA project we hope to look at these different branches and compare for common ancestors.

DNA is increasingly being used as a new tool in genealogy which can support the traditional methods of research and also help where paper records are not available.

The DNA test works on the Y-chromosome which is passed down through the male line (in much the same way as surnames). The Y-chromosone is likely to remain unchanged for may generations, but occasionally the code will 'mutate' creating small differences, and this is also useful for family history. For testing we therefore need living male members of the Daglish family.
There is another DNA test which follows the maternal line (mtDNA) - but this is not relevant for our study; however, anyone interested in this can be tested through Family Tree DNA.

Note: One common concern with DNA projects is that the test is medically informative and/or can identify someone as an individual. In fact, the test is made on a part of the DNA structure which has no medical value and is completely different from the tests used to uniquely identify individuals.