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Group Administrator: Doug Miller djmill@earthlink.net
Group Co-Administrator: Denis Forest dforest@surfbest.net

Background

Project Surnames:

de Fore	de Foree	de Foreest	de Forest
de Foret	DE Forre	Deforeest	DeForest
deforet	DeForrest	DeFreest	Defrese
Defress	des Forest	D'Forest	Faurait
Faure	Ferret	Foirest	Fora
Forais	Foraits	Foray	Forest
Foret	Forets	Forrest	Forret
Forryns	Fort	Fourest	Fouret
Fournais	Fournos	Foust

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Project Background:

There had been French settlers in the Virginia colony from the earliest days of its colonization, but it was a Jesse DeForest, a Belgian Huguenot, who prepared a colonization petition which was presented by the British Ambassador in Holland to the Britsh government in 1621. He had enlisted 56 heads of families, about 300 persons in all, Walloons and French Protestants. They requested a ship to take them to Virginia. (From Huguenot Refugees in the Settling of Colonial America, The Huguenot Society of America, New York, NY
The goal of this project is to identify the DNA signature of Jesse DeForest (France), Michel de Forest (Acadia/Nova Scotia)and any other deForests by comparing the results of documented and undocumented descendants of Jesse, Michel, and other DeForests.
The project will include all with this surname and the surname varations shown. It is our hope to be able to identify the genetic markers of these important historical figures. We also hope to act as a clearinghouse for all the variations of the surnames.
SEE REUNION INFORMATION UNDER "NEWS" !
SEE MODAL HAPLOTYPES FOR JESSE DEFOREST AND MICHEL DE FOREST UNDER "RESULTS". WHO DO YOU MATCH?

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Project Goals:

The goal of this project is to identify the DNA signature of Jesse DeForest (France), Michel de Forest (Acadia/Nova Scotia)and any other deForests by comparing the results of documented and undocumented descendants of Jesse, Michel, and other DeForests.
The project will include all with this surname and the surname varations shown. It is our hope to be able to identify the genetic markers of these important historical figures. We also hope to act as a clearinghouse for all the variations of the surnames.

Project News:

SAVE THE DATE!
August 22,23 and 24 2008 for the
ASSOCIATION OF FOREST OF AMERICA (AFA)15th ANNUAL FAMILY REUNION
ALL THE FORREST, FOREST, FORET, DEFOREST ARE WELCOME TO THIS ANNUAL FAMILY REUNION to be held in St. Gregoire de Nicolet (BÉCANCOUR), QC, Canada at Auberge Godefroy 1575 Bécancour blvd. Bécancour, QC, G9H 1H5
1-800-361-1620
www.aubergegodefroy.com

More details to come later.

Project Results:

The modal haplotype of Michel de Forest has been deduced from the number of common DNA marker scores of those claiming to be descended from him. It is:
13 25 14 11 11 15 12 12 12 13 13 29 19 9 10 11 11 25 14 19 30 15 15 17 18 11 10 19 23 16 15 19 17 34 36 12 12 (37 markers)

The DNA signature of a claimed documented descendant of Jesse DeForrest through his son Isaac can be found on www.ysearch.org under the user ID YXX4Z. Go to the above site and do a surname search for Deforest or Deforrest. This will bring up the participant's results. Click on the appropriate user ID to obtain the entire result.
The first 25 markers are:
13 24 14 11 11 17 12 12 12 13 13 29 16 9 9 11 11 26 14 20 29 15 15 17 18 10

Who do you match!