Green(e) Surname DNA Project
Group Administrator: W. Greene
Group Co-Administrator: Bob Green



Project Surnames:
GreenGreene


Project Background:
Robert Charles Green of Steelton-Oberlin, PA, and James William Green III, of Winnsboro, SC founded the original Green Surname Project on December 8, 2002. The project closed its doors on September 1, 2005.
This Green Surname Project was founded February 2005 and then merged with the former project on September 2, 2005.

Project Information:
This Project is for males that want to check his paternal line (father's father's father's, etc.). The test to be ordered is either the Y-DNA12, Y-DNA25, Y-DNA37 or Y-DNA67.

Who Can Join?
1. Male Green(e)s from anywhere who desire to be tested can join.
2. Female Green(e)s who have been tested can join.

Test kits are sent to new members after they purchased a Y-DNA test from Family Tree DNA (FTDNA). From then on, participating in our project is easy. First, you take a simple, painless cheek-rubbing sample from inside your mouth and put your sample in the two tubes supplied in your test kit. Second, place your tubes in the plastic bags and then sign your release form. Third, place both items in the self-addressed envelope provided, and mail it back to Family Tree DNA. From the time you return the two specimens to FTDNA, it takes about seven weeks for them to test and analyze your DNA sample, and compare the results to data in their existing genetic library. Sometimes tests have to be repeated in order to obtain good results. Each time FTDNA repeats a DNA test, they add an additional 2 weeks to your 7 week waiting period. Here's what the test kit looks like:

Family Tree DNA Test Kit Sample


The following Y-chromosome DNA tests are available. Please see the FTDNA web site for availability of other types of DNA testing. Please note that these are the GROUP rates when ordering from this page.

Y-DNA12 (12 marker test for $99)
Y-DNA25 (25 marker test for $148)
Y-DNA37 (37 marker test for $189)
Y-DNA67 (67 marker test for $269)

Once FTDNA has your signed release form on file, you will then be able to exchange e-mails, genealogy notes and family gedcom with your genetic matches. The Y-DNA 12 marker test is best at ruling out relatedness with another participant. The Y-DNA 25, 37 and 59 marker test is more refined. If you have purchased the Y-DNA 12 marker test, please consider upgrading to one of the higher marker tests. There are many members at FTDNA who can easily have 100 genetic matches or more on Y-DNA 12 marker test, but do not have any genetic matches on Y-DNA 25 or Y-DNA 37 or Y-DNA 67 marker tests. Upgrading your kit can be done at any time for an additional fee (look for "Order tests or Certificates" option in your personal page.):

Y-Refine12to25 $49
Y-Refine12to37 $99
Y-Refine12to67 $189
Y-Refine25to37 $49
Y-Refine25to67 $148
Y-Refine37to67 $99

Project History:
Definition of Surname Green(e): "One who dwelled at, or near, the village green, or other grassy ground." Surname Origin is English. According to the U.S. Census bureau, the Green surname is the 35th most-common in the U.S. The surname Greene is an alternate spelling of the Green families. Many Green families in the late 19th and early 20th centuries added the extra vowel to their name to make it sound classy or eloquent. For example: Brown, Browne or Fry, Frye, and Green, Greene, etc.
Not all Green(e)s are related. Many unrelated men adopted the Green(e) surname in the British Isles during the 13th and 14th Centuries.

For more information on the origins of the Green(e) Family please visit the below home page.

Note: If you have a web site promoting the Green family history, please drop an e-mail to W. Greene or Bob Green and request to have your web page listed here.

The Green(e) Family Home Page
Green Family Research.
Green Family from Upson Co Georgia
Green Family Genealogy at Genforum.
Greene Family Genealogy at Genforum.


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