Jewish DNA Project- Background

Administrators

Surnames

Barkan, Berger, Bunyaner, Chapkovsky, Cohen, Czapkowsky, Dapeer, Dorfman, Fogle, Jassinger, Jewish, Kapilevich, Katz, Katzmann, Koplowitz, Krug, Kruk, Kugel, Levine, Levy, Lew, Lewin, Mahlab, Makowiecki, Monane, Myers, Raskin, Schwartzmann, Strauss, Wasserman, Weinstein, Weiss, Winkler

Background

Begun in September, 2000 at the time of Family Tree DNA's founding, the study began with the fathers at the Solomon Schechter School of Bergen County, NJ and branched into a study of Ashkenazi roots generally. The project currently has over 1,300 participants.