McAlister DNA Project- Background
Administrators
Surnames
MacAlasdair, MacAlaster, MacAlester, MacAlister, MacAllasdair, MacAllaster, MacAllester, MacAllister, MacCalasdair, MacCalaster, MacCalester, MacCallasdair, MacCallaster, MacCallester, MacColaster, MacColester, MacColister, MacCollaster, MacCollester, MacCollister, Maclester, Mc Alister, Mc Allister, McAlasdair, McAlaster, McAlester, McAlister, McAllasdair, McAllaster, McAllester, McAllister, McCalasdair, McCalaster, McCalester, McCalister, McCallasdair, McCallaster, McCallester, McCallister, McCollister
Background
In the year 2000, Clan McAlister of America held their biennial reunion in Norman, OK where one of the members made a presentation on genetic genealogy. Shortly after the reunion, one of the members, Wanda Shelton, began searching for a DNA provider. She wanted to prove that her McAlister kin, with ties to Monroe County, TN, were related.
In her search for a DNA testing provider, she contacted Family Tree DNA. Bennett Greenspan, President and CEO of FTDNA, provided assistance and guidance in establishing the McAlister DNA Project. Family Tree DNA appointed her as Project Administrator.
She asked six male members of her McAlister cousins to take the Y-12 marker DNA test.The test results were DNA matches, related. Wanda’s venture into Genetic Genealogy proved successful and that her research on the McAlister group from Monroe County, TN was correct. As the McAlister DNA project grew in numbers, subgroups were formed based on the participants' DNA results. Wanda's subgroup #1 has grown to 18 members.
In 2007, Wanda resigned from many of her genealogical activities, but she still wanted to maintain her work with the Monroe County, TN group of McAlister kin. In 2008, J A McAlister was asked to help with the DNA project and appointed Project Administrator.
If you would like to beome a member of the Family Tree DNA McAlister project, and order DNA testing, just click on Join Request. Please fill out the form with brief family lineage, including most distance ancestor, dates, and locations. you will be given a web address and a "join code" which will allow you to join the project and to order DNA tests at reduced prices.
Project Stats
| Distinct mtDNA Haplogroups |
7 |
| Distinct Y-DNA Confirmed Haplogroups |
11 |
| Distinct Y-DNA Predicted Haplogroups |
6 |
| Family Finder |
9 |
| Maternal Ancestor Information |
49 |
| Maternal GEDCOMs Uploaded |
3 |
| mtDNA |
20 |
| mtDNA Full Sequence |
3 |
| mtDNA Plus |
13 |
| mtDNA Subgroups |
0 |
| Paternal Ancestor Information |
129 |
| Paternal GEDCOMs Uploaded |
19 |
| Predicted Y-DNA Haplogroups |
24 |
| Total Members |
139 |
| Unpredicted Y-DNA Haplogroups |
0 |
| Unreturned Kits |
1 |
| Y-DNA Deep Clade (After 2008) |
7 |
| Y-DNA Deep Clade (Prior to 2008) |
5 |
| Y-DNA Subgroups |
16 |
| Y-DNA111 |
1 |
| Y-DNA12 |
129 |
| Y-DNA25 |
111 |
| Y-DNA37 |
100 |
| Y-DNA67 |
50 |
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