The families that join this project do so because of a close genetic relationship on the Y-Chromosome specifically the SNP E-FT262149

BELYAKOV

"Samuil Abramovich "Belyakov" did not live to see the distribution of surnames, but all of his descendants are Belyakovs" The earliest known origin of the Belyakov family is found in Gordeevo Russia.

E-FT262149 (v. Gordeevo, Borovsky u., Kaluga region) Belyakovs (molgen.org)

CIOBANU

KIEMLE

Michael Kiemle was born about 1690 in Lenningen, Esslingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Lenningen - Wikipedia

Urban Kiemle is the son of Michael Kiemle and Sybilla Haas. He was born 15 March 1714 in Tiefenbronn. He married Henrica Morlock on 26 Nov 1747.

Urban Kiemle is the one that received the Kiemle “Coat of Arms” "Saarbrucken"

LOSA

The Losa family comes from Rev. Vaclav Losa son of John Losa and Eleanora Bartusek of Nosislav, Moravia, Czech Republic. He came to the United States and founded the Hussite Society and served for many years as a leader and role model.

We hope to find other Losa members of the same family to join us.

MEIER

The Meier family moved to Karlshuld, Bavaria from an unknown location in the late 1700s then continued on to Ohio in the mid 1800s. The oldest known ancestor is George Maier and his wife Walburga Helfer.

SCHMID

Jacob Smith and Mary Shockey married in Montgomery County Virginia on 15 July 1796. He held land in what is now Floyd County Virginia on the South Fork of the Roanoke. Descendants of Jacob can be found all over the United States.

He had 5 sons in which only 4 are known: John, Abraham, Henry and Jacob

You can learn more about the Jacob Smith family here Smith Families of Montgomery County Virginia (smithgenealogy.net)

The Smith family has confirmed their paper trail through 4 sons of Jacob Smith b. 1770 in Virginia. Jacobs father is currently unknown.

SCHNEIDERHANS

Hans Schneider a professional Beer Brewer in Rottenburg from Kiebingen is found living in what is known today as Buhl Tubingen by the year 1457. By 1500 Hans Schneider built a Brewery in Buhl by Tubingen.

Hans had 1 son: Johann Schneiderhans b. abt. 1458 in Buhl

From what we currently understand the only family named Schneiderhans comes from this Johann Schneiderhans.

Two individuals that you cannot ignore are W.F. Schneiderhan and Emil Schneiderhan. They have dedicated endless hours to the history of the Family Schneiderhans.

Emil Schneiderhan has written a book called Familiengeschichte Schneiderhan und im Anhang Hausergeschichte Nordstetten.

W.F. Schneiderhan has compiled a website that no other can compete with regarding the history and genealogy of the Schneiderhan and related families.

Please visit his site here http://www.familie-schneiderhan.de/index.php?lang=en_US

The Schneiderhan family has confirmed their paper trail through two sons of Johannes Schneiderhan born 1662 in Buhl Tubingen. Johannes Schneiderhan is the son of Jakob Schneiderhans, 4th great grandson of Hans Schneider.

SCHNELL

Andreas Schnell married Anna Margaretha Zimmerman on 10 May 1697 in Heslach, Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg Germany. Our Schnell family come from the line of Johann Jacob Schnell. He arrived in the United States on 20 November 1854. More descendants of Andreas Schnell are welcome to join the project.

HABAN HUTTERITES

A study conducted on the Haban population of Slovakia has tested a minimal set of STRs. Although they did not test the locations we would have hoped for over 40% of the Haban are V13 and are a 12/12 marker match with most of our project. We hope to find members of the Haban community to join us so we can test them for at least 37 markers... it may be that a majority of the Haban are Z16988.

you can view the study here Drawing the history of the Hutterite population on a genetic landscape: inference from Y-chromosome and mtDNA genotypes - PMC (nih.gov)

and here 52.004.pdf (jogg.info)