Group Administrator:
John Armstrong - Email:
ana@mtaonline.net
- Email:
bobsarmstrong@sky.com
Project Surnames
Armistrang, Armstrang, Armstrong, Fairbairn, Fairburn, Fortinbras, Hamstrom, Harmstrang, Harmstrong, Trainor, Traynor, Treanor, Trenor, Treynor
Project Background
While a surname itself may give us incomplete or misleading or, at best, only general information about the origin of a family, DNA-testing can give us concrete evidence for identifying and separating family lines. Y-chromosome DNA testing is especially helpful because the male Y-chromosome is handed down, father to son, through the generations, except for rare mutations which, in themselves, can be helpful indicators of branching. The accessibility and affordability of family DNA testing is doubtless the greatest technical advance in the history of genealogical research because -- at long, long last -- we have a tool to break down those brick walls! See the Y-DNA & mtDNA Results pages tabbed above and see also for an analysis of the results:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/armstrong.htm
(Note: all one-line URL)