CRAWFORD Y-Chromosome DNA Surname Project

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Project Surnames:

Crafford	Crafoord	Craford	Crauford
Craufuird	Craufurd	Crawford	Crawfort
Crawfurd	Crowford	Krafferdt	Kraffert
Krafford

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Y-DNA25 2007 Gift Certificate $15* - Kit 109947

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, unchanged 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!

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Project Goals:

The goal of the CRAWFORD Surname Project is to distinguish between CRAWFORD ancestral lines, worldwide. Any reasonable spelling variant is included (please feel free to suggest a variant you feel I have missed).

Please note that, at the outset, it makes sense to "cast the net widely." As the number of individuals tested increases and various lines become well defined, I will be more than happy to turn over these lines to other researchers specializing in them. I don't recommend splitting-up the project at the outset because I have a feeling we are in for some surprises with regard to where the divisions belong...

Also please note that, to participate meaningfully, you will need to share your male direct-line ancestry either in the form of a pedigree or, preferably, as family group sheets.

Project News:

25 Jan 2008 - 88 members, 80 kits returned, 77 analyzed, 3 pending analysis, 4 unrecov.
13 Mar 2007 - 57 members, 45 kits analyzed, 8 pending analysis, 4 unrecoverable.
25 Mar 2006 - New 67 marker test announced. 33 members, 27 kits analyzed.
27 Oct 2005 - 22 members, 18 analyzed, 4 pending.
22 July 2005 - 17 members, 13 analyzed, 4 pending.
30 May 2005 - 14 members, 10 analyzed and 4 pending.
19 Dec 2004 - 4 members, results returned for 1.
29 Sep 2004 - the CRAWFORD Surname Project was announced.

Project Results:

13 lineages identified, two from Haplogroup I (I1a & I1b1), 11 from subclade R1b1c* (North Atlantic haplotype) and one from subclade R1b1c7 (Neill of the Nine Hostages).