About us
The Cross Surname Project was established on 10 Aug 2004. After being without an administrator for some time, Gareth Henson and Lucy Nelson volunteered to reestablish and administer the project on 28 Dec 2022. John Cross and Matthew Cross joined the admin team on 29 Dec 2022.
About the Administrators
Gareth Henson administers multiple haplogroup and surname projects in addition to one geographical project. Gareth's research on STR DYF399 was published in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy in 2005, and in 2011 he discovered and named SNPs T-Z709 through T-Z717. A native of Wales, he currently resides in the Netherlands.
Lucy Nelson admins 10 FTDNA projects including haplogroup, surname, and geographical Y-DNA projects. Lucy is an experienced researcher and has successfully combined traditional genealogy with Y-DNA to solve an NPE and break through brick walls. She moderates a Facebook group for advanced Y-DNA testing and enjoys helping new testers understand their results.
About the Administrators
Gareth Henson administers multiple haplogroup and surname projects in addition to one geographical project. Gareth's research on STR DYF399 was published in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy in 2005, and in 2011 he discovered and named SNPs T-Z709 through T-Z717. A native of Wales, he currently resides in the Netherlands.
Lucy Nelson admins 10 FTDNA projects including haplogroup, surname, and geographical Y-DNA projects. Lucy is an experienced researcher and has successfully combined traditional genealogy with Y-DNA to solve an NPE and break through brick walls. She moderates a Facebook group for advanced Y-DNA testing and enjoys helping new testers understand their results.