GANDER DNA Project - Family Project Website

Project Surnames:

GANDAR	GANDER

Project Background:

The GANDER DNA Project welcomes all participants. We encourage you to join today!

Our project is just getting started, and we expect to have many exciting discoveries.

Participating is an opportunity to uncover information not provided in the paper records, which will help with your research of your family tree. We will also discover which family trees are related. As the project progresses, the results for the various family trees will provide information on the evolution of the surname.

The surnames in this DNA Project are researched as part of the GANDER (& GANDAR) One-Name Study. You can learn more about this One-Name Study by visiting its website at www.gander-name.info (this link will open in a new window), or by contacting me, Des Gander on gander@one-name.org.

(There is also a Profile Page for the GANDER (& GANDAR) One-Name Study at one-name.org/profiles/gander.html - again this link will open in a new window).

The Y DNA test tells you about your direct male line, which would be your father, his father, and back in time. You must be male to take this test, and you should have one of the surnames shown. If you believe there is a GANDER or variant in your direct male line, although you have a different surname, you are also welcome to participate. If you are female, you will need to find a direct line male in your family tree to participate and represent your tree.

We encourage males who order a Y DNA test to order 37 markers, if possible. If you order less markers, you can upgrade later, though this costs a little more.

Both males and females may also be interested in learning about their direct female line, which would be their mother, their mother's mother, and back in time. Both men and women inherit mtDNA, although only women pass it on. You would order a mtDNA test. For matches in a genealogical time frame, order the mtDNA Plus test.

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Project Goals:

Discover information to help with our family history research

Discover which family trees are related

Discover information which may solve research problems, and/or resolve brick walls

Sort out multiple families found in the same location

Confirm or get clues regarding migrations

Confirm suspected events, such as illegitimacy and adoption

Find any mistaken connections in family trees

Validate family history research

Bridge gaps in the paper records

Confirm surname variants or find previously unknown variants

Discover information to define the major branches of the tree going back to the origin of the surname

Discover information about the evolution of the surname

Discover clues regarding the origin of the surname

Combine results with research in early records to determine the number of points of origin for the surname

Preserve DNA results for future research, to protect against any male line becoming extinct

Discover information about our distant origins

Project News:

We are just getting started and encourage you to join us in our discoveries!

We have also established a General Fund, to accept donations in any currency via credit card. These funds will be held at the testing company, and used to help sponsor test kits for those key males who would otherwise be unable to afford the cost of participation in the project. We encourage you to make a donation. To make a donation please click on the last link on the left, entitled 'Contribute to the Surname Project General Fund'. If you decide to donate, please specify 'GANDER Project General Fund' in the top box of the Donation form.

Order your test kit TODAY! Click on the Join link on the top in the blue sidebar on the left, labelled 'Request to Join this Group'.

DNA Test Results (mtDNA) for Project Members