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GANDER DNA Project
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