The Garcia Surname Y-DNA Project- Background

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Background

This project was established to research the Y-DNA of males who carry the Garcia surname.

This project is open to males who carry the Garcia surname from paternal inheritance although females can arrange to represent their family by testing a male relative who is a direct paternal line descendant of their Garcia ancestor.

The Garcia Wikipedia Page

Garcia is a patronymic surname. The Pre Roman "Garcia" comes from the personal name, which at the moment is in disuse. It is has a highly debated origin: Iberian, ancient Basque or ancient Celtic. The first references of this surname go back to year 843 A.D.

Garcia is the most common last name in Spain and the second most frequent in Latin America including Brazil. It is also found in significant numbers in Portugal and southwestern France.





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Project Stats

Statistic Type Count
Combined GEDCOMs Uploaded 7
Distinct mtDNA Haplogroups 24
Distinct Y-DNA Confirmed Haplogroups 18
Distinct Y-DNA Predicted Haplogroups 11
Family Finder 25
Maternal Ancestor Information 65
mtDNA 60
mtDNA Full Sequence 17
mtDNA Plus 32
mtDNA Subgroups 0
Paternal Ancestor Information 90
Predicted Y-DNA Haplogroups 40
Total Members 130
Unpredicted Y-DNA Haplogroups 0
Unreturned Kits 6
WTY 1
Y-DNA Deep Clade (After 2008) 14
Y-DNA Deep Clade (Prior to 2008) 7
Y-DNA Subgroups 11
Y-DNA111 2
Y-DNA12 107
Y-DNA25 66
Y-DNA37 61
Y-DNA67 29