GRIFFITH Y-Chromosome DNA Surname Project- Background

Background

Have you reached that proverbial "brick wall" in your search for ancestors? Join the thousands of genealogists who are making new connections through genetics.

The Griffi(th)(n)(s)(ng) DNA Surname Project was formed to help sort out the many branches of Griffith, Griffin, Griffis families and find connections in the absence of primary documentation. Our project continues to grow, adding about three new participants each month. If your surname is Griffith or one of its variants, join us and help build the genetic map of our Celtic heritage.

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!

Please visit our primary project website at http://www.griffith.dna.rdgriffith.com