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HOLT Y-Chromosome DNA Surname Project

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Group Administrator: Edward Holt emh1930@suddenlink.net

Project Surnames:

Hoalt	Hold	Holdt	Holt
Holte	Holtom	Holton	Holtz
Hoult	Houtz

Project Background:

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!

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Project Goals:

The goal of the HOLT Surname Project is to distinguish between HOLT ancestral lines, worldwide. Any reasonable spelling variant is included.

As the number of individuals tested increases and variant spelled lines become well defined, I will be more than happy to turn over these variant lines to other researchers specializing in them.
Also please note that, to participate meaningfully, I will need you to share your male direct-line ancestry as you know it, either in the form of a pedigree, or a direct lineage including the states or countries of birth and the years of birth. This helps me and others to determine their migration routes for comparison studies.

Project News:

16 Sep 2004 - the HOLT project was announced.

06/17/2008 - as of this date, 68 HOLTs have joined the YDNA project and 8 joined the mtDNA project, with donor members from the USA, UK and Norway. We have lost 1 other to death and 3 who never returned their test kits.

06/17/2008 - We now have 63 members with complete or partial results posted for most. Four of these are variant spelled surname members.

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Project Results:

Several, including myself, have proved that their lines were not being correctly traced according to published research. Many others have happily found others who were from their same lines. We also find that our 68 members are from 28 different unrelated lines. Amazing genealogical tool this DNA....

DNA Test Results (mtDNA) for Project Members