Lykins has MANY spelling variations!

It is a surname that Peter and Michael NILSSON (brothers) adopted as their own. Peter and Michel were the sons of Nils ANDERSSON of Sweden. The children of Nils were early settlers of what is now Pennsylvania.

Since this name was adopted by one distinct lineage in the 17th century, it is likely that many other lineages ended up adopting this surname (under any of the spelling variations).

We expect that men with this surname will have an ancestor from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Belarus, or Poland.
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THE SWEDISH COLONIAL SOCIETY
http://www.colonialswedes.org/
Nils Andersson and his Lykins descendants (including Peter and Michael) are qualifying ancestors if you are interested in joining this Society.
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OTHER DNA PROJECTS OF INTEREST

If you are determined by testing to be in the N haplogroup, consider also joining the N Y-DNA project. You do not have to re-take the test, nor pay to join. And, you may still be a member of this project! Here is the link
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/N%20Y-DNA%20Project
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If your ancestor is from a Scandanavian country, you may also join the Scandinavia Y-DNA project.  Link:
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/scandinavianydna/
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Another major project is the Finland DNA project. Link:
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Finland
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Several project members are on Facebook.

There is a Lykins Family Page on Facebook as well; please become a fan!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lykins-Family/143140826692