Porteous DNA Project Web Site- Background

Background

This surname project is for the Porteous surname and any known variants, including Porteus, Portieous, Porteious, Portoues, Portice, Portous, Portes, Portus, Portas, Portass, Portuse, Portis, Pertis, Pertus and Porthouse.

The power of Y-DNA testing is that the Y chromosome can only be passed from father to son, which tends to match the manner the Porteous surname has been passed from father to son through the generations. Of course there are many ways that the chain going back in time may have been broken genetically without a break in the passing of the Porteous surname, be it through adoption, indiscretion, etc.

The Y-DNA test is meant to be taken by any male with the Porteous (or variant) surname, but will be of interest to any Porteous interested in learning more about their Porteous ancestry. It may turn out that a person's results do not appear to connect to the rest of the group or possibly even several groups of similar Y-DNA results. Regardless however, everyone will be able to compare their results to a database of thousands of other people who have submitted samples and possibly make a connection to other surname projects.

We hope that there is lots of interest out in the Porteous genealogy community to get a healthy sampling across the many branches of our Porteous family. We encourage anyone who has been thinking about doing a Y-DNA test to take the next step and go for it.

Sincerely,

The Porteous Surname Project Administrators