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Group Administrator: Dirk Schweitzer dirk_schweitzer@yahoo.com
Group Co-Administrator: Deborah Walsh debau92@sbcglobal.net

Background

Project Surnames:

Schweitzer	Schweitzler	Schweizer	Schwitser
Shveiser	Shveitser	Shveitzer	Shveizer
Shwisher	Shwitzer	Shwizer	Sweitzer
Sweizer	Swisher	Swisser	Switcher
Switser	Switzer	Switzler	Swizer

Project Background:

The family name Schweitzer, as well as all of its variants such as Switzer, Schweizer, Sweizer, Swizer, Swisher, Switzer, Shveitser, Schweitzler, Sweitzer, Schwitser, Swisher, Swisser, Switcher, Switser, Switzer, Switzler, Shwitzer etc., is a geographic surname. The name means "a person from Switzerland." Since it is a geographic surname, it is certain that there are multiple founders.

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Project Goals:

To goal is to test the Y-DNA of as many "Schweitzer" males, and of all surname variants, as possible. It does not matter where these families currently live. Thereby, we will be able to establish clusters of people descending from a common founder. This will help every "Schweitzer" family doing genealogy.

People with the family name Schweitzer are known to live in the following countries (in alphabetical order): Australia, Canada, Chile, Brasil, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Republiek van Suid-Afrika, Republic of South Africa, United Kingdom, USA,.... all of them are welcome to join this project. Thanks, Dirk.

Project News:

We are asking that more Switzer/Schweitzer/Swisher/etc. males test their Y-DNA to help grow our database. It is only through sharing that we can make connections and help each other. In addition, the more markers are tested, the more reliable the clustering can be performed. Everyone is encourage to test at least 37 markers.

Please do provide your project administrators with the names, dates, and locations of your earliest known patrilinear (= direct male) and matrilinear (= direct female) ancestors. This will help all of us to make connections between distant branches of the same family. Thank you. :)

Project Results:

Please see the "Y Results" Page. Until now, 10 distinct clusters have been identified. The haplotypes within each cluster are genetically close enough, so that they share a common ancestor within a genealogically relevant time frame, i.e., since the introduction of surnames. In other words, so far 10 Unique Founder Events of the surname "Schweitzer" have been identified.

Since the family name "Schweitzer" means "a person from Switzerland," one can draw the following conclusions: (a) the patrilinear ancestor lived at some time point between the years of 900 and 1100, that is the time period when surnames were assigned in cities in most of central Europe, in Southern Germany and (b) the patrilinear ancestor lived at some time point between the years of 800 and 1000 in Switzerland.

Some of our results are reported on: http://switzerfamily.org

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