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Group Administrator: Clay Daniels clay.daniels@sbcglobal.net
Group Co-Administrator: R. David Christman christmanrd@christmanfamily.net

Project Surnames:

White	Whyte

Project Background:

While a surname itself usually can provide some general information about the origin of a family, DNA-testing can give us additional new, concrete, scientific 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. These mutational differences can be used to sort related family lines into branches and of course can be used to sort the various White families in the USA into those which are genetically related and those which are not. This is a great aide to traditional research as you will know which lines to focus on as being truly your own clan. 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!

To learn more about Genetic Genealogy see:
Genetic Genealogy - An Introduction

HOW TO JOIN THIS PROJECT: At this time you must have been tested either directly via FTDNA or indirectly via FTDNA via the NGS Genographic Project to join this project. Genographic Project customers must first do the free transfer of their results from the NGS database to FTDNA's database. See the "Learn More" link at the bottom of your Genographic Project personal page for how to do the free transfer of your test data to FTDNA or call FTDNA for assistance in doing the transfer. Once you have a personal account page at FTDNA, to join this White project sign/log in to your FTDNA personal account page and click on the blue JOIN button in the upper part of your personal page screen. Find the "Surnames" projects section. Click on the letter "W" category. Then click on the White project link. You will then see a description of this project. Scroll down to the bottom and click on the small white join button at the bottom of the White project join page. That is all there is to it. If you have not been tested before either by FTDNA or the Genographic Project and want to join this project you need to order a YDNA test kit. Click on the Request to Join This Group link in the upper left hand corner of this screen to contact the Project Admin and arrange ordering your test kit.

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Project Goals:

The goal of the this surname project is to distinguish between White ancestral lines worldwide. Any reasonable spelling variant can be included. Please feel free to suggest a variant you feel I may have missed.

Please note that, at the outset, it makes sense to "cast the net widely." As the number of individuals tested increases and various lines become well defined, I will be more than happy to turn over these lines to other researchers specializing in them. I don't recommend splitting-up the project at the outset because I have a feeling we are in for some surprises with regard to where the divisions belong...

Also please note that, to participate meaningfully, you will need to share your male direct-line ancestry either in the form of a pedigree or, preferably, as family group sheets.

You can also add your basic Pedigree Chart information to the FTDNA database using your personal account page and the GEDCOM tab.

To learn more about Genetic Genealogy see:
Genetic Genealogy - An Introduction

HOW TO JOIN THIS PROJECT: At this time you must have been tested either directly via FTDNA or indirectly via FTDNA via the NGS Genographic Project to join this project. Genographic Project customers must first do the free transfer of their results from the NGS database to FTDNA's database. See the "Learn More" link at the bottom of your Genographic Project personal page for how to do the free transfer of your test data to FTDNA or call FTDNA for assistance in doing the transfer. Once you have a personal account page at FTDNA, to join this White project sign/log in to your FTDNA personal account page and click on the blue JOIN button in the upper part of your personal page screen. Find the "Surnames" projects section. Click on the letter "W" category. Then click on the White project link. You will then see a description of this project. Scroll down to the bottom and click on the small white join button at the bottom of the White project join page. That is all there is to it. If you have not been tested before either by FTDNA or the Genographic Project and want to join this project you need to order a YDNA test kit. Click on the Request to Join This Group link in the upper left hand corner of this screen to contact the Project Admin and arrange ordering your test kit.

Project News:

Oct 11 2007: New tab/section layout and format implemented for the project website.

Project Results:

Project participants should be sure to remember to fill in the Earliest Known Ancestor field in their User Preferences section of their personal account record at FamilyTreeDNA. The male line participant's test data is listed in the "Y Results" table in the tabs/links above in a somewhat arbitrary order determined by their Short Tandem Repeat (Alleles) numerical values. We have grouped the members by the broadbased Haplogroup categories to aide in searching for possible matches.

DNA Test Results (mtDNA) for Project Members