Yamaguchi Ken Surname Project- Background

Administrators

Surnames

Eto, Kametani, Mizuno, Nakakura, Nohara, Takeo, Tamura, Toyonaga, Yamaguchi

Background

Yamaguchi prefecture is the original home to many 19th century immigrants to Hawaii and California. This project seeks to link up various surnames from this area of Japan with descendants in both the U.S. and Japan and ultimately learn the migratory origins of their ancestors.

Project Stats

Statistic Type Count
Distinct mtDNA Haplogroups 9
Distinct Y-DNA Confirmed Haplogroups 2
Distinct Y-DNA Predicted Haplogroups 2
Maternal Ancestor Information 7
Maternal GEDCOMs Uploaded 0
mtDNA 9
mtDNA Full Sequence 3
mtDNA Plus 7
mtDNA Subgroups 0
Paternal Ancestor Information 5
Paternal GEDCOMs Uploaded 0
Predicted Y-DNA Haplogroups 2
Total Members 9
Unpredicted Y-DNA Haplogroups 0
Unreturned Kits 0
Y-DNA Deep Clade (After 2008) 1
Y-DNA Subgroups 0
Y-DNA12 4
Y-DNA25 3
Y-DNA37 3