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Description
Descendants from around the world have reported that around 1688 William of Orange gave land in Northern Ireland to two or three MENARY brothers. They were weavers by trade; possibly persecuted Huguenots from Southern France.
The purpose of this project is to prove these theories, create DNA links between MENARYS around the world and our original ancestors in Ireland and France, and validate the existing research.
Our first goal is to encourage MENARY males (of any spelling) with Irish or French ancestors to participate to achieve our objectives.
Our second goal includes male or femal. Anyone can participate with Family Finder in our project as long as there is some Menary connection.
Requirements
A Surname Project traces members of a family that share a common surname. They are of the most interest in cultures where surnames are passed on from father to son like the Y-Chromosome. This project is for males taking a Y-Chromosome DNA (Y-DNA) test. Thus, the individual who tests must be a male who wants to check his direct paternal line (father's father's father's...) with a Y-DNA12, Y-DNA37, Y-DNA67, or Y-DNA111 test and who has one of the surnames listed for the project. Females do not carry their father's Y-DNA. Females who would like to check their father's direct paternal line can have a male relative with his surname order a Y-DNA test. Females can also order an mtDNA test for themselves such as the mtDNAPlus test or the mtFullSequence test and participate in an mtDNA project. Both men and women may take our autosomal Family Finder test to discover recent relationships across all family lines.
Surnames In This Project
Manaray, Manarey, Manary, Manery, Mannery, Menairry, Menairy, Menarais, Menarry, Menary, Menerai, Meneray, Meneret, Menerey, Menery, Menuray, Menuret, Minary, Minearry, Minery, Minnary, Minnery