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Bowes, Bowe, Related and Similar Surnames DNA Project
Y DNA
This surname project primarily focuses on Y chromosome DNA. A man's surname and his Y DNA descend together from father to son relatively unchanged through the centuries since surnames came into use. In this way, all the men in a surname lineage normally share the same Y DNA markers. Matching project members—often cousins too distant to know of one another using documentary research—form lineage subgroups that facilitate family history research and a better understanding of our surnames and their variants. This process requires that the male Y DNA prospect bear one of the project surnames.
Which Y DNA test should I order?
The Big Y-700 kit is our best Y DNA tool! It provides the most coverage and the highest resolution for matching other men with your surname. Big Y-700 shows not just that two or more men match in a genealogically meaningful timeframe, but also exactly how one family branch stems from another. It is essentially a surname lineage's Y DNA family tree and the best tool for using Y DNA to corroborate documentary research. Each branch on the family tree will be defined by it's own SNP mutation(s).
If you prefer to start slower, STRs 1-111 can help establish that two or more men are closely related since surnames came into use. This is how our family lineage subgroups first formed in the DNA results before Big Y-700 hit the scene. Using up to 111 STRs, you can identify matches, but you cannot see how each lineage branches off their common Y DNA line. Consider this an entry test and order as many STRs as you can afford. You can upgrade to Big Y-700 later.
Autosomal DNA
We also accept Family Finder autosomal DNA results from men and women with a project surname in their family history (as well as autosomal results from other companies uploaded to FTDNA). Project admins will only assist with autosomal results when time allows and it serves the surname study. Please help us by having a male from your family who bears one of our project surnames join with Y DNA kit.
Non-Affiliation with Irish Origenes, Scottish Origenes, English Origenes
Dr. Tyrone Bowes is not involved with administration of the Bowes One-Name Study or this DNA Project. We regretfully must point this out here due to the unscientific nature of the surname DNA analyses he conducts for pay through his business, variously called Irish Origenes, English Origenes and Scottish Origenes. There are numerous public critiques of his work by experts in DNA analysis, surname mapping and history. Population geneticists with University College London have also included it on their public page calling out companies that misuse DNA results. (See Dubious commercial claims.)
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
Bawes, Beuse, Bewes, Bews, Bice, Bo, Bö, Boa, Boas, Boase, Boay, Boays, Boaz, Boaze, Boce, Boe, Boee, Boehler, Boes, Böethius, Boetius, Boewe, Boey, Bogue, Bohig, Bohill, Bohler, Böhler, Boice, Bois, Boise, Boo, Booe, Booie, Boos, Boose, Booy, Booz, Booze, Bose, Boss, Bosse, Both, Bothe, Bothi, Bothy, Bouce, Bougue, Bouse, Bow, Bowe, Böwe, Bowes, Bowey, Bowie, Bowige, Bowis, Bowrings, Bows, Bowse, Bowy, Bowys, Bowz, Boy, Boyce, Boye, Boyes, Boys, Boyse, Boze, Bues, Buice, Buie, Buist, Buo, Buoey, Buoy, Buy, Buye, Buys, Bwee, Bwoy, Bye, Byse, DeBose, Debowe, DeBowes, DuBoe, DuBow, DuBowe, MacNaboe, McAboy, McNaboe