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Description
Welcome to the Vaughan DNA Project.
This is the home site for DNA research into the Vaughan surname. These Surnames include the following (and their many variant spellings) Vaughan, Vaughn, Vaughen, Vaun, Von, Vonn, Baughan, Baughn, etc.
Please understand that this is a collaborative research project.
We strongly encourage the active participation of each member to further this genealogical and genetic study of our surnames and their place in history.
We are testing the Y-DNA of males with surnames to try and reconstruct the male lineages of the family.
There is not one single Y-DNA test to take but a series of DNA tests to continually dig deeper into our histories.
All participants will be included in the ongoing studies and by joining the project; most of you you have given consent to FTDNA (in accordance with your privacy choices) for your information to be anonymously included in ongoing genetic genealogy research. Your personal identity will not be revealed, but your results will be used to better understand the Vaughan surname and the history of our ancestors.
PLEASE NOTE: The Vaughan DNA Project volunteer administrators have no commercial affiliation with any profit making organization and receive no compensation for services or expenses involved with the Vaughan DNA project.
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
Baughan, Vaughan, Vaughen, Vaughn, Vaun, Veaughn, Von