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Description
The McGowan Family Project seeks to find common heritage through sharing of information and DNA testing. This project limits Y-DNA participation only to those males with the McGowan or variant surnames. It is a study to determine potential relatedness of those with direct paternal ancestry of the McGowan surname or one of the variants. Current surnames allowed to join the project is Goin, Going, Goins, Gow, Gowan, Gowen, Gowin, Gowing, McGowan, McGowen, McGowin, O'Gowan, O'Gowen, O'Gowin, Smith, or Smythe. If your surname is different than any of these and you have information regarding a non-paternal event (NPE), please provide that information within your join request and a decision will be made as to whether your DNA is included within the 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
Goin, Going, Goins, Gow, Gowan, Gowen, Gowin, Gowing, McGowan, McGowen, McGowin, O'Gowan, O'Gowen, O'Gowin, Smith, Smythe