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Description
PENNY, PENNEY, PINNEY, PENNIE, PENAY, PENNIJ, PANNIJ, PANJE, and any other reasonable spelling variations are welcome to join the project.
The project includes all forms of DNA but yDNA is the most easily identified with surnames. While only males of the direct Penny line can take a yDNA test, autosomal tests like the Family Finder on FTDNA or the tests available from other companies like Ancestry also provide meaningful information on a line. To participate meaningfully, test-takers will need to share their Penny line ancestry back to their earliest known PENNY/etc., preferably in wikitree or another online tree.
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
Panje, Pannij, Penay, Penney, Pennie, Pennij, Penny, Pinney