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Description
The Goss DNA Project is open to all who are interested in working together to find their common heritage through sharing of information and DNA testing. All variant spellings are welcome. If your Surname is missing, we'll be glad to add it.
We are not seeking to duplicate the work of the FTDNA Gauss Surname Project, though name variation may lead to some overlap. His focus is on German Gauss, Gaus or Gausz, whereas ours is more toward the Anglo-Saxon/English Goss, Gass, Gas, but we are finding that both have many shared variants.
https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/gauss/
Likewise, the FTDNA Gosnold Surname Project includes the variants Gosnold, Gosnell, Gosnoll; and we encourage persons with those surnames to join that project instead.
https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/gosnold
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
Gafs, Gas, Gasg, Gask, Gass, Gauche, Gaus, Gause, Gaush, Gauss, Gausz, Goos, Gos, Goscling, Gose, Gosling, Gosmann, Goss, Gosse, Gosz, Gous, Gouws