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Description
All Harwood, Horwood, Harrod, Harod, Herward, Herod, and similar surname males in America, the British Isles, and around the world, are cordially invited to take the Y-DNA test and join this new Harwood Family History Y-DNA Study. Female Harwood descendants and male Harwood descendants not having the Harwood surname are also cordially invited to participate and join in advancing the Study by encouraging their Harwood-surname brother, uncle, cousin, etc., to submit a simple cheek-swab test.
NOTE: This Study may have funds available from time to time to contribute toward testing costs for certain Harwood lines not previously tested and for special lines where a second test is being sought. Please inquire if a group contribution is available for your line.
We recommend the y-dna test be at least 37 markers. The more markers, the better the bang for the buck. The 12-marker test is too general to be very useful for genealogical dna tracing, and typically needs to be upgraded to at least 37 to provide enough specific data. The 67-marker and 111-marker tests have progressively more accurate and specific reaches back into Harwood Y-DNA history.
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
Arrowood, Earwood, Hardwood, Harewood, Harod, Harrawood, Harriod, Harrod, Harrud, Harud, Harward, Harwood, Hayward, Henriet, Hereward, Herod, Herred, Herrod, Herward, Herwood, Heyward, Horwood, Warwood, Whorewood, Whorwood