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Description
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The MILES DNA Project is a collaborative research effort involving families with origins in the MILES and/or MYLES groups of surnames.
This project is a collaborative effort of member-participants desirous to discover and explore their heritage through the sharing of information and DNA test results.
Members are encouraged to communicate with one another in order to further their knowledge of family history and heritage through genetic genealogical research and the sharing of information.
We encourage interested parties having lineal ties to the MILES and/or MYLES groups of surnames to join us in the search for a greater knowledge of our ancestors and the common heritage we share.
Both Y-DNA and mtDNA test results are made available for the purposes of matching and/or comparison. We additionally utilize Autosomal DNA (atDNA - e.g. FTDNA's Family Finder Test) results in combination with the other two.
The MILES DNA Project Administration Team recommends and urges each participating male member of a MILES/MYLES Patrilineal Line to do the BIG-Y 700 Y-DNA Test (or upgrade their existing kit to this test).
Thus, any of these three types of DNA tests and the willingness to collaborate with others (including granting one's consent to share their contact, pedigree, and DNA results information with and through this project), qualifies one for participatory membership in the MILES DNA Project.
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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
Beach, Blattner, Brandman, Clausen, Cohen, Collins, Cook, Cote, Craner, Doles, Gerry, Griffith, Gulledge, Heller, Huckaby, Jolly, Jones, Kenney, Kerwin, Lancaster, Lawlis, McCorkle, Mighal, Mighall, Mighill, Mihills, Miles, Mills, Myles, Neely, Powers, Sivertsen, Yepez, Young