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Description
MOSS, MORSE, MOSSE, MOSE, MOS, MOOS, MOOSS, MOOSE, MOORE, MOR, MOES, D'MOSS, MEOS, MUSE, MEES(E), MORRIS and any other reasonable spelling variant are welcome to join the project. Only males have Y-chromosomes, so only MOSS males can participate. If you are female, you can have a male relative submit a sample for your line. To participate meaningfully, you will need to share your direct male lineage back to the earliest known ancestor, as a family tree (excluding living persons). Participants are grouped according to dendrogram and not solely based upon ancestral claim. Ultimately, we are related to the individuals in our match list at levels Y37 and above. They may not all share the same surname. A dendrogram (http://scaledinnovation.com/gg/clustering.html) is an excellent tool to further refine our search by illustrating where certain lineages branch.
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
D'Moss, Maus, Moes, Moore, Moos, Moose, Mooss, Mor, Morris, Mors, Morse, Mos, Mose, Moss, Mosse, Munro