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Description
The initial purpose of this project is to use Y-chromosome testing to link descendants of Colonial American Nichols families. Most of our participants trace their Nichols ancestry back to late 1700s of Colonial America, and many as far back as the 1600s. However, documentation of most Nichols ancestry in Colonial America is very sketchy and we are hoping that the Y-chromosome tests might clarify these early documents. We are also interested in the origin(s) and diversification of the Nichols surname and therefore all males born with this surname or close spelling variants are welcome to participate. Relevant to that goal, we've recruited many participants who trace their ancestry back to specific areas of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
http://www.brian-hamman.com/ResultsForNicholsSurnameProject.htm
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
MacNeacail, MacNicol, McNichols, Nichol, Nicholas, Nicholes, Nicholl, Nicholls, Nichols, Nickel, Nickels, Nickols, Nicol, Nicoll, Nicolls, Nicols