About us
Our goal is to provide members with DNA data links to their Case line. Initially in 2004, the primary focus was to establish ties, between the first Case testors from NC/SC - 1700s ancestry and the Case line with New England and Mid-Atlantic states ancestry. DNA analysis confirms Haplogroup IM-253 and shows a greater that 99.98% probability they are closely related, and in 2016 these two groups were merged. There are more distantly associated IM-253 groups shown below them, but not close enough for a genealogical time frame.
There exist documented papertree Case lineages, first appearing in Rhode Island; Southhold, Long Island, New York and Hartford, Connecticut, in the mid 1600s. Most claim English origins, but few Case males from these lines have submitted DNA! Narrowing the gap, or defining separate lines is the goal here.
Seven Case/Kehs members, are now connected on the Kehs surname /US origins date back to the mid-18th century, Bally, Berks, Pennsylvania. Family records indicate 3 Kehs brothers immigrated in the 1740's from Baden, Wurtemburg, Germany to PA, Peter is the first to be discovered using Y and autosomal DNA in January 2017. Kehs was anglicized or perhaps misspelled to Case, Kass, Kaisen,and other variations. We seek more testers of this Alsace-Germanic/possibly Celtic line! There may be more spellings too...
Cass/Casse/Case families of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England, during the 1600s. Members, please make an effort to contact Cass/Case surname males and have them submit DNA samples. In at least one major development, the same ancestral line used the name Casse and Cass, with some of the descendants more recently adapting to the Case spelling.
To join the Y part of this Case project, you must supply your Case (or derivative) ancestry from your grandfather back to your earliest known Case ancestor, with dates and places where ever possible. If you think you may be a Case descendant, but have a different surname, please first do more research into possible adoptions, Non-Parental Events [NPE] etc.. However, if genetically you match any other members you will be accepted. For those of us lucky enough to have known or found lineages, we at the Case Project seek to assist adoptees to learn more about their birth lines.
There are 9 kits in the project that are not related to another Case kit. For these testers PLEASE please make an effort to locate other Case males in your family tree to Y test. The farther apart your relative is from you, the more useful the results will be, in other words; your 2nd cousin, great uncle, etc. are better than your brother or son, whom you expect to match you. If there are no distant relatives then, obtain any Y males in your Case line. This will solidify and place your family line on the map!
Secondarily, another goal is to establish the gateway ancestor for each Case line, with the country/location of origin. It appears that one gateway ancestor (for the NY Case line) is Henry Case, son of William Case who was born in England. Additionally, international Case and derivative surnames join requests are most welcome in our group, in hopes some of the original families remained behind in Europe! Immigrant Case ancestors to other parts of the world then the US, are equally welcome! Big Y IS important, so are your Y-111 results, please extend your own tests!! Please encourage ANY Case males you know to purchase and submit their Y-DNA and Family Finder test, to give us a better family history of the dispersion of all Case families. We're a fairly small, not so common name, a lot can be accomplished if we reach out in our families, sometimes you'll need to gift the kit or offer to pay.
Goals for maternal testers members, mtDNA, please positively identify a direct maternal lineage to a female Case ancestor, otherwise joining your maternal results here isn't useful. If you have a non-direct Case ancestor, male or female please add /or test and upload your autosomal results to our database. Please consider building your tree or downloading your GEDcom tree to your page, this will help build genetic ties to your tree!
Remember we're a fairly small, not so common name, a lot can be accomplished, IF we reach out in our families, sometimes you'll need to gift the kit or offer to pay!
If any members are especially good with websites, it would be GREAT for us to have brief histories, photos of place/castle/town of origin, family crests etc. to describe your line and post to the public site. Suggestions are Welcome!! Also it would be nice if we might compile a list of public family trees of all members too!
There exist documented papertree Case lineages, first appearing in Rhode Island; Southhold, Long Island, New York and Hartford, Connecticut, in the mid 1600s. Most claim English origins, but few Case males from these lines have submitted DNA! Narrowing the gap, or defining separate lines is the goal here.
Seven Case/Kehs members, are now connected on the Kehs surname /US origins date back to the mid-18th century, Bally, Berks, Pennsylvania. Family records indicate 3 Kehs brothers immigrated in the 1740's from Baden, Wurtemburg, Germany to PA, Peter is the first to be discovered using Y and autosomal DNA in January 2017. Kehs was anglicized or perhaps misspelled to Case, Kass, Kaisen,and other variations. We seek more testers of this Alsace-Germanic/possibly Celtic line! There may be more spellings too...
Cass/Casse/Case families of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England, during the 1600s. Members, please make an effort to contact Cass/Case surname males and have them submit DNA samples. In at least one major development, the same ancestral line used the name Casse and Cass, with some of the descendants more recently adapting to the Case spelling.
To join the Y part of this Case project, you must supply your Case (or derivative) ancestry from your grandfather back to your earliest known Case ancestor, with dates and places where ever possible. If you think you may be a Case descendant, but have a different surname, please first do more research into possible adoptions, Non-Parental Events [NPE] etc.. However, if genetically you match any other members you will be accepted. For those of us lucky enough to have known or found lineages, we at the Case Project seek to assist adoptees to learn more about their birth lines.
There are 9 kits in the project that are not related to another Case kit. For these testers PLEASE please make an effort to locate other Case males in your family tree to Y test. The farther apart your relative is from you, the more useful the results will be, in other words; your 2nd cousin, great uncle, etc. are better than your brother or son, whom you expect to match you. If there are no distant relatives then, obtain any Y males in your Case line. This will solidify and place your family line on the map!
Secondarily, another goal is to establish the gateway ancestor for each Case line, with the country/location of origin. It appears that one gateway ancestor (for the NY Case line) is Henry Case, son of William Case who was born in England. Additionally, international Case and derivative surnames join requests are most welcome in our group, in hopes some of the original families remained behind in Europe! Immigrant Case ancestors to other parts of the world then the US, are equally welcome! Big Y IS important, so are your Y-111 results, please extend your own tests!! Please encourage ANY Case males you know to purchase and submit their Y-DNA and Family Finder test, to give us a better family history of the dispersion of all Case families. We're a fairly small, not so common name, a lot can be accomplished if we reach out in our families, sometimes you'll need to gift the kit or offer to pay.
Goals for maternal testers members, mtDNA, please positively identify a direct maternal lineage to a female Case ancestor, otherwise joining your maternal results here isn't useful. If you have a non-direct Case ancestor, male or female please add /or test and upload your autosomal results to our database. Please consider building your tree or downloading your GEDcom tree to your page, this will help build genetic ties to your tree!
Remember we're a fairly small, not so common name, a lot can be accomplished, IF we reach out in our families, sometimes you'll need to gift the kit or offer to pay!
If any members are especially good with websites, it would be GREAT for us to have brief histories, photos of place/castle/town of origin, family crests etc. to describe your line and post to the public site. Suggestions are Welcome!! Also it would be nice if we might compile a list of public family trees of all members too!