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1) Identify (and refine) the Y-DNA Haplogroup for the Chipman family (descendants of Elder John Chipman)
2) Try to identify the origin of the Chipman family in England by finding DNA matches
3) Verify whether this Chipman family is the only family of this surname in England or if there are other Chipman families in America
4) Determine if there were any Non-Paternal Events (NPE) within the Chipman family.*
* Human nature being what it is, there are times when there are breaks in a lineage and/or DNA testing discovers where a persons genetic/biological ancestry is not identical to what the traditional "paper-trail" indicated. There are a number of reasons for this including grandparents adopting a daughters son(s), a widow remarrying and the children take on the step-father's surname, a woman marrying some one other than the father of her child, infidelity, etc. etc.
2) Try to identify the origin of the Chipman family in England by finding DNA matches
3) Verify whether this Chipman family is the only family of this surname in England or if there are other Chipman families in America
4) Determine if there were any Non-Paternal Events (NPE) within the Chipman family.*
* Human nature being what it is, there are times when there are breaks in a lineage and/or DNA testing discovers where a persons genetic/biological ancestry is not identical to what the traditional "paper-trail" indicated. There are a number of reasons for this including grandparents adopting a daughters son(s), a widow remarrying and the children take on the step-father's surname, a woman marrying some one other than the father of her child, infidelity, etc. etc.