Family Research of Y-DNA for Empey, Empie, Emichen and surname variations The Empey & Empie surname project is a Y-DNA research project of the male line for Empey, Empie and variations of the surname. Also if you have mt-DNA and/or Autosomal DNA results and have an interest in the surnames Empey, Empie & Emichen are welcome to send a join request. The main goal of this project is to link Empey and Empie descendants back to Germany, especially the Palatine region, and France via Y-DNA. This includes descendants that migrated to Australia, Canada, England, Ireland and U.S.A. In particular, the descendants of Johan Ernst Emichen and family who emigrated to New York., U.S.A in 1710.