About us
Welcome to the Escott Family History Y-DNA Study for Escott's of all different spelling variations.
This all-volunteer investigative project of private Escott researchers in America and the British Isles is designed to use Y-DNA profiles in tracing different Escott (and related spelling) family lines back to their earliest detectable origins, and to find and either prove or disprove relationships between and within these family lines. The umbrella surname Escott, as used on this website, typically includes related Escott surnames.
Y-DNA testing measures specific characteristics on the male tester's Y-chromosome -- genealogical markers passed down on the direct paternal line from a father to his son, to his son, to his son, etc., with relatively few changes or mutations over the centuries. These markers usually (but not always) follow the surname back through the generations many hundreds of years ago to the time in history when surnames were first adopted, and then continue to follow the genetic profile back through the Middle Ages and beyond. A second test on each line is recommended to confirm and verify each line back to the Most Recent Common Ancestor and preclude a possible DNA sidetrack in the expected paternal line due to an unrecorded adoption, friendly neighbor, or research mistake.
The Y-DNA test kit for Escott-surname males, swabbing the inside of the cheek, is EASY and QUICK -- three swabs at 60 seconds each. No blood is involved, and no medical or other information is recorded or obtained. It comes in the mail to the tester's home. Female Escott descendants and male Escott descendants not having the Escott surname can readily participate and advance the study by encouraging their Escott-surname brothers, cousins or other relatives to submit a test representing their common Escott line. We use the leading testing company with the largest databank -- over 219,000 tests world-wide and over 42,000 British tests -- showing wide acceptance of Y-DNA testing in family history research. Privacy of test results and samples is protected by the strict protocols and guidelines followed by the testing company, as required by federal and state law. No one with our Roscoe study has any interest in the testing company or any related entity, or receives any type of compensation in connection with the testing program.
OUR ESCOTT STUDY MAY BE ABLE TO SHARE THE TESTING COST FOR A ESCOTT LINE NOT PREVIOUSLY TESTED. Please inquire if the cost-sharing contribution is available for your line. Anyone who wishes to help advance our investigation in the British Isles, America, Europe and elsewhere may do so by contributing to future key tests through the General Fund. Most of all, you can learn a lot about your own Roscoe family history, and it's fascinating and enjoyable. When you find an important match with another tester centuries back into the past, it's like aiming back through your own DNA and hitting a bull's-eye on your ancestors' markers 200-400-600 years ago or more.
This all-volunteer investigative project of private Escott researchers in America and the British Isles is designed to use Y-DNA profiles in tracing different Escott (and related spelling) family lines back to their earliest detectable origins, and to find and either prove or disprove relationships between and within these family lines. The umbrella surname Escott, as used on this website, typically includes related Escott surnames.
Y-DNA testing measures specific characteristics on the male tester's Y-chromosome -- genealogical markers passed down on the direct paternal line from a father to his son, to his son, to his son, etc., with relatively few changes or mutations over the centuries. These markers usually (but not always) follow the surname back through the generations many hundreds of years ago to the time in history when surnames were first adopted, and then continue to follow the genetic profile back through the Middle Ages and beyond. A second test on each line is recommended to confirm and verify each line back to the Most Recent Common Ancestor and preclude a possible DNA sidetrack in the expected paternal line due to an unrecorded adoption, friendly neighbor, or research mistake.
The Y-DNA test kit for Escott-surname males, swabbing the inside of the cheek, is EASY and QUICK -- three swabs at 60 seconds each. No blood is involved, and no medical or other information is recorded or obtained. It comes in the mail to the tester's home. Female Escott descendants and male Escott descendants not having the Escott surname can readily participate and advance the study by encouraging their Escott-surname brothers, cousins or other relatives to submit a test representing their common Escott line. We use the leading testing company with the largest databank -- over 219,000 tests world-wide and over 42,000 British tests -- showing wide acceptance of Y-DNA testing in family history research. Privacy of test results and samples is protected by the strict protocols and guidelines followed by the testing company, as required by federal and state law. No one with our Roscoe study has any interest in the testing company or any related entity, or receives any type of compensation in connection with the testing program.
OUR ESCOTT STUDY MAY BE ABLE TO SHARE THE TESTING COST FOR A ESCOTT LINE NOT PREVIOUSLY TESTED. Please inquire if the cost-sharing contribution is available for your line. Anyone who wishes to help advance our investigation in the British Isles, America, Europe and elsewhere may do so by contributing to future key tests through the General Fund. Most of all, you can learn a lot about your own Roscoe family history, and it's fascinating and enjoyable. When you find an important match with another tester centuries back into the past, it's like aiming back through your own DNA and hitting a bull's-eye on your ancestors' markers 200-400-600 years ago or more.