The Henry Y-DNA Surname Project was founded in 2007 by Doris Nolan Parton with the purpose of sorting out various Henry families in East Tennessee.  

The project has expanded and is open to those who are Y-DNA testing and who meet the following qualifications:

1) Men with any variation of the Henry surname

2) Men of any surname who have a strong Y-DNA match to a Henry in the project.  This indicates a common paternal ancestor at some point in the past.

3) Men of any surname who are testing (temporarily) to see if their biological male line is Henry

For those with Henry connection through a female line, we enourage you to find a direct Henry male from her line to Y-DNA test.

We are exclusively a Y-DNA project, but we do accept members of male Henrys choosing to do only Family Finder testing.  We have no real services to offer.

We require that the membership request be entered in the name of the man who will be providing the DNA sample.  Sponsors and researchers are welcome to be the contact for the account.

We recommend Y-DNA testing at the 37-marker level or above (67, 111) for meaningful results.