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Huntsman Surname DNA Project

  • 20 members

About us

Connecting all scattered Huntsman, Hunteman and Huntman families who share common paternal-line ancestors. The project hopes to discover the ancient ethnic and geographic origin of each Huntsman (and variant spellings) family line. The "single founder" hypothesis will also be tested. This project is open to all male Huntsmans (and variant spellings). Women who are interested in these questions should encourage their Huntsman father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle, or a male Huntsman cousin to join the project. For testing, we recommend choosing the 111-marker Y-STR test ("Y-111") for good resolution in finding matches. Later, tests of specific SNPs (Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms) might be recommended based on the initial Y-111 test results and the lab's prediction of a new member's haplogroup. Having said that, if a new member feels that a test of fewer STR markers would be more economical, that is certainly all right.