Welcome to the worldwide Hyde surname DNA project. The Hyde project uses Y-DNA testing to provide information about a participants direct male line, that is, your father, your father's father, your father's father's father, and so forth back in time. Female participants should ask a male Hyde relative to test, and as long as your email address is included on the account, you can assist. Big Y 700 is recommended because it provides the most detailed haplogroup and genetic information available, going back several centuries. 

Autosomal tests like Family Finder can be used by both men and women, and are useful for finding relatives in a current timeframe. They are not especially useful for a surname study as they only go back roughly five or six generations or about 150 years. 

The privacy of project members is respected at all times. Project Administrators strictly adhere to the Family Tree DNA Group Project Administrator Terms and Policies and the ISOGG Project Administrator Guidelines. Keep in mind that progress in genetic genealogy, just like progress in historical paper genealogy, is dependent on the sharing of information. So, to participate meaningfully, kit managers will need to share at least their earliest confirmed patrilineal line ancestor. You will also need to sign the Release Form thereby allowing the display of your results and set your privacy options to share results. While sharing of results and ancestry are obviously necessary for a Y-DNA surname project to fulfill its purpose, your identity and email address will never be put on public display or revealed by Project Administrators. Selecting a beneficiary and sharing information with them is recommended.  

A General Fund has been established in conjunction with FamilyTreeDNA to assist with the cost of DNA testing and to split the cost of testing between interested parties. Contributors can either make a general contribution to the fund or specify that their donation should be used to test a specific participant. To make a donation, click the General Fund button.

The Hyde DNA Project is an independent genealogical research study run by volunteer administrators. We receive no payment or incentives from Family Tree DNA or from any other organization or institution.

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