The Kent-Clifford Cousin Project was created to learn about the genealogical background of the Kent, Clifford, and their related families. Currently our lines are traced to Isaac Clifford born in New Jersey around 1776, and Evan Kent born in Virginia around 1784. The families settled in what is now West Virginia in the late 1700s. Our goal is to find ancestral origins as well as extended relationships to families in the surrounding areas. The Kent and Clifford families have had a family historian researching the family lines for more than twenty years, which will greatly support this DNA project. We welcome all Kent and Clifford descendants as well as any family that married into those lines over the years. Male participants have the choice of researching origins of their male line (father to father to father) through Y-DNA, finding cousin relationships through Family Finder, or taking both the Y-DNA and Family Finder tests. Female participants are urged to participate by taking the Family Finder test. With your help we hope to gain knowledge on how our family lines were established and how other families are related.