Persons with the Kitts surname or last names like Kitz, Getz, Goetz, and Götz are invited to join. As of July 2010, the Kitts project has been able to identify the DNA markers of John Kitts (Götz) who was born 1730, lived in Wythe Co., VA area by 1771 and moved to Fort Nashborough, NC (later known as Nashville, TN) in 1780.