About us
The Kuykendall Y-DNA project seeks to harness the power of DNA testing to expand our knowledge of the various Kuykendall lineages.
An important part of genetic genealogy group projects is recruiting new members. Please encourage matches with the same surname to also join this project; likewise encourage those with the same surname who have not tested to consider doing a DNA test. There is a discount on certain Y-STR tests ordered through the group project page.
Y-STR testing (Y-DNA12, Y-DNA25, Y-DNA37, Y-DNA67, and Y-DNA111 tests) are an important part of Y-DNA testing, allowing us to see matches. However in recent years Y-SNP testing through various means such as Big Y, individual SNP testing, and SNP-Packs have allowed us to refine these matches and offer the potential of identifying recently occurring SNPs that may be particularly associated with a given surname.
If you have not already done so, I encourage you to list your earliest known Kuykendall ancestor on your myFTDNA account User Preferences page.
This will assist in member subgrouping. Please also let me know if you have a known relationship with another project member (such as a brother, 1st cousin, and so forth.)
Some Kuykendall background:An important part of genetic genealogy group projects is recruiting new members. Please encourage matches with the same surname to also join this project; likewise encourage those with the same surname who have not tested to consider doing a DNA test. There is a discount on certain Y-STR tests ordered through the group project page.
Y-STR testing (Y-DNA12, Y-DNA25, Y-DNA37, Y-DNA67, and Y-DNA111 tests) are an important part of Y-DNA testing, allowing us to see matches. However in recent years Y-SNP testing through various means such as Big Y, individual SNP testing, and SNP-Packs have allowed us to refine these matches and offer the potential of identifying recently occurring SNPs that may be particularly associated with a given surname.
If you have not already done so, I encourage you to list your earliest known Kuykendall ancestor on your myFTDNA account User Preferences page.
This will assist in member subgrouping. Please also let me know if you have a known relationship with another project member (such as a brother, 1st cousin, and so forth.)
An immigrant to America settled in Fort Orange, Ulster County, New York ca 1646. His name was Jacob Luursen (Jacob son of Luur. He was born in 1616 in Wageningen, Holland and died 29 Apr 1655 at Fort Orange, Albany, New York, USA. He married 28 Mar 1638 in Amsterdam Holland, to Styntie Douwes by whom he had seven known children. When the population grew to the point necessary to require individual surnames,only one of them "chose" to add the surname "van Kuykendall". Luur Jacobsen (Luur son of Jacob) chose his surname ca 1706 as documented by the baptismal record of his daughter Sytjen (Seyte) van Kuykendall in the Dutch Reform Church at Kingston, NY. With minor exceptions, every Kuykendall by any spelling,Kuykendall,Kirkendall, Coykendall, descend from this one man.