This project is currently inactive because the colonist families have not been identified in England, and descendants tested. Without that beginning point for comparison, there's no way to prove they survived. https://dna-explained.com/2018/06/28/the-lost-colony-of-roanoke-did-they-survive-national-geographic-archaeology-historical-records-and-dna/ This Y DNA project hoped to identify the Roanoke Lost Colonists and was open to males who met the following criteria: •Your surnames is the same as one of the Lost Colonists AND your family is proven to descend from Eastern North Carolina, preferably before 1700. •You have an oral history of Lost Colony ancestry on your direct paternal line.