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** A Y-DNA test is required for membership in this project. **
The Lynn surname has several distinct and separate genetic origins and even more spellings. In some cultures, particularly the United States and Britain, the spelling of surnames was relatively inconsistent even into the 19th century. This phenomenon is important to bear in mind, whether following a paper trail or studying your family's DNA portrait. However, it is the DNA itself which most reliably defines family relationships.
Currently, there are three major Y-DNA haplogroups represented in the project: I-L161, R-L21, and R-U198. There are also a number of smaller haplogroups represented, with 1-4 members each.
R-U198 members of the Lynn project appear to share a common ancestor sometime within the past several centuries but very possibly as long ago as the 14th century. A 14th-century origin would mean that the family's surname was assumed during an era in which relatively few families without property and position had surnames. R-U198 Lynns have Scottish and Ulster Scot connections, but the migrations of their haplogroup suggest that they might have originated either in England or somewhere in the vicinity of French Flanders / Belgium. For R-U198 Lynns, the following website will be of particular interest: http://ru198lynns.house-of-lynn.com/
The Lynn surname has several distinct and separate genetic origins and even more spellings. In some cultures, particularly the United States and Britain, the spelling of surnames was relatively inconsistent even into the 19th century. This phenomenon is important to bear in mind, whether following a paper trail or studying your family's DNA portrait. However, it is the DNA itself which most reliably defines family relationships.
Currently, there are three major Y-DNA haplogroups represented in the project: I-L161, R-L21, and R-U198. There are also a number of smaller haplogroups represented, with 1-4 members each.
I-L161 members of the Lynn project will be interested in a Y-DNA haplogroup distribution map at the I-L161 project. The map suggests that I-L161 likely originated in Ireland but demonstrates that it also is very present in Scotland, England, the fringes of Wales, and some parts of the European continent.
https://www.familytreedna.com/public/I2a-L161/.
https://www.familytreedna.com/public/I2a-L161/.
R-L21 members of the Lynn project share the most common Y chromosome subclade of paternal lineages in the British Isles. Its distribution map shows a high concentration in what is now the Republic of Ireland, a significant presence in Northern Ireland, Scotland, and England, and a showing on the European continent.
https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/i-2a-l161/about/background/
https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/i-2a-l161/about/background/
R-U198 members of the Lynn project appear to share a common ancestor sometime within the past several centuries but very possibly as long ago as the 14th century. A 14th-century origin would mean that the family's surname was assumed during an era in which relatively few families without property and position had surnames. R-U198 Lynns have Scottish and Ulster Scot connections, but the migrations of their haplogroup suggest that they might have originated either in England or somewhere in the vicinity of French Flanders / Belgium. For R-U198 Lynns, the following website will be of particular interest: http://ru198lynns.house-of-lynn.com/