The McCeney DNA Project Goals are: • To compare our genetic ancestries with those of our surname and its variant spellings, and • To identify genetic matches that demonstrate kinship with other surnames, giving further insight into our deep ancestry. BACKGROUND OF THE SURNAME MCCENEY McCeney is a corruption of a English, Scottish, or Irish family surname. Written records show the evolution of the name as: George Maxemeney (25 July 1667 London, St James Clerkenwell); George Macsum or Maxsum (11 February 1667(1668) London, St James Clerkenwell); George Maxina or Maxma (15 December 1670 London, St Sepulchre Holborn); George Maxsene (11 January 1691(1692) Maryland, St James Anne Arundel Co); George Macseny (11 August 1703 Maryland, Anne Arundel Co); George MackSeeney (1748 Maryland, Anne Arundel Co); George MacSeeney (1755 Maryland, Anne Arundel Co); Jacob MacCeney (1775 Maryland, Anne Arundel Co); Joseph McCeney (1832 Maryland, Anne Arundel Co). It may be a corruption of MacSimon, Maxim, Maxham, Maxson, Moxon, Maggson, or some other corruption. The goal is to determine if the McCeney Families in the US are all related. DNA testing shows that at least one family line of McCeneys' are related to the Wines, Waterhouses, and Whitakers.