About us
1. The Mossner Family DNA Project was initiated in September 2008 to provide the opportunity for male Mossner family members interested in their family history and genealogy to identify and connect with other related Mossner members through the testing and comparison of Y-DNA samples from one individual with those of another related member.
2. Fourteen generations of Mossner descendents from Mittelfranken,Bavaria [between Nurmberg and Munich] have been traced down to the present day (2012). In the 18th century, one family member in the 6th generation, Johann Matthias Mossner, married twice. Descendents from his first marriage in 1749 to Apollonia Kuhnlein have remained mostly in Germany to the present day. Descendents from his second marriage in 1780 to Eva Marie Rüssler emigrated from Mäbenberg, Mittelfranken, Bavaria to Frankenmuth, Michigan, USA during the period 1850 to 1854. Substantial genealogy and history of the Mossner Descendents in America exist today, however, very little genealogy and history of the descendents from the first marriage who remained in Germany have been reported and documented.
3. Female members of Mossner families. While the Mossner Family DNA Project is presently setup for collecting Y-DNA from male members and expanding the Mossner patriarchal lines worldwide, interested female members of Mossner families are encouraged to consider subscribing male Mossner relatives, such as a Father, a Grandfather, an Uncle, a Nephew, a male Cousin, etc. to the project. Think what an exciting, unusual and important gift a DNA subscription would make for your Mossner relative on a Birthday, Anniversary, Holiday or any other special occasion!
4. Y-DNA samples are obtained by the simple and painless, non-invasive procedure of rubbing cotton swabs gently around the inside of your mouth to collect loose skin tissue. These samples are then sealed in small plastic vials and shipped to the Genetics Laboratory for processing and characterizing the metric values of the DNA sample. Finally, the metric values of each DNA record are compared to DNA records of other persons stored on one or more internet-accessible databases. The matching of two or more Y-DNA records with identical or similar values indicates the individuals are related and share a common ancestor.
5. The use of DNA in genealogy (Genetic Genealogy) complements conventional genealogy practices and research. Genetic genealogy can often provide the missing connection or direction to follow when conventional genealogy research is hampered by lack of a direction to follow or when a logical trail no longer exists – e.g., when necessary data is missing or we find our self at the proverbial “Brick wall”.
6. The Mossner Family DNA Project anticipates and encourages members to communicate with each other via e-mail and to share genealogy information. A project member may upload a GEDCOM family tree file to the project. This file will be accessible only by the member, the Project Administrator and those persons in the database that have DNA matches with you.
7. Mossner Family Project members are also encouraged to join the Geographical (Country-related) Project corresponding to the origin of their ancestor as well as the Moser Surname Project. These projects are sponsored by Family Tree DNA,Inc.(FTDNA) and can be accessed at http://www.familytreedna.com/surname.aspx
2. Fourteen generations of Mossner descendents from Mittelfranken,Bavaria [between Nurmberg and Munich] have been traced down to the present day (2012). In the 18th century, one family member in the 6th generation, Johann Matthias Mossner, married twice. Descendents from his first marriage in 1749 to Apollonia Kuhnlein have remained mostly in Germany to the present day. Descendents from his second marriage in 1780 to Eva Marie Rüssler emigrated from Mäbenberg, Mittelfranken, Bavaria to Frankenmuth, Michigan, USA during the period 1850 to 1854. Substantial genealogy and history of the Mossner Descendents in America exist today, however, very little genealogy and history of the descendents from the first marriage who remained in Germany have been reported and documented.
3. Female members of Mossner families. While the Mossner Family DNA Project is presently setup for collecting Y-DNA from male members and expanding the Mossner patriarchal lines worldwide, interested female members of Mossner families are encouraged to consider subscribing male Mossner relatives, such as a Father, a Grandfather, an Uncle, a Nephew, a male Cousin, etc. to the project. Think what an exciting, unusual and important gift a DNA subscription would make for your Mossner relative on a Birthday, Anniversary, Holiday or any other special occasion!
4. Y-DNA samples are obtained by the simple and painless, non-invasive procedure of rubbing cotton swabs gently around the inside of your mouth to collect loose skin tissue. These samples are then sealed in small plastic vials and shipped to the Genetics Laboratory for processing and characterizing the metric values of the DNA sample. Finally, the metric values of each DNA record are compared to DNA records of other persons stored on one or more internet-accessible databases. The matching of two or more Y-DNA records with identical or similar values indicates the individuals are related and share a common ancestor.
5. The use of DNA in genealogy (Genetic Genealogy) complements conventional genealogy practices and research. Genetic genealogy can often provide the missing connection or direction to follow when conventional genealogy research is hampered by lack of a direction to follow or when a logical trail no longer exists – e.g., when necessary data is missing or we find our self at the proverbial “Brick wall”.
6. The Mossner Family DNA Project anticipates and encourages members to communicate with each other via e-mail and to share genealogy information. A project member may upload a GEDCOM family tree file to the project. This file will be accessible only by the member, the Project Administrator and those persons in the database that have DNA matches with you.
7. Mossner Family Project members are also encouraged to join the Geographical (Country-related) Project corresponding to the origin of their ancestor as well as the Moser Surname Project. These projects are sponsored by Family Tree DNA,Inc.(FTDNA) and can be accessed at http://www.familytreedna.com/surname.aspx