About us
Nadar (also referred as Nadan, Shanar) is a caste of Tamil Nadu & Kerala, South India. The Nadars are an entrepreneurial south Indian caste] and constitute 12% of Tamil Nadu's population. The Nadar community was not a singular caste, but an assortment of sub-castes and classes of different origins, which in course of time, came under the single banner Nadar. Nadars are predominant in the southern districts of Tuticorin, Kaniyakumari, Tirunelveli and Virudhunagar. This FamilyTreeDNA project is aimed at the origins of Nadars with the help of DNA. If you are a Nadar, you are welcomed to join this project.