About us
This New England DNA Phelps Project is a geographical project at focuses on the PHELPS ancestors and their descendants who originated and lived in the Northeast. Many of them started in Massachusetts and spread throughout New England and moved to New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Southeastern Canada during the colonial times. It is a yDNA, mtDNA, and atDNA project. In addition, we encourage everyone who were descended from one (or more) of the New England Phelps lines (doesn't have to be a direct Phelps line) to take the autosomal test called Family Finder through FTDNA. This is a relatively new tool we will try to learn together in the weeks to come.
This regional group is a subgroup under the the main yDNA PHELPS Surname Project which is a yDNA-ONLY project and is open for ALL potential Phelps males (or their proxies) in America, England, Australia, and other places. Every potential male Phelps testee (or proxy) should join this main Phelps project first. Once the testee matches one of the New England Phelps lines, he can then request to join this New England Phelps group. No Southern Phelps Phelps lines will be admitted here.
The purpose of this yDNA PHELPS of New England group are three-fold:
1) Using the yDNA results to identify the various PHELPS family tree lines and help the male Phelps testees (or their proxies) find their immigrant Phelps family line origins, ancestors, and their cousins. Since this is a paternal test, this is the ONLY way to confirm which Phelps line he belongs to or to help point them into the right direction. This will also serve as our basis for filling out our Phelps trees.
2) Descendants who are descended from one of the Phelps ancestors in New England (but not necessarily born a Phelps) are eligible to use the autosomal DNA results to identify potential cousins who are descended from one or more of the New England Phelps lines. By using the autosomal DNA results from Family Finder DNA test, it will aid in that research. It is a brand new project so we will be learning along the way as this evolves.
3) The mtDNA might be helpful in some cases where tested descendants (either male or female) of the Phelps immigrants have their maternal line going all the way to their own female Phelps ancestor anywhere in their Phelps family tree. That is the only way to identify the mtDNA of those Phelps ladies. Using this info, it may be possible to use triangulation in other maternal lines in the family tree when looking at female ladies who are related to that female Phelps ancestor. Although mtDNA is of limited use, It can be very useful in such cases. it is hoped the mtDNA database will grow over time. Please do let us know if your maternal line leads to a female Phelps ancestor.
It is hoped that with this project, it will help confirm our research as we work on our New England Phelps trees, break through our brick walls, and help our attempts to jump across the pond, using all three modalities.
This regional group is a subgroup under the the main yDNA PHELPS Surname Project which is a yDNA-ONLY project and is open for ALL potential Phelps males (or their proxies) in America, England, Australia, and other places. Every potential male Phelps testee (or proxy) should join this main Phelps project first. Once the testee matches one of the New England Phelps lines, he can then request to join this New England Phelps group. No Southern Phelps Phelps lines will be admitted here.
The purpose of this yDNA PHELPS of New England group are three-fold:
1) Using the yDNA results to identify the various PHELPS family tree lines and help the male Phelps testees (or their proxies) find their immigrant Phelps family line origins, ancestors, and their cousins. Since this is a paternal test, this is the ONLY way to confirm which Phelps line he belongs to or to help point them into the right direction. This will also serve as our basis for filling out our Phelps trees.
2) Descendants who are descended from one of the Phelps ancestors in New England (but not necessarily born a Phelps) are eligible to use the autosomal DNA results to identify potential cousins who are descended from one or more of the New England Phelps lines. By using the autosomal DNA results from Family Finder DNA test, it will aid in that research. It is a brand new project so we will be learning along the way as this evolves.
3) The mtDNA might be helpful in some cases where tested descendants (either male or female) of the Phelps immigrants have their maternal line going all the way to their own female Phelps ancestor anywhere in their Phelps family tree. That is the only way to identify the mtDNA of those Phelps ladies. Using this info, it may be possible to use triangulation in other maternal lines in the family tree when looking at female ladies who are related to that female Phelps ancestor. Although mtDNA is of limited use, It can be very useful in such cases. it is hoped the mtDNA database will grow over time. Please do let us know if your maternal line leads to a female Phelps ancestor.
It is hoped that with this project, it will help confirm our research as we work on our New England Phelps trees, break through our brick walls, and help our attempts to jump across the pond, using all three modalities.