About us
This project was started on 4-21-2009 to explore the early origins of the NYE Surname using Y-DNA, and to establish common ancestry in various branches and spellings of the surname. Our project now INCLUDES participants from Y-DNA, mtDNA, and Family Finder tests.
The Surname has origins in England as well as Germany. In Germany the earliest known spelling was NEU. The surname has split into a number of variations since immigrants arrived in America, including New, Ney, Nigh, Neigh, Noye and Nye.
Several family books published by L. Bert Nye Jr., provide lineage information for Nye families, of various spellings, of both English and German origins. Many researchers have used information in those published works, as documentation, to establish the relationships and ancestry of their families. However those family lineage books provide little or no documentation, as proof of the information provided. In some cases the conclusions presented in the books may not be valid, and research has not been able to document/verify the information provided in the books.
Y-DNA and in some cases, Family Finder test results can confirm the some of the information provided in L. Bert Nye Jr.'s Nye family lineage books, or provide an indicatation of where the information went "wrong". It's in everyone's best interests to verify their research, and to some extent, DNA testing can provide a degree of verification.
Much has been accomplished in our research in the last 25 years. Still, in many cases, through research, connections between our various family branches, have not been established. We hope to determine if these surnames and other variations share common ancestry, and origins.
This project may help to separate various branches of the Neu, New, Ney, Nigh, Nye families and point toward early origins. At the least, the project should provide new information, which, when considered along with other research information, will suggest, or in the best case scenario, determine our common ancestry.
The Surname has origins in England as well as Germany. In Germany the earliest known spelling was NEU. The surname has split into a number of variations since immigrants arrived in America, including New, Ney, Nigh, Neigh, Noye and Nye.
Several family books published by L. Bert Nye Jr., provide lineage information for Nye families, of various spellings, of both English and German origins. Many researchers have used information in those published works, as documentation, to establish the relationships and ancestry of their families. However those family lineage books provide little or no documentation, as proof of the information provided. In some cases the conclusions presented in the books may not be valid, and research has not been able to document/verify the information provided in the books.
Y-DNA and in some cases, Family Finder test results can confirm the some of the information provided in L. Bert Nye Jr.'s Nye family lineage books, or provide an indicatation of where the information went "wrong". It's in everyone's best interests to verify their research, and to some extent, DNA testing can provide a degree of verification.
Much has been accomplished in our research in the last 25 years. Still, in many cases, through research, connections between our various family branches, have not been established. We hope to determine if these surnames and other variations share common ancestry, and origins.
This project may help to separate various branches of the Neu, New, Ney, Nigh, Nye families and point toward early origins. At the least, the project should provide new information, which, when considered along with other research information, will suggest, or in the best case scenario, determine our common ancestry.