Goal 1: Using YDNA testing at the 37 marker level we have determined the haplogroup for Prillaman/Brüllmann males to be R-M269.  Fortunately we have one male who has completed the Big Y test and thus have learned that the more detailed haplogroup to be confirmed as R-BY125902.  

Goal 2: We have the results from a Brüllmann participant from Switzerland confirming an ancestral connection to the Brüllmann family of Switzerland. The next step would be to find other Brüllmann participants to confirm the results and also to test other similar surnames from Europe such as Brühlmann or Brillerman.

Goal 3: We have tested the YDNA of a descendant of John Prillaman (second son of Jacob Prillaman Sr.) and descendants of Daniel Prillaman, (third son of Jacob Prillaman Sr). There is a slight difference in the markers - see the YDNA results.  We need a male volunteer from the line of Jacob Prillaman Jr., first son of Jacob Sr. to also participate.

Goal 4: Results for brothers Byrd Prillerman and James Harvey Prillerman (enslaved by members of the Prillaman family as young boys) indicate European origins for their paternal lines. The YDNA results for Byrd Prillerman Sr. do not match the test subjects with the Prillaman surname but do match the Ingram surname from southwest Virginia. The YDNA results for James Harvey Prillerman are a match to the Prillaman line.

Goal 5: The MTDNA for Waltpurgelly, wife of Jacob Prillaman Sr. is classified and confirmed as MTDNA haplogroup J2a1a1a2.  The haplogroup for Elizabeth, wife of John Jacob Snidow, who some believe to be a possible sister of Waltpurgelly is yet to be determined.