Introduction:

If you are a male and have the Shepler, Shipler, Sheplor, Schepler (or any other reasonable variant) of the surname, or if you know anyone who does, we hope you will consider participating in this Y-DNA testing project and/or telling others about it. The more participants we have, the greater success we'll have in understanding and mapping the many Shepler-Shipler lineages.

Our Goals:

The purpose of this project is to try and aid in the documentation of as many Shepler-Shipler lines as possible. During this Y-DNA testing process, many of the Shepler-Shipler lines will be proven to descend from the same ancestors. Others will likely be found to be unique.

It is our goal to build a large genealogical database supported by both the normal paper genealogy records and DNA information to help all researchers find and prove their family connections -- not only now, but also for future generations. This project will remain open and active as we continue to add others to accomplish our goal.