Goals of the Project:

·        To identify how the participant’s Stockdale ancestors are related to other families with the same surname, both genetically and through paper trails.

·        To help researchers from related families work together because they share a common ancestor, hopefully enabling them to trace back more generations than they could using traditional genealogical methods alone.

·         To ultimately catalog pedigrees and genetic connections of all the known project families and to trace the ancestry of these families back as far as records will permit in their country of origin.

What’s in it for you?  Your membership in the Stockdale DNA Project provides:

·        A report of your Y-DNA,which is very close, and sometimes identical, to the Y-DNA of your earliest known ancestor.

·        Your “deep” ancestry (Haplogroup), which identifies your paternal ancestor’s prehistoric origins.

·        A chance to compare your genetic ancestry with those of your surname and the spelling variations.

·        Leads for further research.

·        Information to help you determine if your Stockdale line does  match another Stockdale line, which will help you avoid spending much time and money attempting toconnect to that line.

·        A renewed interest in traditional paper genealogy and sharing of information with your genetic cousins.

·         Your genetic matches who do not share your surname.