About us
Welcome to the Taylor Surname project of www.familytreedna.com . JET Updated on 5-29-21
The Taylor Surname project is managed by volunteer administrators to help individuals who may have a Taylor ancestor and who have taken one of three tests (Y DNA, Family Finder , or Mitochondrial DNA) offered by familytreedna.com
Our goal is to help you understand the information offered by familytreedna.com , and to answer your questions about what a test result means .
On the left side of this page you will see several tabs ( numbered below ) that you can click on:
1. About US has several horizontal tabs ( From right to left below the banner)
a. Overview - the Welcome page
b. Background - History & what project administrators do
c. Goals - What you as a member need to do.
d. News - Taylor Project news
e. Results - Guidance on meaning of test results
f. Project statistics
g. Bulletin - Members only - updates from group admins
2. DNA Results: These cover all that have joined TAYLOR surname so may not include some that you match with if they have not selected the TAYLOR surname
• Taylor Family Genes - Y-DNA Classic Chart
• Taylor Family Genes - Y-DNA Colorized Chart -
• Y-DNA Member Distribution Map
• Y-DNA SNP -
• mtDNA Test Results for Members –
• mtDNA Member Distribution Map
3. Surnames – Nine Variations of Taylor surname
4. Activity Feed & Photos– Where members can post queries or useful information
5. Links - useful links for genealogical research
6. FAQ - A few questions and answers
7. Administrators – Ralph Taylor & Josh Taylor ; Click to see our email addresses
8. General Fund Total $ - and a Donate Button. We use this money to promote test upgrades and new test discounts where we have under representative participation – (e.g. United Kingdom residents)