In virtually all cases families with the Upton surname have origins in England. Upton is the name of several places in England. It is highly likely that a number of unrelated families would have independently adopted Upton as their surname, because of an association with an Upton location, presumably when they no longer lived there. The Upton surname DNA project aims to investigate the inter-relatedness and the origins of Upton families, primarily through Y-DNA analysis. Upton pedigrees of families who have undergone Y-DNA analysis will be available shortly on our second website, the World Families Network Upton surname DNA project website.