About us
This project was started to assist the genealogical study of Vizzaccaro families.
The rarity of the Vizzaccaro surname, as well as the limited geographic dispersion of this surname in Italy, suggests the possibility that all Vizzaccaro families might be biologically related. In other words, all Vizzaccaro families might have a common male ancestor.
We hope to identify, through the use of Y-DNA testing, the degree of relatedness of Vizzaccaro families in Italy, Canada, the United States and elsewhere.
This project is open to anyone with a variant of the Vizzaccaro surname. Because it relies on Y-DNA, which is passes solely from father to son, all participants will need a direct male descendant of someone with the Vizzaccaro, Vizachero, Vizzaccero, Vizzacchero, or Vizzachero surname.