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Völkner = Volk's son or descendant
Völkner is a German surname. It is based on common first names with the element “Volk” (from Middle High German volc, Old High German folc and Germanic fulką 'people, crowd, army') like Volker, Volkhard and Volkmar, short form Volko, and the patronymic suffix -ner.
Three different genetic lines can be identified in the Völkner DNA project:
1. Lineage: R1a-M198 (Kreis Schlawe, Pommern)
Lineage 1 goes back to blacksmith and farmer Joachim "Friedrich" Völkner (1812–1888) in Pennekow/Pieńkowo. Haplogroup R1a makes a local Wendish (West Slavic) ancestry likely for this lineage.
2. Lineage: R1b-M269>U152 (Kreis Pr. Eylau, Ostpreußen)
Lineage 2 goes back to farmer Martin Völkner (1704–1765) in Reddenau/Rodnowo. Since the conquest by the Teutonic Order in the 13th century, diverse ancestries have come together in East Prussia and subclade BY770 suggests an Alpine or Southern German origin for this lineage.
3. Lineage: R1b-M269>U106 (North America)
Lineage 3 — the "American" lineage — goes back to the German immigrant Johann Jacob Völkner and his sons Henry and Adam. They arrived in Philadelphia on September 16, 1751 and settled later in Virginia. A genetic match between descendants of Henry and Adam has proven that the haplogroup of this lineage is U106. U106 is the most common subclade of haplogroup R1b in the Germanic language area. DNA tests also revealed that the lineage of Henry's grandson William resulted from a non-paternity event and that the biological father was a member of the Leeper family. Another non-paternity event was identified for some members of the Wooten family.
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