Woody DNA Project

        The computer, the internet and the world wide web have revolutionized genealogy and family history research. These inventions provide tools that earlier generations of researchers never even dreamed about. The discovery of DNA and the widespread use of DNA testing and analysis have provided the modern family historian with yet another powerful research tool. However, the result of any type (yDNA, mtDNA, atDNA) of an individual genealogical DNA test is almost meaningless by itself: This result must be compared with other individual's DNA results to be useful. The Woody DNA Project was created to provide a place where individual yDNA results and lineages can be posted, organized and compared with other results. The easily understood results of yDNA testing and this project help Woody genealogists and family historians identify and/or verify their paternal ancestry (father's father) in a quick and easy way. This saves time, prevents mistakes, and provides invaluable data that can be obtained in no other way.

       The project administrators and line leaders of the Woody DNA Project have no financial interest in Family Tree DNA. The project administrators and line leaders receive nothing but satisfaction for their volunteer efforts. The total testing fee goes to the testing company.

        To join the project and order your Y-DNA testing kit, please use the "Join" link above. The Y-DNA37 (37 markers) test is considered the minimal number of markers that will provide good results for comparison purposes. More markers can sometime be useful, but fewer markers are virtually useless.