The Yancey DNA Project is for all in the Yancey or Nanney family who wish to work together to find their common heritage through DNA testing and sharing of information. All variant spellings are welcome. If your Surname spelling is missing, we'll be glad to add it. Objectives of this project are: 1. Help researchers from common or related families work together to find their shared heritage. 2. Identify how the participant's families are connected, both genetically and through paper trails. 3. Identify and confirm genetic lineages of ancestral families. 4. Ultimately catalog pedigrees and genetic connections of al of the known project families 5. Confirm whether or not the Yancey and Nanney families are connected, as family traditions imply. (We have concluded based on the YDNA results that there is not a paternal connection, but this does not rule out a maternal connection)