The Kent-Clifford Cousin Project was created to learn about the genealogical background of the Kents, Cliffords, and their related families.  Currently our lines are traced to Isaac Clifford born in New Jersey around 1776 and Evan Kent born in Virginia around 1784.  The families settled in what is now West Virginia in the late 1700s. 

Every two years the Kent and Clifford families join together in a large family reunion to catch up and meet new family members.  In 2013, the Kent/Clifford Family Reunion executive board decided to extend our research into the family history by creating a cousin DNA project, which allows the participation of males and females. For more than 20 years the reunion committee has included a historian,who researches the family lines.  Our family historian will greatly support this DNA project and will work with participants in finding their place in the family tree. 

We welcome all Kent and Clifford descendants as well as any family that married into those lines over the years.  Male participants have the choice of researching origins of their male line (father to father to father) through the Y-DNA test, finding cousin relationships through the Family Finder test, or taking both the Y-DNA and Family Finder tests.  We recommend males submitting Y-DNA to purchase no less than 37 markers.  Female participants are urged to participate by taking the Family Finder test.  With your help we hope to gain knowledge on how our family lines were established and how other families are related.