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Description
The first member of this project traces his Welty ancestry back to a John Welty who was born in York County, Pennsylvania, in 1827. Although we have not been able to identify this John Welty's parents, he states in the 1900 Census (for St. Joseph County, Michigan) that his father was German. It is thought that most Welty lines that came to the US before 1800, came from either south Germany or Switzerland. We are interested in recruiting any males bearing the surname of Welty (or close spelling variants).
Requirements
A Surname Project traces members of a family that share a common surname. They are of the most interest in cultures where surnames are passed on from father to son like the Y-Chromosome. This project is for males taking a Y-Chromosome DNA (Y-DNA) test. Thus, the individual who tests must be a male who wants to check his direct paternal line (father's father's father's...) with a Y-DNA12, Y-DNA37, Y-DNA67, or Y-DNA111 test and who has one of the surnames listed for the project. Females do not carry their father's Y-DNA. Females who would like to check their father's direct paternal line can have a male relative with his surname order a Y-DNA test. Females can also order an mtDNA test for themselves such as the mtDNAPlus test or the mtFullSequence test and participate in an mtDNA project. Both men and women may take our autosomal Family Finder test to discover recent relationships across all family lines.
Surnames In This Project
de Wilde, Felde, Feldy, Felt, Felte, Felty, Velde, Veldy, Velte, Velty, Waelti, Walti, Wälti, Walty, Welday, Welde, Weldey, Weldy, Welte, Welti, Welty, Wild, Wilday, Wilde, Wildey, Wildy, Wilt, Wilty