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Description
Welcome to the Cooney Surname Project. This project seeks to identify the relationships between the various Cooney lines in the US, Canada, and Ireland, as well as the historical and geographical origins of the Cooney name. If your name is Cooney or you think your paternal line may be traced back to a Cooney, I encourage you to take advantage of the preferred pricing for a Y DNA test.
Since this project started almost 20 years ago, there has been many advances in Y-DNA. The early kits in this project only report STR information (repeats on the Y chromosome). That will tell if you are related to a family but to know which of those specific families and when, you need SNP information (mutations on the Y chromosome). SNP information is what the Big-Y test provides.
This project primarily uses Y-chromosome tests which test specifically for the Y chromosome that males pass down through the generations. You must be male to take this test. If you are female, you need to find a direct line male (e.g. father, brother, nephew) in your family tree to test.
For more information about the power of Y-DNA, John Cleary has an informative presentation at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YN5a5bfM74
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
Cooihan, Coonahan, Coonan, Cooney, Coony, O'Cooney, O'Cuana, O'Cuanaich