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Description
Open to all people of 'mixed' North American Ancestry, including but not limited to Metis, Native American, Haitian, African and Pan Affican American. Primary geographic areas of interest are Canada, New England, Mid Atlantic States and areas around the Great Lakes.
Purpose: To attempt to clarify family lore of
mixed ancestry.
To identify marriage and migration
patterns
To track inheritable
neuromuscular disorders possibly
associated with this group and to assist
in determining founder effect.
determine founder effect.
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
Anderson, Bisson, Chartre, Daudelin, Deon, Dion, Dionne, Frappier, Girard, Golden, Mailhot, Mason, Masson, Mayotte, Menard, Miner, Minor, Mitchel, Mitchell, Parenteau, Paronto, Phanuef, Pronto, Sheltra, St. Michel