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Cable, Cabel, Capel, Capell, Capewell yDNA Project
Capell, and variants can be found in most European countries. These surnames will often mutate into each other or they are confused with each other. For example, people with the surname Capel or Capell living in Northamptonshire, England, when they move to the Birmingham, Warwickshire, area, are proven to mutated into Capewell or Capwell.
The German surname Cabel or Kabel is often spelled with a "C", "G", or "K", and when these Germans immigrate to America their surnames will mutate into Cable or Capell too. Of course, the consonants "b" and "p" are used interchangeably. One Cable/Cabel family in Eastern Tennessee is thought to originate with a German Hessian surnamed Göbel or Göbell; however, this has not yet been proven.
The origins of the surnames are different, but because they sound similar, they are often confused and became the same surname.
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
Cabbel, Cabel, Cable, Capal, Capel, Capell, Capewell, Caple, Cappel, Capwell, Chapel, Chaple, Göbel, Göbell, Kabel, Kable, Köbel, Köbell