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Description
This project is open to any male with the surname Dorsey, Dawsey, Darsey, Dossey, D'Arcy or other variant spellings.
Objectives:
1) To determine whether the surname Dorsey has one or several origins and whether families with the surnames D’Arcy, Darsey, Dossey, Dorse, and Dawsey and other variant spellings share a common origin with any or all Dorsey family lines.
2) To determine whether and how the various undocumented Dorseys of the South are connected to each other and/or to descendants of Edward Darcy of Virginia and Maryland.
3) To look for possible minor variations among individuals that might group Dorsey descendants into patrilineal lines thus helping 'stray Dorseys'to find their lines.
4.) To recruit Dorsey/Darsey/D'Arcy (etc) males from Ireland and England in an attempt to pinpoint origins of American Dorsey lines. (Australians too!)
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
Darcy, D'Arcy, Darsey, Dawsey, Dawsy, Dorce, Dorcey, Dorcy, Dorse, Dorsey, Dorsie, Dorsy, Dossey, Doxie