Cambria Co., Pennsylvania Y-DNA & MtDNA | 1941 | Welcome! <br><br>
If you've been researching family lines within Cambria County, Pennsylvania, then you know how rich and diverse the genealogical mix is in this single county. This group is for anyone, and everyone, with DNA connections to Cambria County.<br><br>
This group is accepting both Y-DNA & Family Finder results from any contributor who wishes to join our group. We are no longer supporting mtDNA only kits. My own primary Cambria lines, on my mother's side, are Weakland (Paternal) and Riley/Reilly (Maternal). Cambria County was formed in 1807, from parts of Huntingdon and Bedford Counties. Pre-1807 families from Huntingdon and Bedford are always welcome too. Families from surrounding counties are always welcome as well, please indicate when joining if you're from a neighboring county. |
Project: Cambria Co., Pennsylvania Y-DNA & MtDNA Members: 1941 Welcome! <br><br>
If you've been researching family lines within Cambria County, Pennsylvania, then you know how rich and diverse the genealogical mix is in this single county. This group is for anyone, and everyone, with DNA connections to Cambria County.<br><br>
This group is accepting both Y-DNA & Family Finder results from any contributor who wishes to join our group. We are no longer supporting mtDNA only kits. My own primary Cambria lines, on my mother's side, are Weakland (Paternal) and Riley/Reilly (Maternal). Cambria County was formed in 1807, from parts of Huntingdon and Bedford Counties. Pre-1807 families from Huntingdon and Bedford are always welcome too. Families from surrounding counties are always welcome as well, please indicate when joining if you're from a neighboring county. |
Cape Dutch / Kaaps-H | 1573 | During the periods of Dutch VOC rule at the Cape of Good Hope (1652 - 1806) thousands of Europeans migrated to what would later become the Western Cape province of the modern state of South Africa.
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Many of these males became progenitors (or Stamvaders) of the Cape Dutch (later Afrikaner or Boer) ethnic group of South Africa and Namibia. The genealogies of these families have been well documented and this Y-DNA project aims to expand on the currently available genealogical knowledge of these founding fathers.
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So why did I choose the name "Cape Dutch" for this project, seeing that so many of the early Cape Stamvaders came from countries other than the Netherlands? The reason is simply that the emphasis of this project is on the "Cape" part of "Cape Dutch" and not on the actual origins of the Stamvaders themselves.
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The term "Cape Dutch" is therefore intended as a neutral term to include a far wider group than only Dutch born Stamvaders; in fact the ethnic Dutch probably made up less than half of the men in question. My own Stamvader, Georg STRAUSS for example, had been a French-born German who married the daughter of French Huguenots at the Cape, yet they raised their children as Cape Dutch.
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Uncertainty about who qualifies for this project is hopefully minimised when the emphasis is on a period of Cape history rather than the origins or descendants of those who immigrated there during that time. And during that time, the young society at the Cape and it's people and culture - as well as their architecture - became simply known as "Cape Dutch". |
Project: Cape Dutch / Kaaps-H Members: 1573 During the periods of Dutch VOC rule at the Cape of Good Hope (1652 - 1806) thousands of Europeans migrated to what would later become the Western Cape province of the modern state of South Africa.
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Many of these males became progenitors (or Stamvaders) of the Cape Dutch (later Afrikaner or Boer) ethnic group of South Africa and Namibia. The genealogies of these families have been well documented and this Y-DNA project aims to expand on the currently available genealogical knowledge of these founding fathers.
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So why did I choose the name "Cape Dutch" for this project, seeing that so many of the early Cape Stamvaders came from countries other than the Netherlands? The reason is simply that the emphasis of this project is on the "Cape" part of "Cape Dutch" and not on the actual origins of the Stamvaders themselves.
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The term "Cape Dutch" is therefore intended as a neutral term to include a far wider group than only Dutch born Stamvaders; in fact the ethnic Dutch probably made up less than half of the men in question. My own Stamvader, Georg STRAUSS for example, had been a French-born German who married the daughter of French Huguenots at the Cape, yet they raised their children as Cape Dutch.
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Uncertainty about who qualifies for this project is hopefully minimised when the emphasis is on a period of Cape history rather than the origins or descendants of those who immigrated there during that time. And during that time, the young society at the Cape and it's people and culture - as well as their architecture - became simply known as "Cape Dutch". |
Cumberland Gap-mtDNA | 7598 | This project is for mitochondrial DNA only. You inherit your mitochondrial DNA from your mother, and she from her mother, so this project focuses only on the maternal lines of the Cumberland Gap area only. If your yline (paternal line) DNA is from the Cumberland Gap, please join the Cumberland Gap Yline project.
The focus of this project is to reconnect the various families whose ancestors settled in the counties surrounding the Cumberland Gap. Please join if either your direct female maternal ancestoral line (your mother, her mother, her mother, up the tree) is associated with Claiborne, Hancock and Hawkins Co., in Tn., Lee, Russell or Scott Counties in Virginia, or Bell or Harlan Counties in Kentucky.
Male lines are relatively easy to track as the last names don't change. However, we lose so many females lines due to marriages and last name changes. They are much more difficult to identify, especially when combined with the lack of traditional genealogical records.
Therefore, the special focus of this project is to connect our female ancestors through their mitochondrial DNA. |
Project: Cumberland Gap-mtDNA Members: 7598 This project is for mitochondrial DNA only. You inherit your mitochondrial DNA from your mother, and she from her mother, so this project focuses only on the maternal lines of the Cumberland Gap area only. If your yline (paternal line) DNA is from the Cumberland Gap, please join the Cumberland Gap Yline project.
The focus of this project is to reconnect the various families whose ancestors settled in the counties surrounding the Cumberland Gap. Please join if either your direct female maternal ancestoral line (your mother, her mother, her mother, up the tree) is associated with Claiborne, Hancock and Hawkins Co., in Tn., Lee, Russell or Scott Counties in Virginia, or Bell or Harlan Counties in Kentucky.
Male lines are relatively easy to track as the last names don't change. However, we lose so many females lines due to marriages and last name changes. They are much more difficult to identify, especially when combined with the lack of traditional genealogical records.
Therefore, the special focus of this project is to connect our female ancestors through their mitochondrial DNA. |
CumberlandGap-YDNA | 9365 | This project is for Y-line (paternal) DNA only. A companion project, the Cumberland Gap mtdna project focuses on the mitochondrial (maternal) DNA lines.
View mtDNA here:
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Cumberlandgap%2Dmtdna/
The focus of this project is to connect the various familys whose ancestors settled in or passed through the counties surrounding the Cumberland Gap. Please join if either your direct male ancestoral line (paternal only - the line of your last name) is associated with Claiborne, Hancock and Hawkins Co., in Tn., Lee, Russell or Scott Counties in Virginia, or Bell or Harlan Counties in Kentucky.
Please join the Cumberland Gap DNA and Genealogy Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2409187872743532/ |
Project: CumberlandGap-YDNA Members: 9365 This project is for Y-line (paternal) DNA only. A companion project, the Cumberland Gap mtdna project focuses on the mitochondrial (maternal) DNA lines.
View mtDNA here:
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Cumberlandgap%2Dmtdna/
The focus of this project is to connect the various familys whose ancestors settled in or passed through the counties surrounding the Cumberland Gap. Please join if either your direct male ancestoral line (paternal only - the line of your last name) is associated with Claiborne, Hancock and Hawkins Co., in Tn., Lee, Russell or Scott Counties in Virginia, or Bell or Harlan Counties in Kentucky.
Please join the Cumberland Gap DNA and Genealogy Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2409187872743532/ |
Fairfield Co, SC | 1705 | For Family Finder, Y-DNA, and/or mtDNA kits whose ancestor/s lived in Farifield County SC, USA for some time or some generations. |
Project: Fairfield Co, SC Members: 1705 For Family Finder, Y-DNA, and/or mtDNA kits whose ancestor/s lived in Farifield County SC, USA for some time or some generations. |
Germany-YDNA | 10732 | Welcome to the Germany-YDNA = German Language Area DNA Research Project!
The German-speaking area of Europe has always been a crossroad of various ethnic and cultural groups throughout history. This project would like to collect and analyze all of the different genetic contributions of all people whose native language was at some point in the past, or is in the present, German.
Thus, everyone who knows, or his/her ancestor in the past, considers German to be his/her Native Language is cordially invited to join this project.
Please do provide us below with details about your earliest known patrilinear (= direct male line of descent) ancestor, and, if available, please email the administrator a pedigree chart or documentation/description of your German ancestry after having joined the project.
If known, please provide us below with the name, the date, & location of your earliest known patrilinear European ancestor.
If you have already been tested, please click on the 'Join Projects' link on your personal page at FTDNA.
Facebook group (English): http://www.facebook.com/groups/germanydna/
Facebook group (German): https://www.facebook.com/groups/DNAGenealogie/ |
Project: Germany-YDNA Members: 10732 Welcome to the Germany-YDNA = German Language Area DNA Research Project!
The German-speaking area of Europe has always been a crossroad of various ethnic and cultural groups throughout history. This project would like to collect and analyze all of the different genetic contributions of all people whose native language was at some point in the past, or is in the present, German.
Thus, everyone who knows, or his/her ancestor in the past, considers German to be his/her Native Language is cordially invited to join this project.
Please do provide us below with details about your earliest known patrilinear (= direct male line of descent) ancestor, and, if available, please email the administrator a pedigree chart or documentation/description of your German ancestry after having joined the project.
If known, please provide us below with the name, the date, & location of your earliest known patrilinear European ancestor.
If you have already been tested, please click on the 'Join Projects' link on your personal page at FTDNA.
Facebook group (English): http://www.facebook.com/groups/germanydna/
Facebook group (German): https://www.facebook.com/groups/DNAGenealogie/ |
Mennonite and Amish Immigrants to Pennsylvania | 901 | This DNA Project focuses specifically on Mennonite and Amish Immigrants to Pennsylvania and their families and descendants. This project originated in October 2010 as the "DNA Pilot Project" through the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Pa., in reference to the three hundred year anniversary of the first Mennonite settlers to what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The project had expanded in May 2017 due to strong interest generated at the Lancaster Family History Conference, which had focused on eighty immigrant Mennonite families who joined the original dozen families seven years later in August 1717. The project not only includes these immigrant families, but seeks to have representation of all Mennonite and Amish families who arrived as immigrants in Pennsylvania in the 17th and 18th centuries.
We thus welcome all descendants of these families as members of this project. If you would like to participate, please ensure that you are logged into your FTDNA account before submitting a request to join. We would be very grateful if you would also include a brief description of your Mennonite and/or Amish ancestry, as this will help us to ensure that your kit is grouped correctly with others in the project. |
Project: Mennonite and Amish Immigrants to Pennsylvania Members: 901 This DNA Project focuses specifically on Mennonite and Amish Immigrants to Pennsylvania and their families and descendants. This project originated in October 2010 as the "DNA Pilot Project" through the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Pa., in reference to the three hundred year anniversary of the first Mennonite settlers to what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The project had expanded in May 2017 due to strong interest generated at the Lancaster Family History Conference, which had focused on eighty immigrant Mennonite families who joined the original dozen families seven years later in August 1717. The project not only includes these immigrant families, but seeks to have representation of all Mennonite and Amish families who arrived as immigrants in Pennsylvania in the 17th and 18th centuries.
We thus welcome all descendants of these families as members of this project. If you would like to participate, please ensure that you are logged into your FTDNA account before submitting a request to join. We would be very grateful if you would also include a brief description of your Mennonite and/or Amish ancestry, as this will help us to ensure that your kit is grouped correctly with others in the project. |
Wellhausen - Amsler - Fricke | 72 | All males surnamed Wellhausen, Wilhousen, Welhouse, Willhouse, Welhuis, Wellejus, Amsler, Amzler, Flato, Flatow, Flateau, Fricke, Fricker, Frick, Frich, Fritsch plus similar spellings in Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, America, Europe, and around the world, are cordially invited to take the Y-DNA test and join this Wellhausen-Amsler Family History Y-DNA Study. Female Wellhausen-Amsler-Flato-Fricke descendants and other male Wellhausen, Amsler or Fricke descendants not having the Wellhausen, Amsler, Flato, or Fricke surname can easily participate and advance the Study by recruiting their Wellhausen-Amsler-Fricke-surname father, brother, uncle, cousin, nephew, etc., to take the test representing their common Wellhausen-Amsler-Fricke line. Another way for a descendant of any of these surnames to participate would be to order a FTDNA Family Finder test - either male or female, and either surname or non-surname descendant.
NOTE: The Wellhausen - Amsler study has limited funds available from time to time to contribute toward testing costs for a Wellhausen or Amsler line not previously tested and for special lines where a confirming test is being sought. Please inquire if the contribution funds are available for a test on your Wellhausen or Amsler line.
We recommend the Y-DNA test be at least 37 markers. The more markers, the better the bang for the buck and the more specific the tracing information. The 12 marker test is fine for determining the haplogroup and for showing whether the tester might be related to another tester, but not how close the relationship is. The 12m is too general to be very useful in genealogical dna tracing, and typically needs to be upgraded to at least 37 in order to provide mininal specific information. The 37-marker test provides 48% more markers than the 25m for only 28% more in cost. The new 67-marker test provides 81% more marker data than the 37-marker for only 42% more in cost. But we're always glad to have a 12-marker, and it can generally be upgraded as a Christmas or birthday present to yourself without the need for a new sample. |
Project: Wellhausen - Amsler - Fricke Members: 72 All males surnamed Wellhausen, Wilhousen, Welhouse, Willhouse, Welhuis, Wellejus, Amsler, Amzler, Flato, Flatow, Flateau, Fricke, Fricker, Frick, Frich, Fritsch plus similar spellings in Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, America, Europe, and around the world, are cordially invited to take the Y-DNA test and join this Wellhausen-Amsler Family History Y-DNA Study. Female Wellhausen-Amsler-Flato-Fricke descendants and other male Wellhausen, Amsler or Fricke descendants not having the Wellhausen, Amsler, Flato, or Fricke surname can easily participate and advance the Study by recruiting their Wellhausen-Amsler-Fricke-surname father, brother, uncle, cousin, nephew, etc., to take the test representing their common Wellhausen-Amsler-Fricke line. Another way for a descendant of any of these surnames to participate would be to order a FTDNA Family Finder test - either male or female, and either surname or non-surname descendant.
NOTE: The Wellhausen - Amsler study has limited funds available from time to time to contribute toward testing costs for a Wellhausen or Amsler line not previously tested and for special lines where a confirming test is being sought. Please inquire if the contribution funds are available for a test on your Wellhausen or Amsler line.
We recommend the Y-DNA test be at least 37 markers. The more markers, the better the bang for the buck and the more specific the tracing information. The 12 marker test is fine for determining the haplogroup and for showing whether the tester might be related to another tester, but not how close the relationship is. The 12m is too general to be very useful in genealogical dna tracing, and typically needs to be upgraded to at least 37 in order to provide mininal specific information. The 37-marker test provides 48% more markers than the 25m for only 28% more in cost. The new 67-marker test provides 81% more marker data than the 37-marker for only 42% more in cost. But we're always glad to have a 12-marker, and it can generally be upgraded as a Christmas or birthday present to yourself without the need for a new sample. |