The Fox Surname Project at FamilytreeDNA (FTDNA) was started in 2004 to verify a British/American Fox family connection. Our main objective is to use Y-Chromosome testing to check out and expand the male line Fox Ancestry of our members. We now have a dozen groups where this has been done quite successfully and others where progress is being made. We have a database sufficiently large that new members have a good chance of finding relatives. Go to the DNA Results Section of this Website and click on ‘Y-DNA Results Overview’. Each test result is identified by kit number and most distant known ancestor (MDKA) in the all male ancestry and project members are encouraged to supply this information and opt for public display.. This method of identification renders a degree of privacy but allows members to see connections and permits other interested individuals to scan the table for possible ancestral names and locations before choosing to test themselves. Y-Results are grouped by Haplogroup and matching Fox results are grouped together. We still have quite a few members with no matches as yet in the Fox Project and these are grouped by the known Haplogroup. Upgrading to BigY-700 is encouraged for all Fox Project members. testing and have or find a Fox connection but our concern is the Fox surname and we urge you to interpret your own results. FTDNA is now searching the male Y-Chromosome in Family Finder tests and reporting basic Haplogroups, which is quite helpful to us. BigY700 testing is now beginning to define the male haplotree of mankind and Y-Haplogroups are reasonably well dated. When a good STR marker match occurs, we highly recommend BigY700 testing (wait for a sales event) to find how and whenboth are related.We are getting many requests to join from those who have only done the Family Finder type of testing. There is very little benefit resulting from joining the Fox Project if this is all you have done and we tend to discourage it. When making a request to join and you already have test results please indicate what these tests are and why you feel they demonstrate a Fox connection. This project emphasizes Y-Chromosome testing of males surnamed Fox, preferably at 37, 67 or 111 STR markers, from known Fox lines. The optimum use of Y-DNA testing is to check out a questionable paper trail. Flying blind occasionally does work and enough Fox family groups have been identified that the chance of making a connection are fairly good. We do welcome those with other surnames who have found a close match with a Fox Project member. Y-DNA testing still has its limitations, though BigY and similar tests elsewhere are narrowing the gap. Predictions can be made of generations back to a common ancestor but they are given as a wide probable range. You may find yourself in a region of the haplotree where very few men have been tested. where It is much easier to disprove a paper trail than to confirm one and, for this reason, at least the 37 marker Y-DNA test is recommended. We request male Fox line pedigrees back to the most distant known ancestor. The most distant ancestor and kit number are used for identification in showing public test results. onour Website. This provides privacy but permits prospective new members to search for possible links. The administrators will identify close matches among those concerned. Females may order a test kit for Fox males who agree to submit a cheek scrape sample. MtDNA testing and the Family Finder application are also allowed for project members, including females. Owing to the many possible ancestral connections involved, however, the administrators do not get into the details of interpretation. This is up to the person tested and it is recommended that your profile page include a gedcom file or other family tree connections (such as MyHeritage) to assist in following up matching results. Adoptees who suspect Fox connections and persons with surnames other than Fox whose Y-DNA results match closely with project members are encouraged to join. National Geographic/IBM Genographic Project transfers are encouraged to join if they supply family tree information. You must first transfer your results to FTDNA and then click on the Join button on your FTDNA personal webpage and select the Fox Project. The main objective is genealogical, namely to identify family relationships. While not its main objective the Fox Project is in the forefront of cluster analysis and Big Y testing for deep ancestry, particularly in Haplogroup R1b, and we encourage BigY SNP testing for deep ancestry if the individual has such interests. Since the migration of the website to MyGroups it is now possible for members to post comments and for the administrators to search for a daily sales price reduction offer. The administrators will not monitor the posts on a regular basis and do not expect to see much activity. They will not post a daily sales offer but will respond to a request from a project member if they want to see one posted. We also do not encourage use of the project activities page and would prefer to have members direct their comments to the project administrators. The World Families link is for members of the Vanfossen Group. Administrators: Joe Fox jmfoxiii@comcast.net Leigh Fox Wilson leighwilson4@gmail.com