The aim of the project is to use Y-DNA testing to identify which families bearing ‘Spear’ surnames such as Frame, Freame, Fremault and similar variants are genetically related to one another on the direct paternal line. We do this by testing the Y-chromosome which, like a surname, passes from father to son virtually unchanged down through the generations.

If you are a Frame, no doubt you have heard stories such as:

*        The Frames were ‘Weavers from Flanders or

*       They fled religious persecution or

*       All Frames are related etc…

We explore all of these and more at the website:

FRAME DNA PROJECT - Research

To join the FRAME DNA PROJECT, simply click the JOIN link at the top right of this page.

If you have already Y-DNA tested and wish to discuss your Results, please log into your FTDNA account and post on the Activity Feed which is your ‘in-house’ discussion forum. If you are a Frame, Freame or Fremault male, or have a variant surname, and you wish to discuss joining the FRAME DNA PROJECT with an administrator,

please email via the links at top left or join us at the:

FRAME DNA FORUM ON FACEBOOK