About us
The narrowly focused Maynard YDNA R-A902/R-A911 Project studies the Maynard lines (and close spelling variants) from the YDNA R-A911 haplogroup and its subclades in North Carolina during the colonial time period. Our project's R-A911 Maynard ancestors were concentrated in central and northwestern North Carolina, mainly in Wake County and Wilkes County before 1800. There is compelling evidence that their ancestors did not come straight from England but lived in the mid-1700s in Granville and Johnston Counties, predominantly near Moccasin Creek. Our primary goals are to find the relationships among these R-A911 Maynard lines (and how they connect back to R-A902) and their most recent common ancestor (MRCA).
Please read our Background page for more details about these R-A902/R-A911 colonial Maynard lines.
UPDATE - 14 Dec 2023
Relevant known SNPs to this project tested for with the Family Finder SNP Update are A892, A902 and A911 (and several of their equivalents like A910, A896, A890, A894, and A903). Other relevant atDNA SNPs may be added once atDNA transfers are updated sometime in 2024.
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Our project has a couple of simple requirements for joining the project.
1. YDNA R-A902/R-A911 and Downstream Paternal Lines
First, this project is specifically for kits that are already proven (through YDNA testing) or think they may be part of the R-A902/R-A911 and their downstream lines.
- If a kit owner or manager thinks a kit might be part of this R-A902/R-A911 line, then this project is for that kit.
- If a kit has already taken a low-level YDNA test like the y37 or y111, and that kit is R-M269, AND that kit YDNA matches other kits in this project, then this project is for that kit.
- If a kit has already taken a BigY-700 and has already been assigned R-A902, R-A911, or haplogroups downstream of them, then this project is for that kit as well.
- This project is not just for YDNA kits. Please join any autosomal kits (FTDNA Family Finder or atDNA transfers from other DNA testing services) that match the requirements above. If you descend from any of these R-A902/R-A911 lines, please join your atDNA kit to our project as well so we can research together.
- Of course, we will allow other kits to join the project if they are beneficial to the project in general or to help others that just need assistance.
If a kit "falls outside" of these above requirements AND your surname is "Maynard" (or one of the many spelling variants), please consider joining the Maynard, Maynor, Minear surname Project instead:
2. Access to Kit Data
Secondly, the kit owner or manager must grant the project admins at least "Limited" access to their kit. This allows the project admins to assist and research the kit with you. We additionally recommend "Advanced" access, allowing the project admins to better compare kits to each other. The kit owner/manager can update the kit's access settings from the kit's Account Settings > Project Preferences > "pencil" icon on right > set "Access" to "Limited" or "Advanced".
Additionally, if the project has partially or fully funded a kit's YDNA or Family Finder test (or any other DNA products or services), the kit owner/manager agrees to these terms:
- The kit owner/manager agrees to allow "Advanced" access and direct login access to the kit in perpetuity. Additionally, the kit owner/manager agrees that if the PW is updated on the kit account, to share the updated PW with the project admins.
- The kit owner/manager agrees to allow the project to purchase additional DNA products and/or services for the kit as deemed necessary by the project admins.
- The kit owner/manager agrees to never delete the kit account or data, or request the deletion of the kit account or data.
- The kit owner/manager consents that this agreement extends to anyone the kit is transferred to in the future and the new kit owner/manager must agree to these terms as well.
If there are any questions, please let us know.
We look forward to researching our R-A902/R-A911 lines together.
Best regards,
Harold Ward Maynard (paternal R-A911 Maynard)
Arthur Waddell (maternal R-A911 Maynard)