Adams Surname DNA Project

ADAMS
Surname Y-DNA Project

Last update May 29, 2009
Results page: click here

Introduction

The Adams Surname DNA Project and this web site have been founded as a place where we can use the Y-DNA testing, now available to answer some questions about our ancestry. This is open to any person related to the surnames Adams, Adam or other possible variations.

Objective

The objective of the project is to use Y-DNA testing to identify the various Adams/Adam families, of any spelling, and to bring together those members with common ancestry. Due to the loss of paper records, there are family ties that have been lost in history; and with this technology some of these can be reestablished.
Some of the specific questions are:

How are the various Adams families of 1700s related?
Are the New England and Virginia families related?
Is there a Adams tie back to Europe? (England, Middle East)
How are the Adams families related to John Q Adams?

Privacy

This web site will not publish any information that will directly tie any testing results with any living individual. This policy will hold even though there is little to no impact to be found from having these numbers published.
We will publish results with a testing number, and it will look as follows:

Adams DNA Results
Kit Number	Ancestor	Date	Location	393	390	19	391	385a	385b	426	388	439	389-I	392	389-ii
123456				13	23	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	14	13	30

The individual must agree before any information will be entered in the Ancestor, Date or Location Columns.
Then the table will look like this.

Adams DNA Results
Kit Number	Ancestor	Date	Location	393	390	19	391	385a	385b	426	388	439	389-I	392	389-ii
123456	John Adams	1750	VA	13	23	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	14	13	30

The individual whose Y-DNA is tested is free to publish, disclose, discuss his results on any other forum. The connection from "Kit Number" to "Individual" will never be disclosed on this site.
If two people request and agree to disclose their addresses to each other, the project manager will send them the addresses.

Y-DNA Testing

The DNA testing is as easy as brushing your teeth--no blood, no doctors, no visits to collection specialists. Your genetic test kit consists of a cheek scraper and a collection tube. You will be able to read the instructions and perform a painless cheek scraping in about five minutes. The effect of using the scraper is about the same as brushing your cheek with a soft bristle toothbrush.

Worried about what else the DNA test lab might find? The answer is not a thing. They won't know if you show positive for a disease, condition or anything else. The test looks only at the Y Chromosome and then only at 12 or 25 specific Loci on the Y Chromosome.

Cost and Lab Choice

There are a number of labs that offer DNA testing at different prices. The results from different Labs can be compared as long as they report back to you in "alleles" and not some private count, letter, or code. We have established a group with a group rate of $99 plus $2 S&H.
The project manager does not make any money from this effort. All money transactions are between you and any Lab you choose to use.
The project manager will consult, for free, on issues of the value of DNA testing in general or on specific details of your situation.

If you have Y-DNA test results from any Lab, they can be useful. Just contact the Adams project manager at

Sign Up

You must be 18 years of age or older and be willing to pay the cost of the DNA testing. To sign up click SIGN UP

Links and Further Reading

Frequently Asked Questions--see FAQ page

There are many good web sites. For example:

Family Tree DNA
Ancestry.com Genetic Genealogy
KEVIN DUERINCK Surname DNA Project
CHRIS POMERY'S DNA PORTAL