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GENETICS PORTAL In 2001 the Pomeroy DNA Project was the world's leading one-name Y-chromosome testing programme...today, it is still the most integrated for any surname of our size. News Our 50+ results have created a genetic framework mapping the major POM families in Britain. Any male POM in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or elsewhere can test to find out if they are related to any of the representatives of these families. Four POMs outside the UK have signed up this year and several more are deciding whether to join. One, from Virginia, USA, carries the same DNA signature as the Cork families, thus confirming his supposed origins in Ireland. The second, currently living in the UK but of American origin by way of Mexico, links back to a family from the parish of Staverton in Devon. A third American POM, who traces his ancestry back to Eltweed Pomeroy, the first POM to settle in America, is currently being tested. Our first Australian testee joined up in October and is still awaiting his results. How to Join You can join the programme providing that you are: a man, AND EITHER bearing a POM name now or were born a POM You can order your test kit online qualifying for our special group rate from FamilyTreeDNA, the most reliable and well-respected test lab in the world. I recommend choosing, if possible, the Y-DNAPlus, Male 25-marker paternal test $169 (Group) test over the basic "Y-DNA, Male 12-marker paternal test $99 (Group)" test as the greater number of markers increases the accuracy of family matching. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to email me. If you are male but not a POM, you can still order a test from this lab via their website. What it's all about People with the Pomeroy name often fantasize that they might be related to the Norman family that established itself in the West Country after the arrival of William the Conqueror. This is most likely not the case. Despite dispelling that romance, the results have given us big clues about where to look for documentary evidence to fill the gaps in individual family trees and to prove links between families as yet unlinked. This portal introduces a set of pages that describe how the tests were organised and explain in detail the significance of the results for our one-name group. Work your way through the links below as they are ordered to find out why the results contained some surprises and how they far exceeded our expectations in the wealth of information they have provided us with... How the tests were done... Background to the One-Name Study group & description of how the testees were found Background on the DNA testing process & summary of the key results How our families link together... Phylogenetic Network Charts for 31 POMs in Haplogroup 1 Phylogenetic Network Charts for 20 POMs in Haplogroup 2 How the DNA results link with our documentary research & family trees Technical Analysis of the 2 Phylogenetic Networks Other knowledge can infer from the results... Geographic origins of the POMs & the Oldest Trees Surname changes: an analysis of the 4 different surname spellings What the tests don't show and what we want to do next... Assessment of the Pomeroy DNA Project & caveats for family historians Next Steps & Call for Volunteers! Information about other one-name study test programmes can be read on the DNA Portal I maintain.

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