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 |
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Kit Number |
Ancestor |
Date |
Location |
393 |
390 |
19 |
391 |
385a |
385b |
426 |
388 |
439 |
389-I |
392 |
389-ii |
123456 |
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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 |
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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
Copyright ©
2002-2007 John S Walden