Key

single person: no DNA matches or immigrant tree

cluster: matches among members, but no immigrant tree

lineage: immigrant tree with multiple members

You can find distant cousins through DNA testing, and benefit from their research into your shared family roots.

If your family surname is Ausburn, Ausborn, Ausburne, Osborn, Osborne, Osburn, Osburne, Ozburn or some other variation on this name, you may find that you belong to one of the 14 lineages already identified by our DNA testing. Or, you may represent a new lineage that future members can connect with. For reasons explained on the How it Works page, you must be a male, or you must find a male member of your family who can get tested for you.

When you get your testing kit, rub a swab on the inside of your cheek. Send the sample back in its pre-addressed envelope, and in a couple of months your results will be returned to you. Your relationship to other members of the project will be determined and posted on this site.

See the genetic distances between our current members represented visually in a table, or read about the histories and members of the family groups on the family group pages.

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