Using Y-DNA to Research Your Surname

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  • Опубліковано 2 сер 2024
  • Y-DNA, like surnames, track along the direct male line-the two go hand in hand. This makes Y-DNA indispensable for the study of fixed inherited surnames and there are over 10,000 such projects hosted by FamilyTreeDNA.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 41

  • @lisaquigley-moon9583
    @lisaquigley-moon9583 28 днів тому +1

    We are in the Quigley name project. My dad & brother did big y test. We just need more Quigley testers from Ireland. 🇮🇪

  • @williamrusselldunn698
    @williamrusselldunn698 Місяць тому +2

    I know my Y Haplogroup already

  • @theresawrightman3097
    @theresawrightman3097 26 днів тому

    My Husband did his DNA. He is a Robertson of the Robertson Clan. To a Daniel Robertson that was Exiled in 1651 to America from Scotland and father is Richard Robertson and his father is Robert one of King Duncan. Son's

  • @h.p.brownsaucecraft7966
    @h.p.brownsaucecraft7966 7 місяців тому +1

    DF13 is very Irish and Welsh and has possible Celtic origins. I am of the older sister haplogroup under L21, DF63 which also originates from the Celtic world.

  • @Hugh-vt5ks
    @Hugh-vt5ks Рік тому +2

    Thanks for the clear and concise explanation.

  • @RoyPounsford
    @RoyPounsford 2 роки тому +4

    Thank you Maurice. I have just done by Y-DNA R-FT384325 sub branch of R-P312 and my surname is Pounsford, so far I have only got back to 1769 WestonZoyland, ENG but there is another name of Pauncefoot (they are posh) that we could be related to. So I may need to setup my own Surname Project.

  • @MarkCoatesYork
    @MarkCoatesYork 5 місяців тому +1

    Sometimes you just don't realise the ovious, of course a young widow can re-marry, I will look into that, it may explain why my Piggott male line matches 2 Cheesemans
    Thanks

  • @AncestryNerd
    @AncestryNerd 3 роки тому +3

    Great overview of how using Y-DNA can help solve unknown surnames and NPE cases. Thanks

    • @fabiantorres144
      @fabiantorres144 2 роки тому

      Como se árbol genealógico soy José fabián Torres

  • @Raymond_Petit
    @Raymond_Petit Рік тому +3

    I just purchased a Y-DNA kit from FamilyTreeDNA tonight. I already know my Y haplotype is R-Z214 but those results come from 23&Me. I also know that it's possible this haplotype traces back to the Aramburo or Sambola families of the Basque country. I have failed to find anyone willing or able to tell me the haplotype of other Aramburo or Sambola male descendants, so I'm stuck!

  • @Roadglide911
    @Roadglide911 3 роки тому +2

    I have two zero distance matches at 37 and still at a brick wall.

  • @williamrusselldunn698
    @williamrusselldunn698 Місяць тому +1

    My name is an Irish O‘ name

  • @thelion9489
    @thelion9489 2 роки тому +3

    How could I calculate the recent common ancestor by Y STR?

  • @katedagg287
    @katedagg287 2 роки тому

    Hi Maurice. Thank you for your carefully explained work. I think I must have a brick wall. I would like to find my paternal line pre-arrival in Newfoundland. All I have so far are 3 matches from Newfoundland, and nothing else. Is there anything I can do besides wait for a miracle to happen?

  • @coppertopv365
    @coppertopv365 Рік тому +3

    Have my mom's maiden name
    But I know my dads surname
    Testing shows R1B haplogroup, & R-M269
    With possibilities my dads line is connected to Germanic Switzerland \ Germanic area & Yamnaya culture ...

    • @theresawrightman3097
      @theresawrightman3097 3 дні тому

      @@coppertopv365 is your name Daniel my Husband has A Son in Germany

  • @joyce7892
    @joyce7892 2 роки тому +1

    Can I find someone to do this for me? This is very complicated when there isn't a surname study.
    Good overview. It sounds so simple.... but how do you start once you get the YDNA? I can't find the screens you are referencing. I believe the website must have been changed???
    Is there a basic step by step guide? No one else has the same last name and it wouldn't help since names have been changed. Thanks

  • @anthonymoore6492
    @anthonymoore6492 10 місяців тому +3

    My father was adopted so his father is unknown, can Y DNA help locate my biological paternal family without knowing a surname?

    • @lisaquigley-moon9583
      @lisaquigley-moon9583 28 днів тому

      My late husbands grandfather was adopted also. I’ve done his ydna while he was alive. I’m still struggling. I also have Irish on my paternal side. 😩 I had hoped it would help break down that wall. I’m in a Quigley surname project. We need more Quigley testers. Good luck with your search

  • @petea1918
    @petea1918 2 роки тому

    Hi,
    I have taken my Big-Y test and don’t have any whitehead’s. I do have a few Ogden’s…can you please tell me what this means please?
    I would appreciate your thoughts on this.
    Kind regards

  • @1106gary
    @1106gary 10 місяців тому +1

    I have identified a supposed 1st cousin male in my unknown paternal line, but his R variant has a different number than mine. So that rules out any of his four known uncles as my biological father except for the possible infidelity. Right? His known uncles were first generation born in America from an area some where in Poland or Hungary. Or my father might be some one who's parents immigrated from a different village in the same area.

  • @AutonyB
    @AutonyB Рік тому

    please i cannot hear Volume of video,thanks

  • @mrsturnbull4698
    @mrsturnbull4698 16 днів тому

    I need help with my dna as my Father line is Smith and from Kent its been a headache as I come to a fullstop trying to figure out further back so need to learn how to do this. thanks for help here.

    • @familysearch
      @familysearch  15 днів тому

      Hey we would love to help! The FamilySearch Library offers free online research consultations. Check out the link below. Thank you for using FamilySearch!
      www.familysearch.org/en/library/online-consultations

  • @sanjibmukherjee8484
    @sanjibmukherjee8484 Рік тому

    Mukherjee surname y dna in india

  • @davidlynx1576
    @davidlynx1576 5 місяців тому

    I have done the 67 and now purchased the 111. I found there are not any people tested that have my surname, but there seem to be a lot of another name. So there was probably an infidelity. So if it says 4 steps back, then that would be a ggg-grandfather?

  • @kadenmac2009
    @kadenmac2009 2 роки тому +3

    All of my matches have the same surname but does not match mine? I’ve done 111 markers and all have the same last name but they don’t match my last name…does this mean that my actual biological last name is the same as theirs??

    • @lightyagami3492
      @lightyagami3492 2 роки тому +2

      Im sorry to say but that's a big red flag. You should probably look into the possibility of an NPE somewhere on your paternal line.

  • @lawrencepayteniii7915
    @lawrencepayteniii7915 Місяць тому

    I'm African American Male and I don't know any further than my 3rd great grandfather. We all have the same last and more than likely he was a slave before 1870. Do you still think a test like this would be beneficial?

    • @familysearch
      @familysearch  Місяць тому

      You can learn more about DNA from our DNA pages here: www.familysearch.org/dna-testing

  • @PhotonBread
    @PhotonBread Рік тому

    Im confused. If I take a Y DNA test will it be able to show my the actual name of ancestors on my Y line? or do those ancestors have to have some sort of DNA in the database?

    • @sie4431
      @sie4431 Рік тому +3

      No. Like other DNA tests it'll show you other people whose Y DNA is similar to yours. If you're lucky you'll have plenty of matches all with the same or similar surname at varying degrees of closeness. As Maurice explained you'll probably have some matches who don't share the surname either because of switching or false matches

  • @LadyGreyAgeingDisGracefully
    @LadyGreyAgeingDisGracefully Місяць тому

    Wondering how a man who does not know the exact father but rather a family group of brothers where his father sits can use this to determine which brother is his father? If they all inherit y dna that is identical it’s not going to help determine which one is his father. What other techniques would be recommended?

    • @familysearch
      @familysearch  Місяць тому

      Hi thank for you question! We can help you out. Sign up for a free online research consultation here: www.familysearch.org/en/library/online-consultations

  • @AutonyB
    @AutonyB Рік тому

    is mixed race cause for possible NPE

  • @skellingtonmeteoryballoon
    @skellingtonmeteoryballoon Рік тому

    sur name isnt like place name

  • @donnanorth7324
    @donnanorth7324 3 роки тому

    Maurice, you are great! I have watched all your stuff. I have an NPE to solve. So I can say, this is just a repeat of everything you have already done, including graphics from defunct sites. I'm disappointed.

  • @pisquared1827
    @pisquared1827 2 роки тому

    This of course assumes your female ancestors didn't cheat.

    • @syeds2570
      @syeds2570 2 роки тому

      This is true for the modern day samples of Y-DNA collected to be linked with a certain tribe when in fact the main ancestor's wife may have cheated however the YDNA is linked to that so called ancestor's name
      I myself have a 600 year old family tree which is rewritten every 50 to 100 years due to pages deteriorating (we still keep the old pages) hypothetically if I took a test and it doesn't match my family tree either a female ancestor cheated or the modern day samples collected for the tribe are incorrect

  • @vidalalcantar3561
    @vidalalcantar3561 3 роки тому

    Maurice, you are great! I have watched all your stuff. I have an NPE to solve. So I can say, this is just a repeat of everything you have already done, including graphics from defunct sites. I'm disappointed.