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 Y-DNA Surname project.......... TFA project background: One of the most exciting things to develop at our 27th Annual TFA meeting in 2007 was the creation of the Towne DNA Genealogy committee. One of their first objectives was to see if there was a link between the Towne Family of the South to the Towne Family of New England. Additionally, by mapping out the markers in William's sons and their lines, the project should help all Towne test participants confirm their paper trails or break through brick walls they may be experiencing trying to find connections. With our results so far we are able to reconstruct what William's Y-DNA markers must have been, with 99% accuracy! We also know that his Haplogroup was R1b1a2a1a1b. (This has changed recently due to the nomenclature being adjusted as new haplogroups are "discovered.") To see our Y-DNA test results and how they are grouped, go to Towne DNA Project link and select the y-Results tab at the top. WHAT LINES HAVE BEEN TESTED?? Click here to view the descendant chart showing lines that have been CONFIRMED (to a high degree of statistical certainty) through DNA testing. If YOUR line shares any of these ancestors, you, too, can be pretty sure that these individuals and their ancestry back to William are genetically validated. Towne DNA Participant lineages We also welcome those interested in their maternal lines to order mtDNA tests. Especially if anyone can claim an unbroken female line from Joanna Blessing through one of their daughters! UPDATE: If anyone is interested in participating in the project, NOW is a great time to jump in! Our current results will be discussed during the DNA Project workshop at the Reunion in August 2011. More results will help us fill in the descendant branch-points. (Your results are kept anonymous, of course!) Remember too, that TFA may subsidize tests from lines that haven't yet been tested. So send us your lineage (just the string of names tying you back to William) and we'll consider you for a subsidy for a test of 37 or more markers. View our results table - and the newly-updated Descendant Chart of all participants with confirmed unbroken lines. You can email the committee at: mlpress@nr.com ***TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DNA TESTING go to: Towne DNA Project link Test results last updated June, 2011. |
 Rebecca Nurse Homestead in Danvers, MA: TFA Reunion 2007 Photography courtesy of Stablegirl Cindy |
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