Genetic Genealogy (road
block free genealogy) is now readily available and when participation is
accomplished via an established surname or regional project, the costs are very
reasonable. The Knowles Surname Project was established in 2003 and
now has many participants who are members of the Knowles/Knoles/Noles Family
Association and many participants who are not members of the Association.
In 2005, Robert B. Noles
expanded the number of DNA Surname Projects to include many surnames of interest
to Knowles researchers (and others) that were not previously available. In
addition, several regional projects have been established. See Project
Table below.
Many surnames were changed during the 18th, 19th and early 20th
centuries due to adoptions, out-of-wedlock births, family disagreements, etc.
Under these circumstances, the Y-DNA for many descendants may not match other
descendants with the same surname. Therefore, the Surname and Regional DNA
projects will assist
researchers on common or related families to work together to find their correct
common ancestors, when that hasn’t been possible via the examination of the
traditional paperwork trail.
You are hereby cordially invited to participate in
one or more of these historic projects. Family members requesting participation
in any of these genetic genealogy projects are requested to supply
Robert B. Noles with their known genealogy.
DNA
Surname & Regional Projects
(managed by Robert B. Noles)
Use a link in the DNA
Surname and Regional Projects Table below, to initiate the process of joining a
Genetic Genealogy Project of interest to you.
If a Project for your surname is not listed in this table, visit
FTDNA to
determine if a project for your surname has been established. If not,
please join the Knowles Surname Project to benefit from
participation in an existing project.
Membership in the Knowles/Knoles/Noles
Family Association is
not required to join any of these DNA
Projects.
A quick way to identify the many possible
variant spellings for your surname is by using the program
Surname Suggestion
List (SSL) by Matt Combs. This
program is designed to assist you is searching the Internet for your surname
variants. The SSL program is available
to download for free with the stipulation that you make a small donation to the
developer, if the program was useful to you. The
SSL will create three (3) lists of similar sounding surnames.
The lists are based on how good a sound match the other surnames are to the
primary spelling of your surname.
Notify
Robert
B. Noles to add your Surname or Regional DNA project to this table
(projects already established).
*
Not an R. B. Noles DNA Project, but a project of significant interest.
For Other SURNAME and REGIONAL DNA Projects Visit:
Benefits of Participation
(in a Surname or Regional DNA Project)
Determine if two people with your
surname are related and descend from a common ancestor.
Identify the Genetic Genealogy Profile
of your male family line.
Identify your ancestry when
traditional documentary genealogical research methods have
failed (provide clues or tear down those brick walls).
Identify where to focus and pursue
additional traditional documentary genealogical research.
Verify that your traditional
documentary genealogical work is accurate and scientifically
verified.
Obtain clues as to the place of origin
of your immigrant ancestor.
Find genetic cousins you did not know
you had.
Determine if other surnames are
variants of your surname.
Prove or disprove a research theory.
Learn details about your deep ancestry
and the migration of your ancestors thousands of years ago.
Be an early participant in a
state-of-the-art science project which is contributing to
the world
knowledge base for this new and exciting field, genealogy by
genetics.
DNA Project -
Group Administrators
The Group Administrator for a
Surname or Regional DNA Project works closely with, but not for the Family Tree
DNA Company (the company providing genetic genealogy testing for 9 out of 10
genealogists). The Group Administrator initiates a Surname or Regional DNA
Project with FTDNA and then recruits participants, sets up a Web site for
displaying test results and communicating with participants, as well assist
participants understand their test results. The advantage of joining an
established project are two fold:
1) The cost for the initial tests (or any
test upgrades) are about 30% cheaper for Project Members.
2) There is a Project Group Administrator (not associated with FTDNA) for
every project.
The services provided by the
Project Group Administrator for any of the genetic projects are free (however,
donations are accepted) (all donations to a project are used to help pay
for tests for those individuals who should be tested, but can not afford to pay
for the test).
Basically, the Group Administrator reviews the data received by
everyone who joins a particular Project and assists them to understand the test
results. For the projects listed in the table above, the Group
Administrator, Robert B. Noles is particularity interested in learning all there
is to know about the various genealogies; not everyone with the same
surname is related.
When you join a surname project at FTDNA, the Project Group Administrator is
automatically provided with your DNA test results, but not your genealogy.
For the projects listed in the table above, Robert B. Noles is independently
researching all of the genealogies. Once you join a project, you should
send Robert B. Noles a report on the
known genealogy for your surname line. Any format will do.
Welcome to the world of Genetic Genealogy; Road Block Free Genealogy!
Please let me know if you have any questions. Email me anytime!
Robert B. Noles Project Administrator, Knowles Surname DNA Project
Director:
Robert B. Noles
