This Web page reports
the status and results for the Knowles Surname DNA Project. This
presentation (via tables, and links to the pages for individual Knowles
progenitors) reports and explains the test results for the participants in
the Knowles Surname DNA Project.
TEST
RESULTS PAGES
(Sorted by Progenitor's Name)
TEST
RESULTS PAGES
(Sorted by Progenitor's Geographical Identification)
Please make a donation to help support
the Knowles
Surname DNA Project
The total number of
participants in the Knowles Surname DNA Project by year and by the number of
markers tested is reflected in Table 1 below.
Starting in 2005, a higher percentage of the tests ordered have been for an increased
number of markers. The higher resolution (more markers tested) will be
important for analysis of the results in the future for the descendants of the
same progenitor. Currently the primary emphasis of the analysis is to
establish the modal Haplotype for each Knowles progenitor.
Obviously, there is great anticipation for
even wider participation in the next few years. The benefits derived for
the Knowles genealogical efforts is directly proportionally to the number of
participants in the Knowles Surname DNA Project.
If you are an eligible participant or know of family members who are eligible to
participate, please plan on joining the Knowles Surname DNA Project.
KNOWLES SURNAME DNA PROJECT
PARTICIPATION TABLE
(number of Y-DNA & mtDNA Participants)
Table 1
DNA
TEST
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Y
C
H
R
O
M
O
S
O
M
E
12 Markers
0
1
6
11
9
12
13
6
25
Markers
0
0
2
15
18
17
17
15
37
Markers
0
0
0
2
10
13
20
28
67
Markers
0
0
0
0
0
2
7
15
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Totals
0
1
8
28
37
44
57
64
m
t
D
N
A
HVR1
0
0
0
0
3
9
11
12
HVR2
0
0
0
0
3
6
8
8
Totals
0
0
0
0
6
15
19
20
KNOWLES SURNAME
DNA PROJECT
PARTICIPANTS
The participants in the
Knowles Surname DNA Project are listed in the
Participants Table below
(Table 2). Participants are listed
in this table in the order in which they joined the project. The contents
of this table nor any of the test results are specifically linked to a participant by name
(except by explicit permission of the participant). However the table
below does
provide other pertinent identification information, including the participant's
Knowles progenitor, when known.
The Participants Table also indicates when the participant's DNA
kit was returned to FTDNA and if the results from the test are available. When
the participant's results have been added to the
Y-Search
Database, the Y-Search identification number for the participant is listed in
this table.
The Web page for the Results
Table for each Progenitor is accessed via the link in the PRO column
in the Participants table.
The participants currently included in the
Knowles Project represent over 30
different Knowles progenitors (although several are unknown as of this writing). Nearly
one-third of all the participants have
been proven to be descendants of Edmund "Old Silverhead" Knowles
(Knowles Progenitor: Delaware-01). Greater participation from the many other Knowles lines is
required. There may be more than 100 unrelated unique Knowles progenitors.
Note: The KNOX participants in the KNOWLES Surname DNA Project have been
removed. A separate
Knox Surname Project
is now available for those men with the KNOX surname.
Director:
Robert B. Noles
