Why are there so many different genetic signatures associated with a single surname? There are a multitude of reasons for why this may be so...

Why have you done an expensive Y-DNA test? Presumably to help you with your family tree research, and specifically the ancestral line down w...

Someone does a Y-DNA test to find out more about their direct male line and "where my surname came from" only to find that the res...

You don't need an Ancestry subscription to start building your tree, but you do need an account on Ancestry and you need to sign in to s...

I have been privileged to have been appointed recently as Honorary Research Fellow with the University of Strathclyde. I am looking forward ...

There are several important questions that face Project Administrators of Surname DNA Projects: Why should I group people together? How shou...

There has been increasing interest in Irish Clan Research as more fine-detailed Y-DNA data becomes available and the Irish branches of the T...