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Know of a surname tied to a documented Y-DNA haplogroup, whether from a published study or your own family research? Add it to our free database.
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Surnames follow the paternal line, and so does the Y chromosome. A FamilyTreeDNA Y-DNA test compares you with other men who carry your surname, inside its free surname projects, and tells you whether you descend from the same ancestor.
Y-DNA37
37 Y-STR markers: enough to see whether you match a surname group and to join its project.
View on FamilyTreeDNA → Paternal line · genealogyY-DNA111
111 markers: separates close branches of the same family and sharpens the timing of a shared ancestor.
View on FamilyTreeDNA → Paternal line · deep ancestryBig Y-700
The most complete Y-chromosome test: your exact paternal haplogroup on the finest branch of the Y tree, back to prehistory.
View on FamilyTreeDNA →Y-DNA tests follow the direct father-to-son line, so they are for men. Women can ask their father, a brother or a paternal uncle to test.
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