Family Data

The family lineage page has been broken into several pages, each with a family or groups of families for families with fewer than about five participants. In addition to the links on the left and right, you may go to the y-results page and click on the control member for a family (kit number in red) to see that family's lineage.

Each family page section will list its probable members be kit number and can have a bit of information on that family, if family members can agree on and submit that information. For example, the largest group by number of YDNA participants is the "Seven Brothers, Two Sisters: Ireland to MD" family. You can also reach the page by clicking the "7 Bro, 2 Sis" link at left. The Seven Brothers, Two Sisters Family description could say that they probably have more members in the U. S. than any other family, and that all who know their lineage descend from a group of brothers (which may or may not be seven) who settled in Maryland near the Pennsylvania and Delaware borders in the 1600s; however, it's possible that some members of this YDNA family could join the others back in the British Isles.

You can also go to a specific family by clicking on the control individual (red kit number) in "Y Results". If you believe that you are a member of a family, you may send another family member e-mail through the project adminstators. A few poeple who tested are now deceased, but they may have relatives who are still interested in making contact. In your email to the administrators, please mention the kit number representing the Alexander line in which you are interested.

Alexander-descended relatives of project members may also have pages to post additional information about their families (example). Links to the pages will be added below.

CAVEAT: The family biographies and the lineages posted for them are guidelines, not primary source material. They are the opinions or best guesses of the authors and should be independently verified by serious researchers. Placing of individuals into a color-coded group does NOT mean that their lineage to a certain ancestor has been verified or that our placement is absolutely correct. It means that the person tested has a verified DNA match with another person with the same color code. For more information on the meaning of matches and closeness of matches, refer to this article.