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Full Details for Query #71676 |
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05-Dec-2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FAUBUS : FOBES : FORBES : FORBIS : FORDYCE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Query Text: |
I am the FORBES DNA Project Administrator. My personal objective is for verification of the connection I've established to James Forbes. The aim is to find genetic matches to others with a clear, and to others with a not so clear, line of descendancy from James. The paper trail of my research is comprised of circumstantial evidence between my 4th and 5th great-grandfathers. The genetic match would solidify the connection. My personal goals will also supplement the corporate goals of the project. Here are those goals: FORBES Surname DNA Project Goals 1.) Gain insight into the origin of the surname Forbes. 2.) Establish or estimate the number of different ancestral lines found among FORBES families worldwide. 3.) Trace currently known and unknown FORBES lineages to common ancestors in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and English colonies, past and present. 4.) Assist genealogy researchers in identifying and validating their immigrant FORBES ancestor and/or remotest FORBES ancestor through the 25 Marker test. 5.) Ancillary goals via collaboration with other DNA Projects: a. investigate genetic connections to clan septs; [Bannerman, Berrie, Berry, Boyce, Boyes, Lumsden, Macouat, Macowatt, MacQuattie, MacWatt, Mechie, Mekie, Meldrum, Michie, Middleton, Walter, Walters, Watson, Watt, Watters, Wattie, Watts] b. investigate genetic connections to the URQUHART and MACKAY projects to see if there are genetic matches. Historical documents speak of the common origin of the Forbes, MacKay, and Urquhart families. Participants are males with the surname FORBES, or variant, for genetic matching of the Y chromosome. Women can have their brother, uncle, cousin or other male of their lineage tested for the program. Please consider passing the information onto any other FORBESes. Surnames in Project (Recognized variants of FORBES): FAUBUS, FOBES, FORBES, FORBESS, FORBIS, FORBISH, FORBUS, FORBUSH, FORDICE, FORDYCE, FURBUSH Main Family Tree DNA Homepage - click on "Projects" at top of page - then the "F" category - then "FORBES" for the Join Page http://www.familytreedna.com/ Forbes Group Page http://www.familytreedna.com/public/forbes/ Clan Forbes Society http://www.clanforbes.org/ Requirements: Since a Surname Project in essence traces members of a family that share a common surname, and females (a) don't carry their father's Y-DNA, and (b) acquire a new surname by the way of marriage, in order to be relevant to the Surname Project, the tested individual must be a male that wants to check his paternal line (father's father's father's...). The test to be ordered is either the Y-DNA12, Y-DNA25 or Y-DNA37, and females should look for a brother or cousin with that surname to be tested. Females can also order a test for themselves, which will be the mtDNA or mtDNAPlus, but the results of this test cannot be tied to the Surname Project. The 23rd chromosome is known as the sex chromosome. As with the other chromosomes, one is inherited from the father, and one from the mother. The 23rd chromosome from the mother is always an X. From the father, a person either inherits an X chromosome or a Y chromosome. The chromosome inherited from the father determines their sex. An X from the father would result in an XX which is a female, and a Y from the father would result in an XY, which is a male. The Y chromosome is transmitted from father to sons. Scientists have identified a small portion, which is passed virtually unchanged. Testing of this portion of the Y chromosome provides information about the direct male line, which is the father, his father, and so forth back in time. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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