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About Surname y-DNA Testing
Surname Y-DNA testing is the newest tool available to genealogists. These tests help genealogists verify their paternal ancestry (father's father). It saves time, prevents mistakes, and provides invaluable data that can be obtained in no other way.
Project objectives:
Primarily a y-DNA project for the Phelps (or spelling variant) surname.
Help tested members understand y-dna and how it applies to their ancestry.
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Provide free, private google forums for YDNA reporting and discussions by tested and interested researchers.
With member participation, actively seek new tests that benefit existing or known key lineages.
Attempt to "cross the pond" by recruiting Phelps whose lines have never been in America.
Provide financial assistance for FTDNA tests where lineages benefit existing members.
Membership: The testee must be a male whose surname is *Phelps (or an acceptable spelling variant) and who considers himself to be a Phelps descendant. Membership is open to anyone and is indicated by the two email addresses associated with the FTDNA test. (Membership in related Google discussion groups is open to any legitimate researcher. *Those not meeting the requirements may be given a temporary membership to allow access to FTDNA analysis and contact with matched Phelps..
What have we discovered through DNA testing?
The four traditional Phelps lines of New England were not biologically rela1ted in recent historical times. There is no biological relationship between William and George Phelps of early New England.
Three southern lines, previously considered unrelated, are definitely biologically related and have a common ancestor: the lines of James Phelps d 1786 Caswell Co, NC; Thomas Phelps d 1751 - Albemarle, VA; and Thomas Felps d 1759 Baltimore Co., Md. A NC/VA Pond line is also related to them. Their haplogroup is a rare E1a.
It is now evident that the James Phelps of Gates Co, NC line is not related to the Nicholas Phelps line of Perquimans Co. Y-DNA does not support it nor has any solid paper trail research concluded the likelihood. DNA testing also shows that the Phelps who may trace back to Tyrrell Co, NC are not related to the Phelps of Gates Co. Of course there may be untested lines in both counties.
None of the tested southern Phelps were dna related to the New England Phelps.
We now know there are several totally different biological Phelps lines with origins in VA, MD, and NC.
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How can we use y-DNA "“triangulation" to a male ancestor to "prove" genealogy and suggest his likely y-DNA? (revised 5/13/2009)
Many other questions are answered in the links panel to the left.
Information and data obtained from the Phelps YDNA Project must be attributed to the project and Family Tree DNA testing company. Lineages displayed here were provided by individual ydna kit members, or their representatives, who are solely responsible for providing any ethical or copyright credits.. Please notify administrator when using data for public research.
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