Mayflower DNA Project

Project dashboard

• About the project
• Y-DNA and mtDNA Primer
• How you can help
• Results:
  • Y-DNA (direct paternal lineages)
  • mtDNA (direct maternal lineages)
  • autosomal DNA (not yet started)
  • Y-DNA of Allied Families
  • mtDNA of Allied Families

Methodology

Although the project ultimately plans to use all three types of genetic genealogy test results (Y-DNA, mtDNA, and autosomal/X DNA), at the present time, the focus is on using advanced Y-DNA and mtDNA tests to characterize the paternal lineages from the Mayflower. For each surviving lineage from the Mayflower, this will provide the most comprehensive Y-DNA and mtDNA profile that is possible with current commercial genetic testing technology. When available, we will make use of prior genetic genealogy research related to these lineages (e.g. Y-STR test results) to provide supporting evidence and to guide project recruitment.

Through this approach, we aim to achieve the following objectives:

• Place the Mayflower passengers and crew into the broader human Y chromosome tree by determining high-resolution haplogroups for individual paternal lineages
  • this can help provide a demographic-level picture of the ancestral origins of the groups comprising the 1620 Mayflower voyage
  • these efforts will also likely aid in more general research of the human Y tree
• Identify unique, stable genetic markers for individual paternal lineages
  • in some cases, it may be possible to identify one or two markers that confirm patrilineal descent from a single individual from the Mayflower
• Use the results to aid in genealogical research associated with the Mayflower passengers and crew, including tracing ancestry further back within England, Holland, etc.
  • testing related lineages that stayed in Europe can be particularly helpful here

Contact us

Project administrators may currently be reached at mayflowerdnagmail.com .

References and External links

• Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Passenger References: from contemporary records and scholarly journals Stewart Publishing, Canada Second edition 2015
• Anderson, Robert Charles, The Mayflower Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth, 1620 New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA 2020

• Caleb Johnson's MayflowerHistory.com
• International Society of Genetic Genealogy
• General Society of Mayflower Descendants
• Guide to the Silver Books and Facebook Group
• "Mayflower" article on Wikipedia
• Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) & General Society of Mayflower Descendants Mayflower DNA Project
• Y-SEQ Mayflower Group

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