200+ Participant Milestone
It’s time to Celebrate!!Our Dunbar Y-DNA Project has just gone over the 200 Participant mark with many more people following the Projects.You too can become a part of this VERY exciting Project.
We have Dunbar men from all over the world tested:Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, Jamaica, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Orkney, Scotland, Shetland, & the USA.
Our Y-DNA database is filled with tested Dunbar men whose most distant ancestors are from:
1. Scotland:Aberdeenshire, Inverness, Shetland, Orkney, Tannadice, Renfrew, Stirling, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Glenbervie, Caithness, Longformacus, Ross & Cromarty, and most importantly three direct male descendants with a paper trail to Gospatric of Dunbar b. 1040 Scotland.
2. Ireland: Wicklow, Tyrone, Wexford, Antrim, Castle Finn, & Dublin.
3. Jamaica: Portland & Lawrence Tavern
Your Y-DNA could match with any of these men but, you probably won’t discover this knowledge without testing.Trust me, I’ve been doing genealogy for MANY years and it wasn’t until my father took this simple Y-DNA test that we discovered we had cousins all over the world.It is a simple cheek swab done in the privacy of your home.No blood, No Pain.
Our Project uses Family Tree DNA to process our test kits.We chose FTDNA because they are the industry leading DNA testing company for genealogy and they have the largest Y-DNA database of any other company in the business.We wanted the BEST for all Dunbar men.You can learn more about Family Tree DNA by visiting their website: http://www.familytreedna.comhttp://www.familytreedna.com or their new FTDNA YouTube Video Channel http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU-e1BqfubuSdFPHauQwZmlg&feature=plcphttp://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU-e1BqfubuSdFPHauQwZmlg&feature=plcp
They also provide a “Demo” page for everyone to preview what their own personal FTDNA account page will look like and all DNA resources they provide:
FTDNA Demo link….just click “Login”:https://www.familytreedna.com/login.aspx?a=demo
Sponsorships are available to all who ask.To learn more about our Sponsorship Program please visit our DunbarDNA Sponsorship page:http://www.dunbardna.com/dnasponsorship.htmhttp://www.dunbardna.com/dnasponsorship.htm
These funds are made possible by generous donations from our Participants and Clan Dunbar members.
And last…….with our ever growing Project, we’d like to welcome our new Co-Administrator, Dave Dunbar of Vancouver, Canada.Dave has embraced all things DNA, has tested to his current personal maximum with Y-DNA, mtDNA, Family Finder, and Advanced tests with Family Tree DNA, which gives him a good working knowledge about DNA and DNA testing.He will be a tremendous asset to our Project.Dave Dunbar can be reached at: daviesdun AT gmail.com.The Project’s other Co-Admin is Tom Dunbar, Clan Dunbar Vice Chieftain and Clan genealogist.You can contact Tom at: awhitelion2000 AT yahoo.com.
To join our Project, Dunbar men need to order a 37 or 67 marker Y-DNA test kit.Most all of our men have tested to 67 markers.
Join Link:http://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Dunbarhttp://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Dunbar
A big Thank You to all who have helped us attain this important milestone of 200+ Participants.It wouldn’t have been possible without you.
THANK YOU, Debra Dunbar Nowell
Volunteer Dunbar DNA Project Administrator
Project website: www.DunbarDNA.org
email: DunbarDNA at gmail.com
Clan Dunbar: http://www.clandunbar.comhttp://www.clandunbar.com