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Has your Frost research frozen over? Has your Frost family tree become stumped? If so, consider giving the Frost DNA Project a try.
The Frost DNA Project aims to supplement Frost family research with genetic evidence in hopes of further developing our Frost family trees. We welcome participation by any Frost family from any part of the world. The more, the merrier!
At its most basic level, the project works by determining which lineages are related and which lineages are not. If DNA results from one family match results from another, this indicates shared ancestry. On the other hand, if you have long wondered if you might descend from a particular family line, and results for that line do not match results from your own line, you will know to look elsewhere for your ancestry.
Some specific goals of the project include answering the following questions:
...1) From which ancient Y-DNA patriarch does each group of Frosts descend?
...2) How many different Frost family groups can we identify, and what DNA signatures characterize the different lines? Can we use genetic matches to establish each group's probable geographical place of origin?
...3) By comparing DNA results for people with well-documented pedigrees, can we trace any particular DNA changes to particular Frost ancestors and thus enable others to identify their ancestors even when they lack a definite paper trail allowing them to trace back that far?
Because only males inherit the Y-chromosome from their fathers, a male participant is needed for the Y-DNA tests that make up the backbone of the surname project. He needs to descend from Frosts along the all-male ancestral line, so usually he himself will carry the Frost surname. If you do not qualify yourself, then you can participate by recruiting a direct male descendant of your Frost family, such as a brother, father, grandfather, uncle, nephew, or cousin (no matter how distant) who carries the Frost surname.
A different type of DNA test, a mitochondrial DNA test, can also be used to trace the all-female ancestral line. All people inherit their mitochondria from their mothers, so both males and females are eligible for these mtDNA tests. Since the female line typically changes surnames with each generation, these tests are not as directly relevant for tracing Frost lineages in general, but there are instances in which they can provide useful information concerning a particular Frost couple, such as when you wish to establish whether a Frost woman was the daughter of a particular couple who has at least one other documented daughter, or when you would like to know from which ancient mtDNA matriarch a person descends. (See the FAQ page of our web site for more information.) Anyone who descends from a Frost along the all-female ancestral line is also welcome to participate in the project through mtDNA testing.
If you have privacy concerns, notice that the results on our project web site are keyed to aliases rather than to the names of the test participants in order to protect identity and privacy, and names of living or recent individuals in the pedigrees are also kept private.
Our web site consists of several pages that explain the project in more detail. The Home Page link is:
http://frostdnaproject.home.comcast.net
You can browse the web pages to find out more about the testing, the lineages that have already been tested, what we have learned so far, etc. If you still have questions after browsing the web site, you can also contact the volunteer project administrator through the Contact Us Page.
Please be sure to look over our Founders Page, as well. If you know of additional Frost lineages from before 1750 that can be traced reliably along the male line all the way down to the present day, please use our Contact Us Page to let us know, so that we can add that “founding family” to the Founders Page. Who knows? Your Frost ancestor might already be listed there without you knowing it, yet.
We hope you find something useful.
Thank you and good luck in your search!
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