Y-DNA testing as a research tool
For you Horn researchers that may have hit a brickwall, or may not have, you might want to consider using Y-DNA testing as a research tool. Fathers pass their DNA on to their sons, who pass it along to their sons, and on and on. So, the results for a male's Y-DNA test would also match the results of his father's test, his grandfather's test, etc., plus his uncles, granduncles and all male cousins. This testing helps to determine which Horn males belong in the family tree, and which ones do not belong.
The company doing the testing is Family Tree DNA.
http://www.familytreedna.com/Default.aspxhttp://www.familytreedna.com/Default.aspx
There is a Horn DNA surname group, within the Family Tree DNA project, that presently includes 78 members.
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Horn/default.aspxhttp://www.familytreedna.com/public/Horn/default.aspx
A Y-DNA 37 marker test is a sufficient test for the fellows to purchase.
Personally, we have researched the family line of John George Horn, born in 1775 in Maryland, married to Catharine Pence, and died in 1859 in Sullivan Co., Tennessee.
We are also looking at the family line of Anthony Horn, born in 1777 in Virginia, married to Susannah Fleenor, and died in 1863 in Washington Co., Virginia, as a possible relative to John George Horn. It would be wonderful to have a male descendant of Anthony test their DNA for comparison.
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