HAM Surname DNA Project
After researching the HAM surname in Virginia for over ten years, and co-authoring a three volume work on the HAM surname, we now have a different tactic for the research of HAM immigrants to the US.
I am pleased to announce that I have started a HAM DNA Project, and am looking for participants.
The DNA research should only tell you if you are related, but not exactly how or when the connection occurred.
When we have enough research, it should take some of the guesswork out, making our research more accurate.
Through a comparison study of the Y chromosome sequence of markers, family groups should be able to determine if they connect back to the same ancestor. (The Y chromosome is only passed through the male.) The eventual goal includes the ability to find the Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA). Given a mutation rate per generation, a Time to Most Recent Common ancestor can also be estimated.
I have included a link to the HAM DNA Project from the navigation bar on my "HAM Country" web page below.
I am looking for participants in the hunt for the immigrant HAM ancestors.
- Dave
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Dave Hamm Novi, Michigan
email: [email protected]
URL: http://home.earthlink.net/~odoniv/HamCountry/HAMCountry.htmlhttp://home.earthlink.net/~odoniv/HamCountry/HAMCountry.html
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