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Re: Tevis surname origin and dna testing
Posted by: Lois robertson (ID *****1257)	Date: March 12, 2006 at 20:19:24
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Once again I have been delving into the possible origin of the surname "Tevis". Now Ancestry.com lists the origin og the Tevis surname as a variant of the German surname "Tewes" which is then said to be a shortened form of "Matthew". Obviously this goes nowhere because there are also folks from the Azores with the same Tevis surname.

So, since names can be changed, I am asking if anyone has had dna testing done on the Y chromosome for Tevis who might be willing to share their haplotype with us. Only Male Tevis have a y chromosome.
Names can be changed but dna cannot. Knowing haplotypes would help tie down the genealogy part to a geographic area or two at least.

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Re: Tevis surname origin and dna testing Lois robertson 10/18/06
If you're a male named TEVIS, please test Y-DNA. :-) Marilyn Roth 3/20/06

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