You can immediately join these test(s) by linking to Family Tree DNA at one
of the DNA test sites: LOWE, BAILEY,
CLARK, PENCE,
STEPHENS, BARR. You may elect
to browse the five items below to inform yourself about our coordinated SURNAME
Y chromosome NRY DNA testing process and procedure. The LOWE DNA men NRY project
is the only project sponsored and coordinated by myself. Reduced prices will be
given to all DNA test participants of registered FTDNA Surname Projects. Contact
me for further information.
DETAILS OF DNA TESTING OF OUR SURNAME COORDINATED PROJECTS:
(1.) WHO CAN TAKE THIS TEST:
Only male descendants whose great-grandfathers, grand-fathers, and fathers
and sons who have the same SURNAME; and, are related directly “by blood” to
their known oldest male ancestor. Sons of mothers with the same last SURNAME are
not eligible to be tested.
(2.) PRIVACY, SECURITY, TEST RESULT RELEASE:
All test participants will be assigned a test kit project number. All DNA
analysis and online reporting will utilize this assigned test kit number and the
name of the oldest known SURNAME male ancestor. Participant’s names and DNA
test results will not be released and/or published by this test coordinator of
our DNA sponsored projects unless written permission to do so is received via
email. Also names and email addresses or other information will not be released
to others unless the participant himself contacts others. The Family Tree DNA
company is also bound by Texas State law not to release your information to
anyone!! And we too will honor your privacy.
(3.) DNA TO BE TESTED:
The human has 46 chromosomes. Our project tests only a part of the Y male
chromosome at 12 or
25 marker loci sites to match these same markers with men
who are potentially SURNAME cousins. This test shows kinship and nothing else.
This is not a paternity-type DNA test like the U.S. military now uses with all
inductees; nor, does it test all 46 chromosomes to reveal personal and private
genetic information that some labs could use for medical or insurance screening.
Our project only tests part of the male Y chromosome. The University of Arizona
Staff will conduct all DNA analysis and return each set of results to FTDNA in
Houston for release to the SURNAME project coordinator and the test participant.
(4.) TYPE OF DNA TEST:
A DNA test participant may elect to take the 12 marker or the
25 NRY marker
test. All FTDNA test samples will be kept 20 years in cold storage at the
University of Arizona. At any time during this period a test participant can
elect to upgrade their 12-marker test to a 25-marker DNA or upgrade to a
maternal mtDNA and/or other FTDNA DNA test
procedure.
(5.) HOW TO TAKE THIS DNA TEST:
Family Tree DNA Company (FTDNA) in Houston, Texas will mail out a numbered
DNA test kit to all male project participants who register for this SURNAME
project, The DNA test samples consist of a small plastic swab brush and a vial
of preservative liquid. The DNA sample consists of loose epithelial cells inside the cheek
area that are brushed off during the one minute sampling process, sealed in the
preservative liquid and mailed back to the Family Tree DNA company for testing.
This test doesn't entail sampling of blood or other invasive tissue sampling procedures. An
addressed return envelope to FTDNA is provided in the original test DNA kit.
