Welcome!
DNA Surname testing is the newest tool available to genealogists. These tests help genealogists verify their paternal ancestry (father's father) in a quick and easy way. It saves time, prevents mistakes, and provides invaluable data that can be obtained in no other way. The Richmond DNA Project was established with the purpose of having a centralized internet resource for the RICHMOND Surname and DNA Genealogy Research. This project will also give us a better understanding of all the various RICHMOND lineages in the world.
Goals of the Richmond DNA Project are to assist genealogical research and to provide general insight concerning our Family's overall history and genetic composition. DNA testing is not a substitute for genealogy research. Instead, it is a companion tool to prove or disprove research, determine relationships, and to provide clues for further research. DNA testing can be an extremely powerful tool when combined with your genealogy research. DNA testing can uncover information that was not previously known, as well as to confirm your research, and get leads for further research.
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WANTED! - DNA Testee
FREE DNA test being offered for a descendant of CALEB HAZARD RICHMOND, born 1 January 1805, Newport, RI, married Mary Randolph DODSON, AND/OR Caleb's father, NATHANIEL RICHMOND, born December 1768, Newport, RI, married Mary HAZARD.
This offer is being sponsored by a current participant of the Richmond DNA Project. This is a great opportunity. If you are a male being descended from one of the above men, and are considering having your DNA tested, please contact the Project Administrator. You will need a letter and tree showing the male lineage to either man.
What's New:
- 19 November 2008 - I would like to apologize for the lack of updates. I recently started a new job and haven't found the time to attend to the project. I have some ideas, but right now, not the time. I hope to pick it up over the upcoming winter season. Until then, I wish you all a joyous time with your families during the upcoming holidays. - Jeff
- 2 April 2008 - Our first WEBB participant has joined the project! Although the paper trail does not go back far enough yet, it is assumed from the closeness of the markers, that he is descended from the WEBB-RICHMOND connection of 1430. For more info see the Richmond Family Ancestry web site (Generation 12)
- 14 March 2008 - Kit #109585 Marker Results 1-12 received from the Lab
- 18 February 2008 - Kit# 109585 has been received by the Lab.
- 14 February 2008 - DESCENDANTS of Caleb Hazard RICHMOND or his father Nathaniel - Click Here for more info.
- 14 February 2008 - Richmond DNA Project UPDATE - Early milestone in our young project - Click Here for more.
- 6 February 2008 - We now have results back from 4 participants in the John Richmond of Taunton Line! We now have a good foundation for identifying the markers of our Patriarch in that line. Please check the Analysis Page for details.
- 5 February 2008 - Kit #108075 Marker Results 1-37 received from the Lab
- 27 January 2008 - In the John Richmond of Taunton group, we now have 3 participants who match up. They are within 1 to 3 markers of each other. See the Results Chart and the Analysis Page for more information.
- 27 January 2008 - Kit #108322 Marker Results 13-37 received from the Lab
- 24 January 2008 - Kit #104076 Marker Results 26-37 received from the Lab
- 24 January 2008 - The recent results for Kit #108322 and Kit #104076 are consistent for Group R-02 and so far match the existing results from that group exactly. We should be getting the remainder of these kit's results as well as Kit #108075 within the next week or so. This should give us a pretty good picture as to the Y-DNA fingerprint of our Patriarch for that group. (The Results Chart has been updated.)
- 23 January 2008 - Kit #108322 Marker Results 1-12 received from the Lab
- 23 January 2008 - Kit #104076 Marker Results 13-25 received from the Lab
- 20 December 2007 - Kit# 108075 has been received by the Lab.
- 17 December 2007 - Kit# 108322 has been received by the Lab.
- CLICK HERE for the news archives.
Around the Website
We have links to articles on DNA as well as General Genealogy. The "DNA Project section" is where to find details regarding the DNA Project. Using TNG software, the "Family History Section" of the website is a separate database altogether. Family Trees and other documents here will help support the project research. The "RICHMOND Family Forums" are for discussing anything RICHMOND. Discuss your hard-to-find ancestors and such.
Richmond DNA Project Gets Going!
DNA Surname Projects:
"...they started at a crawl, steadily gathered momentum, and are about to reach that stage where they spread like wildfire". (from the book Trace Your Roots with DNA, by Smolenyak and Turner)
May 31, 2007 -This surname project is really just getting underway. We have recently begun to promote our site, and perhaps you are reading this because of something you read on a genealogy site or a newsgroup. Our hope is to recruit participants from across the U.S. and around the globe. We begin our project with five participants from last year. These initial five were tested through our lab, Family Tree DNA. The project had been waiting for a family member to run it.
Become a Participant
A 'Participant' is a male, with the surname RICHMOND or one of it's variants, who returns his kit to the lab for DNA analysis. DNA surname testing is based on the male Y-chromosome, a female, or anyone that is interested in the RICHMOND DNA Project, can still take part in this project by sponsoring a RICHMOND male and having them return their kit to the lab. The participants and sponsors have access to pedigrees and contact information of participants. If you sign-up using the link below, the lab will give you our group rate. For what participants can expect, click here for step-by-step.
"As we gain more knowledge about genetics and as more genetic "maps" are created, and also as more powerful computers and online databases become available, I predict that genetic profiling will become commonplace. If all of our relatives, including very distant cousins, have DNA samples made and recorded, future computers and databases will be able to map our relationships in detail. By matching the millions of bits of information together, we should be able to someday establish a person's ancestry with great precision. Someday we will accept genetic maps in lieu of pedigree charts. To be sure, this will not happen in 2001. However, I suspect that genetic mapping will become commonplace within the lifetimes of many people reading these words". - (Dick Eastman Online, 3 Jan 2001)