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HANCOCK / HANDCOCK DNA Test Results Questions About DNA Testing & FamilyTreeDNA.com DNA Test Kit Contents & Pictures Privacy & Confidentiality Statement
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The HANCOCK / HANDCOCK Surname DNA Project was officially begun on March 28, 2003 when we registered with FamilyTreeDNA.com for our Group and were given the discounted rate for each individual test. Having read many success stories in matches with DNA for genealogical purposes, we decided that it is time to try to advance our research in the many cases where there are no written documents to help to prove our ancestry.
The success of our Project will depend on the number of participants who join our testing group, as well the documentation of the research connected with each line reqarding dates and locations of birth, death, marriage, etc. Please, contact as many HANCOCK / HANDCOCK researchers as you can to encourage their participation in our Project to help to ensure its success. The testing will be for the Male Y-chromosome that is passed, only, from father to son. Therefore, the testing requires a Male with the surname of HANCOCK or HANDCOCK. This can be any male relative, who is a direct descendant of your Hancock ancestor, if your name is not HANCOCK or HANDCOCK, or if you are a female researcher. We have chosen Family Tree DNA of Houston, TX as our testing company. They are leaders in their field and are associated with Dr. Michael Hammer, Ph.D., Geneticist, associate research scientist in the Division of Biotechnology at the University of Arizona. The testing laboratory will be analyzing either the 25, 37 or 67 markers on the Y-chromosome. If the markers of two or more male individuals match, it will indicate they descend from a common male HANCOCK / HANDCOCK ancestor. It will not identify the specific ancestor. It is our opinion that the 37 and 67 marker tests are much better at reporting the kind of data that we need to determine that we are related, than the 25 marker test. which can find many matches that are not close in generations to most research. However, which test to order, is a personal decision. You can upgrade from the 25 marker to the 37 or 67 marker test at a later date if desired, although, the cost is a bit more and causes several weeks delay in obtaining the final results. To join our Group, and to help answer your questions, I have a list to the left to take you to FamilyTreeDNA.com We require a chart of your HANCOCK / HANDCOCK down from the earliest known HANCOCK / HANDCOCK to you, the participant. This is to help to identify each line and assign an ID#. If you are part of a Chart# that we of the Hancock Project Worldwide have identified we will use that number for your line. As soon as you have joined, you will receive a welcome message with instructions about where to send the Ancestor Chart.
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