The first thing to understand about The "Y" Chromosome, is that it remains unaltered from Father to Son, that is your Great, Great, Great Grandfather will have the same "Y" Chromosome as your Grand Children and therefore it makes very good sense to use such a tool to identify your Ancestors, your Cousins, and your Origins.
Women researching their Family History need only get a swab from their father, brother, son, or male cousin.
There is no blood involved in the process of obtaining your DNA, just a simple swab to the inside of your cheek.
Several scientific groups around the world offer this service, however, the one that stands out as the most acceptable worldwide is 'FamilytreeDNA', an American company specialising in DNA research for Family History Research.
'FamilytreeDNA' now have the results of over 29,000 records in their Y-DNA database and these are spread over 1500 Surname Projects which includes over 9,000 surnames.
The Service offers 3 levels of research being 12 Markers, 25 Markers and 37 Markers. Obviously the more markers you take the more information you will gain and the more you take the smaller your list will be of possible matches to others in the world.
If you would like to know more about Family Tree DNA research, visit
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The Johnson, Johnston/e members have a Project Coordinator, Mrs Suzanne Johnston, who can be contacted at
These are the results of a typical Johnson/Johnston/e 37 Marker test and I encourage you to contact me if you have a close set of matches.
DYS 393 = 13
DYS 390 = 24
DYS 19/394 = 14
DYS 391 = 10 or 11
DYS 385a = 11
DYS 385b = 14
DYS 426 = 12
DYS 388 = 12
DYS 439 = 11 or 12
DYS 389-1 = 13
DYS 392 = 13
DYS 389-2 = 29
DYS 458 = 16 or 17 or 18
DYS 459a = 9
DYS 459b = 9 or 10
DYS 455 = 11
DYS 454 = 11 or 12
DYS 447 = 24 or 25
DYS 437 = 15
DYS 448 = 19
DYS 449 = 29 or 30
DYS 464a = 15
DYS 464b = 15
DYS 464c = 16 or 17
DYS 464d = 17
DYS 460 = 11
DYS H4 = 11 or 12
DYS YCA11a = 19
DYS YCA11b = 22 or 23 or 24
DYS 456 = 15 or 16 or 17
DYS 607 = 15
DYS 576 = 17
DYS 570 = 17 or 18 or 19
DYS CDYa = 36 or 37
DYS CDYb = 37 or 38
DYS 442 = 12 or 13
DYS 438 = 12
Typical Haplotype is therefor R1b