FORBESes of Hartford
You may have read of this project in the recent Clan Forbes Society newsletter.I've initiated the project at FamilyTree DNA.Participants are males with the surname FORBES, or variant, for genetic matching of the Y chromosome. Women can have their brother, uncle, cousin or other male of their lineage tested for the program. No medical information is collected. The testing looks at the non-coding or "junk" DNA region of your genome. (See definitions below).
The 23rd chromosome is known as the sex chromosome. As with the other chromosomes, one is inherited from the father, and one from the mother. The 23rd chromosome from the mother is always an X. From the father, a person either inherits an X chromosome or a Y chromosome. The chromosome inherited from the father determines their sex. An X from the father would result in an XX which is a female, and a Y from the father would result in an XY, which is a male. The Y chromosome is transmitted from father to sons. Scientists have identified a small portion, which is passed virtually unchanged. Testing of this portion of the Y chromosome provides information about the direct male line, which is the father, his father, and so forth back in time.
MY PERSONAL OBJECTIVE
James Forbes (~1635-1692) of Hartford, Connecticut was a native of Scotland. My hope is for verification of the circumstantial connection I've established to James Forbes. The aim is to find genetic matches to others with a clear line of descendancy from James.
FORBES Worldwide DNA Project Aims
1) Establish or estimate the number of different ancestral lines found among FORBES families worldwide.
2) Trace currently known and unknown FORBES lineages to common ancestors in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and English colonies, past and present.
3) Assist genealogy researchers in identifying and validating their immigrant FORBES ancestor and/or remotest FORBES ancestor through the 25 Marker test.
Surnames in Project (Some of the recognized variants of FORBES):
FAUBUS, FOBES, FORBES, FORBESS, FORBIS, FORBISH, FORBUS, FORBUSH, FORDICE, FORDYCE, FURBUSH
. . And please inform your FORBES friends of the project.
Ken Forbes
Project Administrator
Genome
The entire complement of genetic material in a chromosome set. The genome in the humans is made of 46 chromosomes, with a total of 3 billion bases pairs.
Junk DNA
Stretches of DNA that do not code for genes, also called non-coding DNA. Most of the genome consists of non-coding DNA, and was therefore long thought to be ‘junk.’ In addition to including markers that are helpful for genetic genealogy, more recently, parts of these non-coding stretches have been found to have regulatory and other functions.
Main Family Tree DNA Homepage
- click on "Projects" at top of page - then the "F" category - then "FORBES" for the Join Page
http://www.familytreedna.com/http://www.familytreedna.com/
Forbes Group Page
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/forbes/http://www.familytreedna.com/public/forbes/
Clan Forbes Society
http://www.clanforbes.org/http://www.clanforbes.org/
Requirements:
Since a Surname Project in essence traces members of a family that share a common surname, and females (a) don't carry their father's Y-DNA, and (b) acquire a new surname by the way of marriage, in order to be relevant to the Surname Project, the tested individual must be a male that wants to check his paternal line (father's father's father's...). The test to be ordered is either the Y-DNA12, Y-DNA25 or Y-DNA37, and females should look for a brother or cousin with that surname to be tested. Females can also order a test for themselves, which will be the mtDNA or mtDNAPlus, but the results of this test cannot be tied to the Surname Project.