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Y-DNA Surname Interests: Find Y- testers for your patrilineal line.
Y-DNA is a specific test that finds matches along a patrilineal line. It is passed down from father to son, so only males can take this test.
There has been a massive uptake in Y testing in recent years, leading to better results across the database. However, many males and females are actively looking for specific surname testers to take a Y test in order to find matches and to confirm or reject patrilineal lines in their tree.
The right Y tester could be the key to providing a common ancestor in recent genealogical times.
How it works
If you have done a Y test and want to encourage others with the same surname to test, send an email to DNA Enquiries via our contact page. Include the surname of the Y line you are researching and criteria for testing. This could be dates, locations, earliest patrilineal ancestor or other information. Please advise if you are willing to sponsor a test.
If you are interested in a name listed below, we can put you in touch with the relevant person to explore how a Y-test might help you research this specific line of your tree. Please send an email to DNA Enquiries via our Contact page stating which surname is of interest. If you have tested with or uploaded your autosomal DNA to FTDNA, please include the Y haplogroup that has been allocated to you for free. Please note that sponsorship of a Y-DNA test is not guaranteed. The person we will put you in touch with will make the decision to sponsor a test based on their own criteria.
| Y Surname | Earliest Ancestral Location | Other Information | Test sponsorship available? |
| Beckett, Becket, Bickett, Bicket and variants. | ca 1200 in Ayrshire, Scotland. Nine north of Ireland Big Y tests which trace back to Counties Antrim, Sligo and Mayo | Refer to FTDNA Project and One Name Study for more details. Lines on Wikitree. | Yes |
| Boggs/Boag | Yes (Y and Family Finder) | ||
| Boyd | Ireland and Scotland | Refer to FTDNA Project for more details. | |
| Cameron | County Antrim, Northern Ireland | Yes | |
| Emerson | Early 1800’s Clough/Seaforde County Down | Yes | |
| Franklin, Frankland, Frankling | England, Scotland and Ireland | Yes | |
| Gowin/Gowan/Gowen/McGowan and variants. | Ireland and Scotland | I-FTA52805, downstream of I-4751. Refer to FTDNA Project for more details. | Yes |
| Green/e, Granary, Welsh (& variants) | Ireland counties of Cavan, Fermanagh & Monaghan | Big Y-700 takes Y chromosome arriving in Ireland circa 200 BCE. DNA results put these three surnames splitting off R-FT83301 circa 1300 CE to become R-BY153877. The Welch/Welsh/Walsh surname branched off R-BY153877 circa 1750 CE to become R-BY172450. | Sponsorship available for matching surnames in one of these three counties. |
| Hunter | County Antrim, Northern Ireland | R-FTB80199 | |
| Hyndman | Ireland / Scotland | R-FTA77825 | |
| Johnston | Portadown and Banbridge areas | Yes | |
| Johnston | Refer to FTDNA Project for more details. Looking for verified Y-DNA descendants of Old Lurg Johnston (John Johnston c1590-c1641 whose wife was an Irvine). | Yes (Big-Y) | |
| Johnston | Ulster, Ireland | I-FTB53037 | |
| Kitchen | County Antrim, Northern Ireland | I-FT80974 | |
| Lapsley | Ireland and Scotland | Possible Scandinavian origin. | |
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Lees, Lee, Leese
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Scotland, in Ireland from 1706 | R1b-L1335 > R-Y22340 line with ancestors from Tamlaght O’Crilly and Maghera in Co. Londonderry and Ahoghill in Co. Antrim. | Yes |
| Lloyd | Wales, moved to Wexford, Ireland in 1680s. | Descendants of Rev. Humphrey Lloyd b. 1656 are R-FTB66136. Humphrey was an ancestor of Lloyd of Lossett and would like to confirm that connection. See Wikitree for profile. | Yes |
| Lytle, Lyttle or Little | Cookstown or Stewartstown, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland | ||
| MacAlister, McAlister, McAllister, and variants | Ulster, Ireland, or United States (and colonies); potential immigration end points include New Hampshire or Vermont (bef. 1776), New Jersey (aft. 1807, b. Ireland), Virginia (bef. 1807) | R-BY76143 (est. 1467 CE); R-FTB43688 (est. 1884 CE) Refer to FTDNA Project for more details. |
Yes |
| McCall | Downpatrick, Ireland circa 1800 | Yes | |
| McCormick, Cormack, MacCormack, McCormack, McCormick, MacCormick, Cormac, Cormach, Cormich, Cormiche | Origination of surname was Ireland/Scotland. | Yes | |
| McDonnell, McDonald, McDaniel (USA) | Places in Antrim are Cushendall and Glenarm. One branch moved to county Clare in Ireland |
Trying to prove the line of the father of Sorly Boy McDonnell, ancestors of the original Earls of Antrim. | |
| McMurray, McMurry, McMurrey | Northern Ireland, Southwest Scotland | All of my McMurray matches are positive for R-BY74558, but there is a possibility that there may be some who will be negative for it but are positive for R-BY39757 or R-Z17692, the latter being the most likely estimated haplogroup result from a FamilyTreeDNA Family Finder test. | Yes |
| Maynes, Maines, Mains, Mayen, Minnis | Possibly County Tyrone/Armagh, Northern Ireland. | R-FTA28503. WikiTree ID: Maynes-133 | |
| Minnis | County Down, Northern Ireland | Yes | |
| Miscamble, McCampbell (USA) | Andrew Miscamble born in Ireland about 1786, emigrated to Yorkshire | ||
| Mogey | Ulster | ||
| Nutt | County Antrim, Northern Ireland | Yes | |
| Orr | North Ayrshire, Refrewshire, County Down, County Armagh, County Antrim, County Donegal | This is working alongside the FTDNA Orr surname Project Group to expand on the links to the descendants of James Orr and Janet McCliment who came from Scotland to Ulster in 1607. | Yes |
| Paisley, Pasley, Peaslee, Peasley | Scotland, Ireland, England | Refer to FTDNA Project for more details. Particularly interested in those from County Tyrone, Ireland. | Yes, upgrades from Y-37 who match testers in R-FTC19087 |
| Park, Parke, Parkes, Parks | Antrim, Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Monaghan, Tyrone | Refer to FTDNA Project for more details. | Yes |
| Pelan, Pelin, Palin, Paling, Palan, Palen | UK & Ireland | Refer to FTDNA Project for more details. | Yes |
| Polley | Essex, England (late 1700s). | R-FTA18817. Earliest profile on Wikitree. Looking for possible Polley descendants in County Down. | Yes |
| Rare Family Names | UK and Ireland | Refer to FTDNA Project for more details. | Yes |
| Revie, Reevie, Reavy, Reeves, Reevie | Scotland | R-FTA79816. Earliest profile on Wikitree. | Yes |
| Ringrow | India | R-FTB48483. Line believed to have come from the south of England. | |
| Shilliday | Ireland | Yes | |
| Skillen | County Down, Northern Ireland | Yes | |
| Soden | Earliest confirmed in Oxfordshire, England. | Currently 20 BigY testers on this line. Common ancestor is R-FTA79136 in 1600. | Yes |
| Sullivan | Ireland | Particularly lines with given names of Owen, Stephen, Mark, and Cornelius. | Yes |
| Taggart | County Antrim, Northern Ireland | Yes | |
| Taylor | Portglenone-Ballymena area of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. | Y test shows bloodline is surname Little from Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It has been suggested the Taylor name was acquired in the 17th century in Ireland | Yes |
| Totten/Totton | Early 1800’s – Magheragall/Glenavy, County Down , Ireland | We have five Totten/Totton families which we are trying to join up via DNA both autosomal and Y. | Yes |
| Trew, Frew and other variations | Ulster | Refer to FTDNA Project for more details. | Yes |