Welcome to the Perry DNA Project! Current number of participants: 188 Number of returned kits: 176 2 December 2011: Note from the Perry webmaster: I am currently spending the day updating the site - hopefully there will be some improvements over the next few weeks. Thank you for your patience! Family Tree DNA currently have a promotion on kits, lasting until the end of December. Please see their website for further details. This project began in January 2006. Our goal is to help PERRY family researchers break down those long standing “brick walls” through the use of DNA analysis. When used in combination with traditional family research, DNA analysis can allow us to quickly map the links that tie our families together and discover more about our own family histories. This project is open to anyone researching the PERRY surname. Both male and female participants are welcome. However, it should be noted that because this is a SURNAME PROJECT the major emphasis will be placed on the testing and analysis of the y-chromosome. Females are welcome to submit their DNA for testing of the Mitochondria DNA (mtDNA). However, it is strongly suggested that females find a male PERRY descendant to participate in the PERRY DNA Project; as this will provide the information needed to link families together. We currently have some exciting sub-projects for the group, relating to specific Perry families. For details of these, please click here. We encourage our members to share their research, discuss results between themselves and set up sub-groups where you feel it will help with your research. PROJECT GOALS: To eliminate and/or confirm the relationship of individuals or lines. To focus research on related families. To establish an ancestral haplotype (DNA signature) for each major Perry line. To connect previously "unconnected" Perry lines. To determine geographical locations for further research. Linda Magellan Rebecca Starr Vicki Perry Volunteer Co-Administrator Volunteer Co-Administrator Volunteer Co-Administrator If you have any comments, suggestions or corrections to this website, please contact the Webmaster If you need to email any of the administrators, please quote your kit number and group number (if applicable) as this will help us to reply quickly and accurately.