Belew Name Study Y-DNA Project

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The Belew Name Study group has a number of members who are interested in using Y-DNA to assist with identifying their Paternal ancestors. Many have taken the various Y-DNA test offered by Family Tree DNA and joined the Ballew Family DNA Project hosted on the FTDNA Website.

Family Tree DNA offers two Y-DNA test that produce useful results for Genealogy research.

The Y-111 test examines 111 short tandem repeats (STRs) on the Y chromosome and is a good entry level test. This test will give you matches based on the FTDNA database of testers.

However, if you want to get as much information as possible from your Y-DNA test, the Big Y-700, which examines 700 short tandem repeats and over 500k+ SNPs on the Y chromosome will provide you with a much more detailed report.

This test also provides you with a list of matches in the FTDNA database, as well as a confirmed Haplogroup, and other tools for exploring your Y-DNA heritage.

Testing with Family Tree DNA also gives you free access to Group Projects hosted on the FTDNA.com website. The Ballew Family DNA Project is the one this Wiki Tree Belew Name Study is affiliated with.

Once you have joined the Ballew Family DNA Project, on FTDNA.com you will see that the group's administrator has grouped as many kits as possible into what is currently 10 Most Recent Common Ancestor groups. Your kit will be grouped, if possible, into one of these 10 groups.

1. Group 1 Belew, Solomon 1780
2. Group 2 Bellew, John B. 1640
3. Group 3 Bellew, Patrick
4. Group 4 Ballew, Leonard 1646
5. Group 5 Burk County, N.C. Ballew
6. Group 6 Ballew, John Wilson
7. Group 7 Renny Belue
8. Group 7a Renny Belue Proven Lineage
9. Group 8 Ballew, George W 1780
10. Group 9 Belew, Abraham 1745
11. Group 10 Ballou, Maturin 1627

This is where Y-DNA testing begins to help us with our genealogy research. By knowing a possible MRCA and being able to communicate with others who are also researching that same genealogy line we can share resources with each other and potentially fill in our family tree's gaps much quicker and easier.

Members of the Belew Name Study are encouraged to help the group's efforts by uploading their GEDCOM file to Wiki Tree so that their family tree's members show up as Personal Profiles here in Wiki Tree.

We also encourage members to upgrade their FTDNA kits to the higher resolution Big Y-700 test so that the additional, more detailed results can help fill out our branch of the Y-DNA, Haplogroup Tree.

Link to FTDNA.com