Blair DNA Project

[shawnb]

For many Blair researchers that are CBS members or BSGR members, the Blair DNA project is already familiar. For those that aren't familiar, then you really want to check it out.

The Blair DNA project is administered by John A. Blair of New Hampshire. John volunteered to take on the administration of this project, including an incredibly detailed web site, several years ago. The DNA research lab, Family DNA, processes the results of DNA swab kits that are sent in by people.

As a Blair descendant and genealogical researcher, I submitted my DNA swab early in the project. I found some amazing results that added to the mystery of my ancestry. It also provided DNA evidence of connections I never would have imagined. At this stage, we can't use this as definitive proof of ancestry, yet it is another means of research to help us discover our true roots.

For my own research, the DNA results have opened as many questions as it has answered. It has certainly made it more exciting. I recommend anybody that is doing research to either submit your own, if you're a Blair male descendant, or seek a close Blair relative in your line to do so. Only one submission is really necessary for close family ties. It would make no sense for my brother to submit his DNA as well. Or, perhaps even a 1st or 2nd cousin. So, for a family involved in research together, the expense of the test could be shared.

Submit your DNA, or find a Blair descendant in your line that will do theirs for you. The more submitters we can get, the better DNA map we can build for all Blair descendants.

For more information on joining the Blair DNA Project, or even just DNA research, visit John's project site at www.blairdna.com.

In case some of my "extended" family are looking, a distant cousin of mine and I are looking for a Blair descendant from the Londonderry, New Hamsphire Blairs that settled circa 1720. We'd love to compare the results of one of these descendants with my own DNA and those of the Worcester Blairs.

Happy Hunting!

Yours aye,
Shawn