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Welcome to the McClure DNA Project 

  68 Men Currently in the McClure DNA Project!

Recent Project updates:

9 Jan 2010 Update to the Discussion page.

12 Jan 2010 Posted full 37 marker Y-Results for M-65. Posted Deep Clade-R (Haplo) results for M-25 on Y-Results page. Posted full 67 results for M-49

13 Jan 2010 New Member, M-67 with a 67 marker test. From NC/Ga McClure line.

14 Jan 2010 Posted M-63 Y-Results for markers 38-47 and for markers 61-67 on Y-Results page. This placed M-63 on Halbert McClure Branch

19 Jan 2010 Posted full 67 Y-Results for M-63. DNA solidly places him as a Descendant of Halbert McClure of Va. Another brick wall torn down!

20 Jan 2010 Sent out Project newsletter #1 for 2010.

21 Jan 2010 New Member MA-1 (from Ancestry.com test). Posted results on Y-Results page on Halbert McClure of Va. Branch. Pedigree posted to Patriarch page

23 Jan 2010 Posted full 67 marker results for M-64

30 Jan 2010 New Member, MA-2 (from Ancestry.com test). Posted results on Y-Results page. Unknown McClure.

31 Jan 2010 Update to the Discussion page.

5 Feb 2010 Posted new Patriarch page listing pedigrees by Lineage and Branch.

14 Feb 2010 New Member, M-68 with surname spelling of "McCluer" ordered 37 marker test.

17 Feb 2010 Posted Results 1-12 for M-66, Posted Deep Clade-R Haplo Results for M-15.

23 Feb 2010 Posted Results 13-25 for M-66. Declared new McClure Lineage 5 with M-35 and M-66.

27 Feb 2010 Posted Results 26-37 for M-66. Full results complete for this test. 100% match with M-35.

4 Mar 2010 Posted Results 38-67 for M-67.

5 Mar 2010 Added M-67 pedigree branch to the pedigree of Patriarch Andrew McClure of North Carolina

10 Mar 2010 Posted full 67 Y-DNA Results for M-67 to the Y-Results page.

Surname DNA testing is the newest tool available to McClure genealogists!

• Surname Y-DNA tests allow McClure genealogists to verify their father's father's...father's paternal ancestry.
• Surname DNA information can be very powerful when combined with traditional McClure paper trails.

The following McClure surname variations are common in McClure research and are welcome in this project:

MacClure, MacLure, McCluer, McClure, McLure, McClewer, McCleur, McLurg.

The McClure DNA Project is open to all McClure families, of all spelling variations, and from all locations.  
(If your surname variation is not included please contact the McClure Project Administrator(s) listed at the bottom of any McClure Project page.) 

This McClure Family Project was started to:

1.     Help McClure researchers from common or related families work together to find their shared heritage. 

2.     Identify how the participant's families are connected, both genetically and through paper trails.

3.     Identify and confirm genetic McClure Lineages (Modals) of ancestral families. To date we have Five confirmed McClure Lineages and possibly identified eight more.

4.     Ultimately catalog all McClure pedigrees and genetic connections of all of the known McClure families.  There are 68 McClure men to date with DNA test results (or pending results). There are 46 seperate McClure Pedigrees posted on the Patriarch page. Of those 46 pedigrees, 40 are represented by the DNA of those 68 McClure men (posted on the Y-Results page). Of those 40 pedigrees, 13 have multiple branches represented by DNA results! Many of those mutiple pedigrees were seperate pedigrees until DNA showed a connection. To date, 6 pedigrees of the 46 have no McClure Male to represent them with Y-DNA.

5.     To help refocus and rejuvenate stalled genealogical research by showing the participant the degree of probability of a common ancestor with other McClure participants.

6.    To determine the family relationships (if any) of the various immigrant McClure lines that arrived in the American Colonies during the Ulster Scots migration in the early 18^th century.

7.     To compare McClure Y-DNA WORLDWIDE and hopefully discover descendants of common ancestors in Ireland and Scotland. Seven USA McClures and three McClures in Ireland have been connected to each other by use of DNA! All Ten McClure Project participants now know they share a common heritage that they never knew about!

 Participating in the McClure DNA Project provides:

• The participant's genetic Y-DNA, which is very close (and sometimes identical) to his earliest known ancestor, also known as the participant's "Patriarch Ancestor".
• An e-mail newsletter is put out each time a new member joins the project, each time new DNA results are posted, each time there is an analysis of DNA results, each time a new Pedigree is added to Patriarch Page, each time a common connection is discovered through the use of the DNA, each time there is news of a new McClure Lineage or a new Branch to the tree is defined. It also keeps the membership informed of FTDNA sales or specials as well as FTDNA news. The newsletter may also include member submitted information. This newsletter is written by the McClure Project Administrator, Dennis McClure.
• The participant's "deep" ancestry (Haplogroup), which identifies the paternal ancestor's prehistoric origins.
• A sense of camaraderie, which is particularly strong for those who share a genetic McClure ancestry.
• Stimulation to family research and renewed sharing of information
• A wider sense of identity and relationship, as we begin to realize how much we are a McClure World Family.
• A chance to compare your genetic ancestry with McClures already in the database with your spelling or the spelling variations
• Your genetic matches who do not share your common surname
• The knowledge to understand our ancestors better - particularly where the records have been lost
• If you wish to participate in the McClure Y-DNA Project, but have no males in your immediate family with the McClure surname, look to Uncles, Nephews, Grandfathers, Great Grandfathers, Great Uncles, and male Cousins, but, keep in mind they must be male and carry the McClure surname.
• If your McClure family is not represented on the Patriarch page, and you would like to see it there, or if it is there, but your branch is not represented, please contact Dennis McClure (link at the bottom of the page) and we will add the pedigree or branch. No DNA participation is required to post a pedigree! 

Click here to order a DNA test in the McClure project.

If you would like to make a donation to the McClure DNA project general fund, click here for more details. 

Other Useful Links:

Y-Search

GenForum (McClure)

GenForum (McLure)

RootsWeb Message board (McClure)