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Welcome to the McClure DNA Project
110 Men Currently in the McClure Y-DNA Project!
Recent Project updates (Approx. covering the last 6 months):
20 Jul 2011 New Member, M-102
29 Jul 2011 Posted full 111 marker test results for M-34
16 Aug 2011 Posted M-100 pedigree on the project patriarch page. Posted partial 37 marker Y-DNA results for M-100 & M-101.
18 Aug 2011 Posted M-101 pedigree on the project Patriarch page & posted more Y-DNA results & his earliest KNOWN ancestor on the Y-Results page.
19 Aug 2011 Merged M-75, M-100, & John Gilbert Pedigrees into one with a common ancestor (On Patriarch page).
23 Aug 2011 Posted full 37 marker Y-DNA results on the Y-Results page for M-100 & M-101.
2 Sep 2011 In McClure Lineage 6 on the Patriarch page, M-88 pedigree was pushed back one generation with the addition of new Patriarch Samuel McClure and his wife and made several corrections to John McClure (former Patriarch).
27 Sept 2011 New Members, M-103 and M-104 awaiting 37 marker test results.
28 Sep 2011 New Member, M-105 arrived from another project with 67 marker results.
7 Oct 2011 Posted full 67 markers for M-101 on Y-Results page.
24 Oct 2011 New Member, M-106 awaiting 25 Marker Y=DNA results.
26 Oct 2011 Declared newMcClure Lineage 1 Branch named "Richard McClure of Findrum, Convoy, County Donegal, Northern Ireland. He was born Mid 1600's. Populated this branch with M-75 & M-100.
27 Oct 2011 Posted full 37 markers on the Y-Results page for M-104. Posted M-104 Pedigree on the Patriarch page, placed in the McClure 1 Lineage, under the Andrew McClure of NC Branch.
28 Oct 2011 Formed new McClure 1 Lineage Branch in Patriarch page called "Andrew McClure of NC Branch. Also Posted M103 Pedigree on the Patriarch page.
29 Oct 2011 Posted M-106 pedigree on the Patriarch page.
2 Nov 2011 Posted full 37 Markers for M-103 on the Y-Results Page. Placed in McClure 1 Lineage but no distict branch determined as yet.
10 Nov 2011 New Members M-107, M-108, M-109 & M-111. Posted full 67 markers for M-109, Placed in Halbert McClure b. 1660 Of Va Branch of McClures. Posted partial results for M-111.
16 Nov 2011 New Member M-110 awaiting 12 marker Y-DNA test results. FTDNA announced Holiday sale good until 12-31-11. M-100 ordered refine test 37 to 67 markers.
15 Dec 2011 Posted full 67 markers for M-100 on the Y-DNA Results page. These results showed the Signature Mutations of the Halbert McClure of Va which caused the Branch name to change to "Lineage 1 Halbert & Richard McClure of Raphoe/Findrum/Convoy, County Donegal N. Ire." Please note this is a Very Important turn of events, which connects the Halbert line to the M-100 McClure's in Ireland!
30 Dec 2011 Posted full 111 marker upgrade results for M-61 on the Y-Results page.
7 Jan 2012 Posted 1st 25 markers of 37 marker test for M-106. The 1st 25 markers are a perfect match for McClure Lineage 7. Placed in that Lineage pending markers 26-37.
27 Jan 2012 Posted the full 67 markes for M-106. Results place him solidly in McClure Lineage 7 (Andrew McClure b c1754 NJ is earliest Known Ancestor for this Lineage).
31 Jan 2012 Posted full 67 marker upgrades on Y-Results page for M-103 & M-104. Test results place M-103 in the Halbert & Richard McClure Branch.
1 Feb 2012 Reformated the entire Halbert & Richard McClure Branch pedigrees on the Patriarch page and added many notes to various pedigrees within that Branch. Also made a major correction and additions to the M-1 Pedigree under the Andrew McClure Branch of NC m. Mary Wilson Branch of McClures.
2 Feb 2012 Posted the MA-4 Pedigree on the Patriarch page under the DYS447 = "24" Branch of McClures.
3 Feb 2011 Posted the full 67 marker upgrade test results on the Y-Results Page for M-56.
Surname Y-DNA testing and "Family Finder Test" are the newest tools 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.
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The Family Finder test is designed to trace all of your ancestral lines (5 generations and beyond) using your autosomal DNA (Non Gender DNA passed on to you by both parents) in order to confidently identify relationships for five generations. This is different from mtDNA and Y–chromosome DNA tests, which are intended to clearly trace exclusively the direct maternal or paternal lines.
The following McClure surname variations are common in McClure research are welcome in this project. Also below is a list of McClures that members are specificly searching for to fill out Lineages, Prove/disprove Lineages or family Branches in the Y-DNA Project:
MacClure, MacLure, McCluer, McClure, McLure, McClewer, McCleur, McLurg.
Members are looking for Male McClures (must carry the McClure surname) that descend from the following McClure lines (Updated as requests come in):
- David McClure of Donegal Township (Lancaster) Pa. (From any of his six sons)
- Francis McClure of Hanover Township Pa. (Any McClure Men that Descend of any of sons)
- Old John McClure of Letort Springs, Pa. (Any McClure Men that Descend of any of sons)
- Thomas McClure of the Westmoreland area of Pa near Wilkes-Barre, also of Tioga Point and Catherinstown area of NY
- Samuel McClure Elder in Rev. Morehead's Church 1729 in Boston.
- Moses McClure of New York early 1700's
- Any of the early McClures of Middletown Springs, Vt mid 1700's
- Any of the Cattaraugus County NY McClures
- Any McClure Families of Scotland and Ireland.
- Any Migration McClures to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc.
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 Seven 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 110 McClure men to date with DNA test results (or pending results). There are 63 seperate McClure Pedigrees posted on the Patriarch page. Of those 63 pedigrees, 58 are represented by the DNA of those 110 McClure men (posted on the Y- Results page). Of those 63 pedigrees, 19 have multiple branches represented by DNA results! Many of those mutiple pedigrees were seperate pedigrees until DNA proved a connection. To date, 5 pedigrees of the 63 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 18th century and immigrant McClures that settled in Canada, Australia, etc.
7. To compare McClure Y-DNA WORLDWIDE and hopefully discover descendants of common ancestors in Ireland and Scotland.
In the DYS447 = "24" Branch of McClures, Ten USA McClures and Four McClures in Ireland have been connected to each other by use of Y-DNA! All Fourteen McClure Project participants now know they share a common heritage that they never knew about!
A recent Y-DNA test to 67 markers for a McClure in Northern Ireland showed a solid connection by DNA to the 20 USA McClure members that presently make up the Halburt McClure of Virginia branch of McClure's. This man in Ireland also provided a solid pedigree one generation older and seperate from Halbert but Y-DNA proved his line of McClure's were of the same family Branch and are ancestors of Halbert and from the same location in Ireland.
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.
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New Family Finder DNA Test FAQ
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