Chrisman-Chrismon-Christman-Christmann-Crisman

Genetic Genealogy DNA

Genetic genealogy surname project to determine the unique Y-DNA chromosome markers for various unlinked Christman's. Including also similar sounding (in English) germanic surname family groups both in the USA and Germany. This project was founded to determine if the descendants of the various Christman immigrants to the America's prior to 1776 have one or more common male ancestors in Germany within the last 4 centuries. If possible, we are hoping to find their ancestral villages or regions in Germany.

I as your Christman2 administrator stand ready to help. Please join our Christman2 Project.

Project Background:

The CHRISTMAN2 project is not to be confused with the other Christman project. These two projects are separate. The members in Christman2 project broke away from the other Christman project which I initially helped start in Nov 2006. I am the first Christman tested by Family Tree DNA. All variants of "Christmann" the original Christman name are welcome.

Members of the group are not limited to being part of one group, but should ally with a primary group administrator for greatest value. The use of Y-DNA is helpful in discovering one's genealogical back-ground and verifying family tree relationships. It is also helpful for understanding the cultural anthropology involved in family groups.

The Christman2 Surname Project mission is to unite families, find cousins, and discover family history through active interchange between family members and is being administered by a Christman. Each member will have his own Family Tree DNA page and can match his Y-DNA against all others through Y-Search. Individual names and results are held privately and securely against any threat of ID theft.

As indicated below (Project Results), a surname itself usually can provide some general information about the origin of a family, DNA-testing can give us additional new, concrete, scientific evidence for identifying and separating family lines. Y-chromosome DNA testing is especially helpful because the male Y-chromosome is handed down, father to son, unchanged through the generations, except for rare mutations which, in themselves, can be helpful indicators of branching. These mutational differences can be used to sort related family lines into branches and of course can be used to sort the various Christman, Christmann and Chrisman clans in the USA and World into those which are genetically related and those which are not. This is a great aide to traditional research as you will know which lines to focus on as being truly your own clan. The accessibility and affordability of family DNA testing is doubtless the greatest technical advance in the history of genealogical research because -- at long, long last -- we have a tool to break down those brick walls and give clues to a genealogists "missing links"! Membership in a Family Tree DNA project such as Christman2 is a great gift to give your family; costs for testing are minimal and affordable often saving hundreds of dollars and giving a gift to your descendants that will last forever.

Project Goals:

The goal of the this surname project is to distinguish between Christman, Christmann and Chrisman ancestral lines worldwide. Please feel free to suggest a variant you feel I may have missed.

Also please note that, to participate meaningfully, you will need to share your male direct-line ancestry either in the form of a pedigree or, preferably, as family group sheets.

You can also add your basic Pedigree Chart information to the FTDNA database using your personal account page and the GEDCOM tab.

Project Results: