Test results for Acree030, another descendant of William of GA, raised the total of the project's majority matching participants to twenty-three.
May 15, 2010
Test results for Acree029, a descendant of Allen Washington Acree of York Co., Virginia, did not match those of other participants.
April 22, 2010
Test results for Acree028, another descendant of William of GA, raised the total of the project's majority matching participants to twenty-two.
April 21, 2010
The Later Acrees webpage added additional generations.
March 17, 2010
Test results for Acree027, another descendant of William of GA, raised the total of the project's majority matching participants to twenty-one.
March 10, 2010
Test results for Acree026, another descendant of Abraham of VA, raised the total of the project's majority matching participants to twenty.
December 19, 2009
The British ethnicity of our minority matching participants, who descend from William Acree of MD, was supported by the test results of an Englishman named Akers.
November 24, 2009
Test results for Acree025 (the son of Acree001), another descendant of John of NC, raised the total of the project's majority matching participants to nineteen.
October 17, 2009
Additional (SNP) testing revealed an amplified haplogroup subclade designation for our majority matching participants, discussed on the Deep Ancestry webpage.
April 30, 2009
Test results for Acree023, another descendant of John Acree, Sr. of NC - the first through his son Henly, raised the total of the project's majority matching participants to eighteen.
April 27, 2009
Williamson024, an uncle of Williamson019, whose test results also matched the majority haplotype, joined the project upon discovery of the probable adoption, in eastern Tennessee two hundred years ago, of a grandson of Abraham Acree by these Williamsons' patrilineal ancestor.
February 28, 2009
R1b haplogroup subclades to which our majority and minority matching participants belong indicate that both originated in Britain.
February 19, 2009
Test results for Acrea022, a second descendant of William Acree of MD, matched those of Acree011, who is also a descendant of that ancestor - confirming that a second prolific Acree progenitor, with a different origin, immigrated to colonial America, presumably from the British Isles, and firmly establishing a minority set of matching participants.
January 29, 2009
Test results for Acree021, whose Acree lineage is unknown beyond his grandfather but most likely descended from William Acree of GA, raised the total of matching participants to sixteen.
January 8, 2009
Test results for Acree020, a descendant of Peter Acree of West Virginia, did not match those of other participants.
December 1, 2008
Two men living in the US, with the surnames Brown and Collier, and a second resident of northwest England, named Willoughby, were found to share the distinct genetic profile of our matching participants.
November 23, 2008
Test results for Williamson019, whose surname is Williamson and whose Acree connection was unknown, raised the total of matching participants to fifteen.
November 19, 2008
An additional test of Acree005 (raising tested markers to 46) led to the discovery of his non-Acree paternal lineage.
November 3, 2008
A working relationship was established with the relatively new Acres Surname Y-DNA Project that is testing participants in the British Isles named Acres, Ackers and Akers to evaluate their ancestral commonality. Eventually, that project is expected to suggest kinships of its participants to those in our project who descend from British immigrants to America having such surnames, which evolved into variations of Acree.
October 8, 2008
Test results for Acree018, a second descendant of Abraham Acree of VA, raised the total of matching participants to fourteen.
October 1, 2008
A current resident of northwest England with the surname Hall was found to share the distinct genetic profile of our thirteen matching participants. The find supported their British ethnicity and the belief that their immigrant ancestors had origins in the English-Scottish border area.
August 18, 2008
Test results for Akrie017, a sixth descendant of John Acree, Sr. of NC, raised the total of matching participants to thirteen and established an Acree/Akrie family relationship.
August 10, 2008
Test results for Acree013, a descendant of Jasper Newton Acree, an orphan born in Kentucky who is an ancestor of many Acrees in the U.S., did not match those of other participants.
August 1, 2008
Test results for Acree014, our first descendant of Abraham Acree of Caroline Co. VA, raised the total of matching participants to twelve, established that Abraham was closely related to both William of GA and John of NC, and strengthened the case that the three were sons of William Acree of Hanover Co., VA.
July 31, 2008
Test results for Acree016, a fifth descendant of John Acree, Sr. of NC, raised the total of matching participants to eleven.
July 31, 2008
Test results for Acree015, a sixth descendant of William Acree of GA, raised the total of matching participants to ten.
July 21, 2008
Test results for Acree012, a fifth descendant of William Acree of GA, raised the total of matching participants to nine.
July 11, 2008
Test results for Acree011, a descendant of William Acree of MD, did not match those of William of GA and John of NC, indicating that a second prolific Acree progenitor, from an entirely separate family, came to colonial America.
March 11, 2008
Test results for Acree010, a fourth descendant of William Acree of GA, raised the total of matching participants to eight.
September 7, 2007
Test results for Acree009, a fourth descendant of John Acree, Sr. of NC, raised the total of matching participants to seven.
August 9, 2007
Test results for Acree008, a third descendant of William Acree of GA, raised the total of matching participants to six.
June 18, 2007
The Relative Genetics firm was acquired by DNA Ancestry and our project was subsequently transferred there as a "group."
May 1, 2007
Test results for Acres007, a resident of England did not match those of other participants.
April 13, 2007
Test results for Acrey006, a second descendant of William Acree of GA, raised the total of matching participants to five and established an Acree/Acrey family relationship.
February 28, 2007
Test results for Acree005 did not match those of earlier participants.
November 6, 2006
Test results for Acree004, a third descendant of John Acree, Sr. of NC, raised the total of matching participants to four.
October 19, 2006
Test results for Acree003, our first descendant of William Acree of Wilkes Co. GA, raised the total of matching participants to three and established that William of GA was closely related to John Acree, Sr. of NC - probably as his brother, suggesting that both were sons of William Acree of Hanover Co., VA (c1710-c1767).
August 31, 2006
A press release issued jointly by RG and SMGF cited the project as an excellent example of the value and promise of genetic testing.
August 10, 2006
The project coordinator initiated the Acree Surname DNA Project, selected RG as its testing firm, created this website, and identified himself as Acree001. The matching acquaintance became Acree002.
June 28, 2006
The project coordinator received his Y-DNA test results from the Relative Genetics (RG) testing firm and, searching the database at the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation's (SMGF) website, found a perfect match with an acquaintance whose lineage he recognized, which, like his, extended to John Acree, Sr. of Bertie Co. NC. Testing additional markers solidified the match.
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