NANCE DNA

For those of you not in my NANCE Around the World group on Facebook, we are really trying to get all male NANCE's or females with male NANCE
relatives to get involved in doing a yDNA test to better learn how we are related.

Females you can do the Autsomal test (Family Finder on FTDNA or the "" test on 23andme), these test will reveal cousins.

Would be great if we could get as many Nance's as possible to do the test.

(P.S. This also includes those who have the surnames NANTZ, NANS, NANTZE, NANTS, or any other variations of the spelling NANCE)

Surname DNA (yDNA)

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)

For males only:

yDNA looks at the DNA that a man inherits from his father's (paternal) side.

The y-chromosome is compared from two or more men to see if they share a common male ancestor.

Females can find a male to represent their line in the surname of interest.

For males and females:

mtDNA looks at the DNA that either a man or woman inherits from the mother's mother's side.

The mitochondria is compared to see if they share a common female ancestor in their maternal lineage.

This test can also be used to explore your ethnicity.

Here is a chart on FTDNA of those who have already taken the yDNA tests and are looking for their NANCE connections.
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Please if you haven't already or have had your DNA tested somewhere other then Family Tree DNA
please consider submitting your results also to Family Tree DNA.
(The only reason I ask is because this is where a lot of NANCEs have done theirs or have submitted theirs)

1/16/2009 - I (John Clayton "Clay" Nance) wanted to let you know that the results of my 67 marker Y-DNA test have posted. I was hoping you as list administrator could find a way to let everyone know on the Nance list that my DNA results will soon be added to those FTDNA under the NANCE surname group.

I would like to encourage any and all male Nance's to do the painless cheek scrape at one of the DNA testing companies and to share the results with the rest of us through FTDNA . If you happen to be a female Nance reading this, you can get your father or uncle or male cousin of a male uncle to provide Y-DNA for you too!

I happen to have used www.familytreedna.com to process my Y-DNA. There are many different companies available who process Y-DNA for genealogy use.

John Clayton "Clay" Nance

NOTE: as of 9/18/2012 Clay Nance and Chris Nance common ancestor is Daniel Nance Jr (1706). That genetically confirms that particular Nance line from Daniel Nance Jr to the present.

Below I will attempt to locate all links to DNA sites with their corresponding link to NANCE projects a lot of these
allow you to submit your results from other testing sites so you don't pay twice for results.

Ancestry DNA at Ancestry.com - You do not have to be a subscriber to add your information to their database and look for matches. BUT the only Nance group I was able to find was Nance I2a (Nance I2a, Nance, Nancy, Nants, Nantz, UK, USA, Australia, Paternal Surname) is a private family group on myfamily.com) Nance DNA Participants "Ancestry.com will support DNA results provided by other DNA testing companies. While other companies may not test the exact same markers, you can add your results and compare them with others in the Ancestry.com DNA database."

AncestrybyDNA - Your DNA sample will be tested for your complete ancestral makeup based on your chromosomes, giving you results of your full ancestry -- instead of just simple information based on your direct maternal and paternal lines. Your ancestral origins will be quantified in percentages across four population groups: Indigenous American, European, East Asian, and African. With a personalized ancestry test certificate and a detailed manual to explain and interpret your results available online, you will have a clearer picture of where you come from -- and possibly be able to close the book on some family mysteries.

Family Tree DNA -Family Tree DNA provides testing for genealogists, and is the pioneer in the new field of genetic genealogy. Your ancestors left clues to your genealogy in you and other descendents. Unlock these clues with DNA testing. The "Nance" Group Project Y Results - encourages researchers to find their common heritage through sharing of information and DNA testing. All variant spellings are welcome. (This is the one I am being tested from for yDNA using a male family member donor - Sonia NANCE-Roberts)

Worldfamilies.net - Providing DNA Information, Project Websites and Project Administration, to Surname DNA Projects since 2004! It has a "NANCE Surname Project Y Results"-Nancy, Nants, Nantz -The Nance DNA Project is open to all families with this surname, of all spelling variations, and from all locations {unfortunately as of 6/1/2018 this site was taken down}.
YSearch - Allow people that have tested with the different companies to make their results available for comparison, Family Tree DNA is offering Ysearch as a free public service. We have added several tools that allow you to compare side-by-side different users - the YsearchCompare - as well as generate a Genetic Distance™ Report, and many other features, including the upload of GEDCOM files.
YSearch - Last Names Matching "Nance",
YSearch - Last Names Matching "Nantz",
YSearch - Last Names Matching "Nans"

23andMe - 23andMe provides genetic testing over 100 traits and diseases as well as DNA ancestry. Our mission is to be the world's trusted source of personal genetic information. Per Chris Nance "If you test on 23 and me, I can add your Y-DNA results to the FTDNA - Nance DNA project. Of course if you are only interested in the Y-DNA test you should go with FTDNA since it is cheaper."