We are now building family pages for each family
| Now looking for information/family ties to father of James Helton and which Peter Helton son/grandson or brother was James' father. |
We are now building family pages for each family
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| Hilton/Helton DNA Testing ProjectMost family lineages are developed through paper trails, hearsay, family records, Census data and other information that can prove to be inaccurate. Technology in DNA testing has now developed to the point that we can ascertain within 99.9% accuracy whether two individuals are related and this can be traced for hundreds (if not thousands) of years. Thousands have already been tested and DNA Researchers can identify, not only your ancestors, but where they came from (Europe, American Indian, India, Asia etc.) Every male passes specific DNA markers to his male sons, intact, and these sons pass those same DNA markers on to their sons. A 7g grandson should expect to have the same DNA Markers as his father and six grandfathers. The Hilton/Helton DNA project is being administered by Family Tree DNA. Once DNA samples are submitted, the results are uploaded into their database and they begin to look for matches to your genetic markers. Once they identify those with the same DNA Markers, they notify you and provide you with email contact information for these matches. Anyone can participate in this project, but the test only has relevance for male descendants. Both maternal and paternal lines can be tested. More information about this testing can be found at: http://www.familytreedna.com/ We need male Hilton/Helton Descendants from Sandersville, GA (Washington County) and Toccoa, GA (Habersham County) to be tested to search for Y-DNA matches between these two Helton Families. If you decide that you would like to have a DNA sample taken and tested, it's easy and you can do it yourself-no blood-no needles. Family Tree DNA will send you a test kit in which you scrape DNA from your inside cheek. Make sure you make a note that you are part of a project to qualify for the $99 discount price. Here is the DNA Profile for our Randolph County Hiltons. Markers will be added as they are completed by Familytree DNA. We have several 12 for 12 identical matches (who we did not know) and numerous 11 for 12 one-step markers (who we did not know). All matches can be traced to Peter Helton
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