Project participation

Project steps

1. If your biological surname is MacDougall or a derivative version of the name, and you are MALE then please read the PROJECT TERMS and click on the Project application link.
2. The MacDougall DNA Research Project Coodinator will order and pay for the Y-DNA test on your behalf.
3. You will receive the DNA testing kit from the test company, FamilyTreeDNA (FTDNA) or directly from the project coodinator.
4. Complete the test and send it back to FTDNA.
5. You will receive a password to access you FTDNA Dashboard where results are posted. Test results typically take around 8-12 weeks to be processed.
6. FTDNA will be email you once your results have been posted on your Dashboard.
7. Your kit will be enrolled, by the Coordinator, in the MacDougall surname project at FTDNA and you will be able to see your results alongside other MacDougall test participants.
8. More importantly, as a participant in the MacDougall DNA Research Project, the Project Coordinator will examine your results in detail. He will look for ancestral patterns and genetic markers that may point to: the historical location of your patrilineal ancestor, including possible affiliation to particular MacDougall family lines. This is a key objective of this funded research.

APPLY HERE

Please fill out this form. The form will collect information necessary in order to send out the test kit.

Project application

DONATIONS ARE ALWAYS DEEPLY APPRECIATED. All costs associated with the MacDougall DNA Research Project, including the cost of individual Y-DNA test kits, are borne entirely by the project sponsor – Edward Sweeney (born McDougall). Consequently, all and any donations are sincerely appreciated.