Project steps
- 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.
- The MacDougall DNA Research Project Coodinator will order and pay for the Y-DNA test on your behalf.
- You will receive the DNA testing kit from the test company, FamilyTreeDNA (FTDNA) or directly from the project coodinator.
- Complete the test and send it back to FTDNA.
- 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.
- FTDNA will be email you once your results have been posted on your Dashboard.
- 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.
- 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.