Genetic Genealogy and Ancestor-projects.com Cottrell Family Research Project
The family Tree DNA Family Finder Autosomal tests and 23andme Relative Finder genetic genealogy tests have opened up brand new opportunities to find Cottrell family connections. One of the issues with multiple company’s offering the same tests has been comparing our results with others. The free and publicly available GEDMatch.com site solves many of these problems. The Cottrell Family Research project at GedMatch.com’s sister site ancestor-projects.com adds even more tools to manage our test results and help us find our connections.
I am hoping that anyone who has Family Tree DNA Family Finder or 23andme Relative Finder autosomal DNA test results with any possible Cottrell connection at all be it maternal, paternal, or adopted will consider joining the Cottrell Family Research project at http://www.ancestor-projects.com The only other requirement is your autosomal DNA Family Finder or 23andme Relative Finder results must already be posted at Gedmatch.com.
I wish to emphasize this is an open project and is very different from the way the traditional YDNA projects were handled. One does not have to have a Cottrell Surname to join the ancestor-projects.com Cottrell Family research project. Your connection for example could be through a great grandmother. Perhaps you or someone in your line is adopted and you have a genetic match with others in the Cottrell family and you simply wish to explore that further to see if you can find a common ancestor. In short people with either a paper trail connection to the Cottrell family or people who have a GEDMatch .com match and are looking for their Cottrell Family connection are welcome to join us. This project is open to all branches of the Cottrell family as it is my hope we will discover some new connections between the families.
The process of joining the Cottrell Family Research project is easy, first setup a free ancestor-projects.com account at http://www.ancestor-projects.com then email me your gedmatch.com kit numbers you wish to associate with the Cottrell Family Research project . If you have not yet joined GEDMatch email me and I can send you information about that process as well. There is also the optional ability to upload a gedcom genealogy file for comparison with other members but that certainly is not a requirement to participate. Any questions please feel free to email me, Mark Rheault at mark@capeflier.com
Thank you for your consideration, Mark
References
Family Tree DNA Family Finder http://www.familytreedna.com/
23andme Relative Finder https://www.23andme.com/ancestry/
Gedmatch Utilities http://www.gedmatch.com
Ancestor-projects.com http://www.ancestor-projects.com