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The Boyle Surname Project serves as a clearinghouse for data from Y-chromosome tests for genealogical purposes. Such tests look at specific markers on a male's Y-chromosome markers that don't change significantly from generation to generation. This genetic information is passed down from male ancestors to male descendants. Thus, if two people with the Boyle surname have identical markers, there is an increased chance that they had a common male ancestor in previous generations. On the other hand, if the two Boyles have significantly different markers, they are almost certainly not related in recent generations, at least through the all-male line of inheritance.

If the genetic database becomes large enough, connections between Boyle lines might become more apparent, even if the participants don't know the precise relationship. The genetic data alone can't tell you that you are a fourth cousin once removed to another participant in the database. But they could hint that there might have been a common ancestor within the past few generations.

Participating in the Boyle Surname Project makes you eligible for a reduced price on genetic testing by Family Tree DNA. Your genetic markers would be displayed on this page for comparison with other Boyles. Your personal identity would not be revealed through this project. However, the project administrator, Alan Boyle, would have your contact information for the purposes of forwarding queries.

Here are some links to further information about genetic genealogy and the project:

Here are the Boyle Surname Project's results so far. If the "Participant Number" is hot-linked, clicking on the link will bring you to a Ybase Web page that can search for similar genetic signatures in Ybase's database. Contact the project administrator to forward messages to individual participants: 

Participant
Number

DYS
385a
 
DYS
385b
 
DYS
388
 
DYS
389i
 
DYS
389ii
 
DYS
390
DYS
391
DYS
392
DYS
393
DYS
394/19
DYS
425
DYS
426
DYS
437
DYS
438

DYS
439

DYS
441

DYS
442
DYS
444
DYS
445
DYS
446
DYS
447
DYS
448
DYS
449
DYS
452
DYS
454
DYS
455
DYS
456
DYS
458
DYS
459a
DYS
459b
DYS
460
DYS
461
DYS
462
DYS
463
DYS
464a
DYS
464b
DYS
464c
DYS
464d
DYS
570
DYS
576
DYS
607
CDY
a
CDY
b
YCA
IIa
YCA
IIb
GGAA
T1B07
YGAT
AA10
YGAT
AC4
YGAT
AH4
001-A
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13
12
13
29
25
11
14
14
15
12
12
15

12

13

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002-M
11
14
12
13
29
24
11
13
13
14
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12
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12

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003-JFA
11
14
12
12
28
22
10
11
13
15
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11
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11

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004-CG
11
14
12
13
29
23
11
13
13
14
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12
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12

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005-CA
11
14
12
13
29
24
10
13
13
14
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12
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12

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006-RL
11
14
12
13
29
24
11
13
13
14
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14

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13

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19

28

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11

11

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10

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007-JA
11
16
12
13
29
24
11
13
13
14
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15

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11

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12

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29

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10

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008-S
11
12
12
13
29
25
11
14
13
14
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12
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12

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009-K
11
13
12
13
29
25
11
14
13
14
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12
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12

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010-NP
11
13
12
13
29
25
11
14
13
14
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12
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12

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011-JFR
11
13
12
13
29
25
11
14
13
14
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12
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12

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012-NL
11
15
12
13
29
24
11
13
14
14
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12
15

12

12

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11

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24

19

31

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11

11

15

18

9

10

11 -- -- -- 15 15 16 17 20 19 15 38 38 19 23 -- -- -- 11