LONG Surname DNA Project

The Long Surname DNA Project

Including Longe, Lang and Other Variations

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Project Objective: During the colonial period a considerable number of Longs emigrated to New England, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Most of these immigrants probably came from England, and Ireland (Scotch-Irish). Other Long immigrants to the colonies that arrived in significant numbers included French Longs (originally 'DeLong') and German Longs (originally 'Lang,' a large group of which settled in PA). The objective of the Long Surname DNA Project is to (a) refine these groupings and enable individuals with the Long surname to determine which group their Long ancestor belonged to, (b) enable Longs to establish contact with others who might have information to share, and (c) ultimately identify the specific areas of Europe or elsewhere from which their immigrant Long ancestor originated.

This project is of interest primarily to Americans attempting to identify their immigrant ancestors, but, Longs of all nationalities are urged to participate. Longs who can trace their ancestry to specific localities in Europe can provide a particularly valuable contribution to this project. Financial assistance may be available in such cases...contact the administrator. If you are a European Long please go to: iGENEA.

Here's how DNA testing works: Every male has a single Y chromosome that is inherited from his natural father. Thus, all men in a father-to-son paternal line have an identical Y chromosome (except for random mutations that occur on the average of every 500 generations). Laboratories can analyze the Y chromosome by counting markers at specific locations. This results in a sequence of numbers called a "haplotype." If two men are found to have identical or very similar haplotypes, it indicates that they have a common ancestor in their paternal lines. For example, a Long in Delaware is tested and found to match a Long in Texas. These two Longs can then conclude that they are both descended from the same Long ancestor. It is also possible to estimate the number of generations back to the most recent common ancestor.

For a short course in DNA and Genealogy, Click Here to go to DNA 101 at the acclaimed Blair Surname DNA Project website or Click Here to go to Genetics and Genealogy by Dr. Thomas H. Roderick. Also, Family Tree DNA has a nice Tutorial at Click Here.

To see what a DNA Test Kit looks like, Click Here

Eligibility: All males with the surname "Long," or a variation, are invited to participate in the Long Surname DNA Project. Females with the maiden name Long should invite their father, uncle, brother or male Long cousins to participate. For additional information go to the Join page.

Privacy & Security: If you or your Long relative wish to remain anonymous, no problem! Just sign up as "Anonymous Long" or choose a fictitious name. Anonymous participants will be identified by their test kit number. Participants, whether anonymous or not, can also elect to keep their haplotype information private. So far, all participants in the Long Project are sharing their information. For more information about security and privacy Click Here.

Cost: The group rate for a DNA test is: $99 for the 12-marker test, $148 for the 25-marker test, $189 for the 37-marker test (recommended), and $269 for the 67-marker test.

If you are a participant in the IBM/National Geographic Genographic Project, and your surname is Long, you can participant in this Long Surname DNA Project at no additional cost.

Already participating? Project members are listed on the Participants webpage with a short description of their Long ancestry. If you are already a participant and wish to modify your profile, update your contact data, or view your individual test results go to the FTDNA home page and log in.

Test Results: Test results can be accessed from the FTDNA Long Page which displays buttons that you can click on to get the specific Y-DNA or mitochondrial DNA marker values associated with each kit number. It may take several minutes for the data to appear. No actual discussion of results is provided. (Such discussions are typically carried-on between individual group participants having matching results.)

Revised: 06/14/2008