Welcome to the Treinfhir Clan DNA projects! We have a few efforts going, and the sole purpose of this page is to assist you in getting involved. This goes hand-in-hand with the genealogy research many of us are doing, taking advantage of records and searchable databases that are becoming more available every day.
Why are Treinfhirs taking DNA tests?
1) Further personal genealogy research.
2) Learn more about genetic roots.
3) Help others make connections to their history and to each other.
There are three types of tests that you can take, depending on your sex, what part of your ancestry you hope to discover, and how much money you would like to invest. To do a DNA test, you provide a sample of your saliva to a testing lab and, for a fee, the lab will analyze it and send you a link to the results. The lab finds matches in their database, tells you where your ancestors lived, and can provide other services as well.
The autosomal DNA (atDNA) test is available to everyone and provides connections to your closest relatives, back to approximately to your 4th-5th cousins. Fifth cousins have a common ancestor six generations back. We are pursuing this in connection with our GEDMatch efforts, where we are asking people to download the DNA data that the lab collected and send that to GEDMatch. This lets us find matches between DNA samples taken by different labs. Because this test finds your closer relatives, you should be able to find records that corroborate these matches and fill in your family tree up to that common ancestor!
The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) test is available to everyone and provides the most information about your direct matrilineal line of ancestors. Anyone can take this test as well, since both sons and daughters receive mtDNA from their mothers. Because this tests your direct matrilineal line, it can make matches to relatives that are further back in time. Please see a short explanation of our mtDNA efforts HERE.
The Y-DNA test is available to males only because the Y-chromosome is passed from father to son. This tests your patrilineal line, revealing connections further back in time through many generations. Due to many societies’ tradition of women retaining the husband’s name at marriage, Y-DNA matches can be easier to research through records. We have more history and participation with this test than the others as we began this first in 2019, as you can see HERE.
Please contact us if you have an interest in pursuing your Treinfhir (Tr’n’r) ancestry with us. We can help with understanding and arranging the right test – and making this happen for you and for all your near and distant cousins!
