Adams Y-DNA Project Information

The Adams Y-DNA Study was started in 2002 by John Walden as a way of taking known Presidential line Adams Y-DNA and comparing it to other direct male individuals with the surname Adams. By doing so, those tested can determine their likelihood of being related to the Presidential Adams line.

While when this study began the primary goal was to determine genetic relationships to the Adams Presidential line, perhaps the more significant achievement has been the creation of a database of tested individuals and hundreds of known Adams family clusters. At this point thousands of Adams have been tested and have been broken down in to hundreds of Adams family clusters who are very closely related. This is very useful for genealogist doing Adams family research particularly as you move further back in time and the paper trail disappears.

And, if you have the last name Adams, you have most likely been told you are related to the Presidential line. Most Adams spend their genealogical research time trying to prove this connection and it is true for less than 1% of those with the surname Adams. By participating in this study you can learn if you are related or not and in most cases you can stop trying to make a connection to Braintree Massachusetts and Henry Adams (just keeping it real here people, we are all guilty of this).

Many Adams who participate in the study find a family cluster to which they belong and this is very insightful in determining where your Adams line may have originated and will yield many clues for further research.

AdamsFamilyDNA.com is dedicated to a SPECIFIC Adams family cluster as is identified in the Adams Y-DNA database – Adams Family Cluster 033 and contains 14 know and tested families as of May 2017.

For information on participating in and reading information regarding the larger ‘Surname Adams Y-DNA Project’ which contains hundreds of Adams family clusters and thousands of individual test results go to the links below.

Ken Adams says:

August 26, 2013 at 1:20 am

How do can we contact others that are in our “family”? I am showing in family 073 and would like to contact others in that family. Thanks….Ken Adams

admin says:

January 25, 2014 at 4:30 pm

Ken, nice to meet you. The AdamsFamilyDNA.com website is dedicated to those in Adams subgroup 033 from the larger Adams family DNA study – in our subgroup we have about 12 families including A076 and A079 but not A073 whom you are asking about.

A073 is much more distantly related to the people in Family Cluster 033 therefore I have no contact information with that person. You’d need to work through the admin of the larger Adams study on that. You can email John Walden about it here – http://www.familytreedna.com/public/adams/

Good Luck,
David

Linda Monticelli says:

April 24, 2016 at 8:44 pm

Hello Ken,

I believe that you are a descendant of the same Adams family that I am descended from. My mother’s maiden name was Adams and I have done very extensive research on the many branches of our Adams and related families. I have also been in contact with many different descendants from this same Adams family over the past 30 years or more. I would love to correspond with you. Thanks, Linda Monticelli

linda adams jacobson says:

May 31, 2020 at 6:52 am

i’ve done dna testing through ancestry.com and my heritage. have found matches on both, but can only go back to my 2xggf ansel or ancil adams, born approx. 1818 in ky, according to census records. in 1850 he lived in cumberland county, illinois. on census forms he lists his father’s birthplace as va, his mother’s as pa.he got married to sarah ann winterstein on 10/31/1838 in madison, jefferson co, ind. the 1st 5 kids born in ind, then my ggf david andrew adams, b 1854 in perry, pike co ill and next 2 kids born in illinois. it’s thought ansel died in 1883 in missouri. last known census in 1880 shows him living in gallatin city, mo. how can i try to break down this brick wall. i have 5 sisters and 1 brother. my sisters and i have all done a dna test, but my brother refuses. his son has done a dna test, but doesn’t share his results with anyone. would there be any point to testing some of our male children tested, even though they aren’t a direct male descendant with the surname adams?

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