Goins DNA Project

Goins DNA Project
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The Goins DNA Project is for all who wish to work together to find their common heritage through DNA testing and sharing of information. All variant spellings are welcome.

There are at least 21 different spellings of the name Going, Gowen etc.

All members, cousins and former members of the Gowen Research Foundation of Lubbock, Texas are invited to participate.

Calvin Beale describes Goins as: “the most widespred and one of the oldest and most reliable indicative surnames of tri-racial origin in the United States. The name is found today among the Lumbee, The Melungeon, the Smilings, the Red Bones, the Ohio Guineas and in various other parts of Ohio, Tennessee and North Carolina where none of these terms are used. Some are white, some Indian, and some Negro in current status today.” (Overview of the Phenomenon of mixed race Isolates. Beale.)

Project Goals:

To see the relationship with the different Goins/many spellings, if any exists. Or to help group the Goins together with DNA matches.

Participating in a Surname DNA Project provides:

By setting up a Family Reconstruction Project at Family Tree DNA, the Goins DNA Project Group is taking advantage of a substantial group discount. It also allows us access to the test results, so we can see whether each of the lines is related (or not related) to one another.

Wondering how to collect the DNA sample?

Visit the Dorsey "DNA Collection" link:

http://www.davedorsey.com/dna.html

Sometimes testing our own Y or mtDNA will not get us back to the fore-parent whose test we need. If you can't be tested for a known Goins line, you can help by donating money to help those who can be tested.

Project Administrator Jack Goins

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