Reconstructing the genealogy of a common surname may seem a daunting task. In spite of this, the LEWIS Surname DNA Project has been established in 2003 to gather information from as many Lewis family groups as possible. Since then, the idea has become is one of the larger DNA surname projects, with almost 240 participants.
The website dedicated to promote this project invites all interested Lewises to take a DNA ancestry analysis specifically tailored to this group. under an agreement with a DNA testing company, the test is made available to the interested persons with a substantial discount. This DNA analysis looks for markers located on the Y chromosome, and so it is done exclusively on males.
The aim of the project is to create a basis for identifying participants who share a common male ancestors, and when complemented with documented Lewis pedigrees, these tests can also help to find links between Lewis groups not yet known to be related.
