If you are a member of the Matson family you may like to know that a DNA project is underway to establish family links.
Surnames in Project:
Madison, Matheson, Mathew, Mathewson,
Matson, Mattason, Matterson, Matteson, Mattieson, Mattison
Requirements:
A Surname Project traces members of a family that share a common surname. Since surnames are passed down from father to son like the Y-chromosome, this test is for males taking a Y-DNA test. Females do not carry their father's Y-DNA and acquire a new surname by way of marriage, so the tested individual must be a male that wants to check his direct paternal line (father's father's father's...) with a Y-DNA12, Y-DNA37, or Y-DNA67 marker test. Females who would like to check their direct paternal line can have a male relative with this surname order a Y-DNA test. Females can also order an mtDNA test for themselves such as the mtDNA or the mtDNAPlus test and participate in an mtDNA project.
If this sounds interesting then please contact the Matteson Group Administrator
rbeda@sbcglobal.net for more information.
I am a member of the Hurst DNA project and this is proving to be really interesting and worthwhile.
