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Chavis DNA Study: Looking for Descendants With the Surname in Their Tree

The Chavis surname is prevalent in central and eastern North Carolina. In Wake County, the surname is found early in Granville, Wake and Orange counties as well as other parts of North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina.

If you have the Chavis surname in your direct ancestor line, you may be interested in this DNA Surname Project that was recently mentioned in the Conference Keeper Newsletter. An excerpt follows:

IS THERE A CHAVIS IN YOUR TREE?

If you have the surname Chavis in your family tree, you may apply for free DNA testing at Family Tree DNA for the CHAVIS surname group project. Contact Sabine Preston at Tamesabine@gmail.com with subject Chavis testing and send family history or tree. Details of this and two other DNA projects offering free testing can be found on our Awards, Grants & Scholarships page. 

The original text is shared in the newsletter linked here.

This background for the Chavis family is featured on the Family Tree DNA Chavis surname page. Here are the details from the page:

"The Chavis project has been established to identify and connect the various Chavis and those with similar surnames.  Many of these individuals have a history of Native American and/or African American ancestry and early family members are found in Virginia, and North and South Carolina.  Many Chavis originated from FPOC or were never slaves but Free People of Color.  FPOC account for a minority of Africans and made up only about 10% of Africans since over 80% were enslaved forced immigrants.  Therefore, finding origins can be very challenging for most Chavis, combined with a variety of DNA admixtures that often do not show any native DNA.

Very few, if any, e-mails will be sent through the project.  To keep current with genetic genealogy information, please subscribe to the blog, www.dna-explained.com by clicking on the small grey "follow" button on the right side of the page.  Not everyone appreciates e-mails from project administrators, and taking a blog approach allows people who are interested to subscribe without bothering those who aren't.  so, please, subscribe to keep current.

Those interested in Native Ancestry may also want to follow the www.nativeheritageproject.com blog as well."

Please reach out the the contacts listed within this post as Wake County Genealogical Society is not affiliated with the project. We are merely sharing the information.


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