Lost Colony DNA Project - DNA Project Plan

DNA Project Plan

The project plan includes the following steps:

  1. Locate and test individuals closely associated with local families whose history implies they are of Native American ancestry, specifically those who lived on the land that is historically associated with Native villages where the colonists would have located.
  2. Perform DNA testing descendants of these early inhabitants to determine whether their deep ancestry indicates Native American or Indo-European origins.
  3. Work with administrators of the DNA surname project to determine whether English families of surnames matching those of the Lost Colonists have already been DNA tested.
  4. Connect English families of the same surname to Lost Colonists genealogically.
  5. Using DNA, genealogy and history, attempt to connect living descendants to colonists and local Native American tribes.
  6. Certify the genealogy of those believed to be connected to the Lost Colony.
  7. Reconstruct families of interest using DNA results and genealogy.
  8. Track population migration using DNA to discover what happened to the colonists and the native population, who their descendants are, and where they live today.
  9. After development of the above data base, perform DNA testing of archaeologically excavated skeletal remains to determine who they match.

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