The next frontier of genealogical research is in the use of Genetic technology. Organizations already exist to test genealogical relationships nationwide and across continents based on DNA matches.
Jeanette Sherbondy has taken the lead in researching Genetics and DNA as it relates to Sherbondy heritage. Read her 9-page article, Sherbondy Deep Ancestry: PDFHTML
Excerpts from Jeanette Sherbondy's article:
Who did Johann Cherpantier descend from? We will keep looking for historical records, but even if we find some, at some point we will run out of written records and get into a time in our past when surnames were not used. We will still be asking ourselves who did this ancestor descend from?
Combined with archaeological information, we can trace the general outlines of the migrations of these male branches all over the world. Y-DNA research, then, is the strategy we can use to discover Johann Cherpantier's deep ancestry!
What have we learned so far about Sherbondy deep ancestry? Theirs is haplogroup I1a. With this information we can find the Sherbondys on a world map of humanity!
I invite you to join my Sherbondy surname group at Family Tree DNA. What we need is at least one test from some man who is a Sherbondy but more distantly related, someone descended from Melcher, Phillip or John. We would appreciate it very much if someone would do that!
Here we list rare geneticdiseases afflicting Sherbondy family descendants. If other Sherbondy descendants have these same ailments, a Sherbondy ancestor may be a common link. If you have other rare afflictions to add or your know a descendant with one of these, please let us know so we can check for common ancestry (no names will be published).
