The purpose of this project is to provide a forum for research of the family name JENKINS and it's variants. For many years researchers have had questions about the relationship of the many Jenkins families found in North America and throughout the world. It has been sometimes impossible to find documentation linking these many familes.
The answer is the use of a relatively new process in genealogy. DNA is a process discovered by scientists that has become an excellant aid as an identification tool for law enforcement, matching patients for transplants, and now to help genealogists determine family lines. The tests can be performed using mouth swabs. The process usually takes 5-7 weeks for the test to be run in a lab and the results known.
The Y chomosome is passed from father to son unchanged except for a mutation about every 500 generations. Testing the Y chomosome will provide you with genetic finger print consisting of 12 or 25 numbers. By comparing this fingerprint to others with the JENKINS surname, we can determine if they are related. The participants must be the direct male descendent of our JENKINS ancestor. If your JENKINS ancestor was female, then you must find a male JENKINS cousin to be the genetic representative of your JENKINS