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Who are we? This website is for related "Vincent" and "Vinson" families of the deep south U.S. to share our family history research. Our surname changed from "Vincent" to "Vinson" and back to "Vincent." Click HERE to learn when & why. To read where our surname came from, click HERE. Vincents are mostly English speaking people. Half the Vincents in the world family tree are equally divided between England and the U.S.A. (source: FamilySearch International). Click HERE for a map of where they all live. Our lifespan isn't that great. According to Ancestry.com we all die by age 73. Click HERE for a graph. Our goals: 1) to prove our kinship through a common male ancestor and 2) discover our family's ancient geographic origin. Proof comes through traditional family research and yDNA testing. Our research is documented on the profile pages on this website. For details, see "Ancestors and Cousins (links)" above. DNA Testing - yDNA & Our I1 Haplogroup: What kinds of DNA tests are available for genealogist? DNA Expert Roberta Estes wrote the best blog article on that subject in Oct. 2012. Here's the link: http://dna-explained.com/2012/10/01/4-kinds-of-dna-for-genetic-genealogy/ Our VincentFamily.org website is a lineage website. It documents how our surname was passed down from father-to-son for nearly a dozen generations. Their relationships, marriages, and descendants are also mentioned here. We seek out those who can document how they are related to us through DNA testing or paper sources. We are trying to preserve and share Bible records, public records, and family records that have been handed down from generation to generation. Copyright: Nothing on this website is copyrighted except where noted and all is available for you to download and save for personal research unless stated otherwise. Feel free to share links to this website. For the few records on this website that are copyrighted, please do not download and post them elsewhere without first obtaining permission from the owner or copyright holder of that document. Share the link instead. For records that aren't copyrighted, we would REALLY appreciate it if you mention this website if you plan to share those documents or photos elsewhere. For example, On Ancestry.com you can mention our website in the notes or you can add a new "source" and record our website there. If your surname or the surname of your ancestor is "Vincent" or "Vinson", if you / they are from the U.S., and if your / their yDNA (Y-DNA37 and above) or Autosomal DNA (within 5 generations) proves we're related, we would love to correspond. As far as we currently know, our Vinson / Vincent ancestry originated entirely in southeastern colonial America in the 17th century. From there we spread to other southern colonies and the west all the way to California growing up with the United States of America. As of January 2020 our European origin is uncertain. We're still waiting for further DNA proof. Much DNA evidence points to the Viking settlement of Yorkshire, England. Click HERE for a statement from Family Tree DNA about these origins. For an explanation on how they arrive at our Geographic Origins (Ancestral Origins), CLICK HERE. Genetic Genealogy (DNA research for genealogy), is a very new and developing technology. Great discoveries are being made annually. One discovery that may be unfolding before our eyes is shown in comparing Vincent cousins' yDNA results. For our Vincent or Vinson cousins who haven't yet had their yDNA tested, this may be a little hard to digest at first. You can CLICK HERE for a comparison between my yDNA results and Cousin John's results. Please don't worry if you don't understand this now. Send me an email with your questions. I'll be happy to answer them. The main thing to remember is that this research shows great promise for all of us whether or not we've tested. Autosomal DNA testing is called Family Finder by Family Tree DNA, AncestryDNA by Ancestry.com, and is the only type DNA tested by Ancestry and 23andMe.com. Family Tree DNA offers all available tests, has the most research tools, and the largest yDNA database. That's why FTDNA.com is most often recommended by DNA experts. But if you're only interested in finding cousins and you don't care how you're related to them, try Ancestry. They have the largest database for autosomal DNA testing. Click HERE for Ron.V's DNA experience. CLICK HERE to go directly to a list of Cousins and Ancestors and skip the spreadsheet |
