(click on thumbnails)Primary Objectives: Where did George come from; who are his ancestors?
Secondary Objective: Tie family lines together
What We Know: We are so very fortunate to have documented family history. We know that I, for example, descend from James Haworth, who was born in 1630, through his son George. We have the birth certificate of George.
What I Did: I signed up for the Haworth-Howarth project, Family Tree DNA.
See: http://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Haworth
I selected the 67 marker test. The group rate for the test offers a significant discount.
Note: The family name of Howarth had earlier been Haworth in England.
In fact, the project administrator for the project has the family name "Howarth", as does Moe Howarth. The DNA results clearly indicate that these two Howarth members tie to our Haworth family line, and at the 67 marker panel test.
What I Found: I am
R1b1b2
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What do the results mean, in the broadest of terms?
The R1b migration trail can be seen on the map. 
Details at the family member level:
The test results of eleven (15) members so far, is that seven (11) can be identified as a single lineage with a common surname ancestor. The surname ancestor originated in the Rochdale area, with the majority in Lancashire, England.
Of course, we know from our Haworth family research that George was born in Gambleside, Lancashire England
One interesting test result confirmed what we suspected from our genealogy search. The test confirms that this person comes from a completely different "Haplogroup". (ie. not R1). He is not a George Haworth descendant.
Future Plans:
We hope to gain more participants, and especially those Haworth-Howarth males who remained in England. Additional test members will increase the confidence level of our group test results.
Based on recent testing advances, additional tests of the DNA sample can also be done to further breakdown the Haplotree level.
For example, I may be a R1b1b2a1
see: 
We will keep updating this web page, as further information is known.
Ron Haworth, editor.
December 23, 2009
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