Currently, the National Huguenot Society does not accept Y-DNA.

That does not keep us from talking about this important genealogy topic/tool.

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DNA alone will not get you anywhere because DNA is data. [A number]

The number needs to be matched to a record. [Triangulated]

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There are three educational videos that do a great job of explaining the topic.

Enjoy. They are about 30 minutes each. They came to me from Zack Daugherty. 

zack.mcbrideproject@gmail.com  Zack is a Volunteer Administrator of the McBride Surname Project FamilyTreeDNA.

There is no shortage of education information about Genetic Genealogy and Surname Projects. A particularly recent video series (2019) on Y-DNA that he found and I agree to be very useful are in the following links.

 

• DNA Concepts for Genealogy: Y-DNA Testing Part 1
  Part 1 of a 3-part introduction series to Y-DNA for genealogists. This first video focuses on "Why?" use Y-DNA for genealogy - what benefits does it offer and why should genealogists consider using Y-DNA as part of their research?

 

• DNA Concepts for Genealogy: Y-DNA Testing Part 2
  Part 2 of a 3-part introduction series to Y-DNA for genealogists. This second video focuses on "What?" for Y-DNA for genealogy - what are STRs and SNPs, what is a genetic distance, what is the haplotree, and other related questions.

 

• DNA Concepts for Genealogy: Y-DNA Testing Part 3
  Part 3 of a 3-part introduction series to Y-DNA for genealogists. This third video focuses on "How?" for Y-DNA for genealogy - how do I use the information provided by Y-DNA tests to advance my genealogy and/or my lineages?