The Gleason / Gleeson DNA Project

In the previous blog post we explored Genetic Distance and how it can be used to group people together into the same Genetic Family (or Li...

In this blog post, we examine how people are grouped together into Lineages (sometimes called Genetic Families) and how the relationship bet...

Let's recap on some of the basic science behind Y-DNA as this will help you understand what you are seeing when you look at your results...

If you want to get some idea about the possible origin of a particular surname, a Surname Dictionary is a good place to start. There are se...

The Gleason/Gleeson DNA Project has a number of different resources to help you trace your Gleason/Gleeson ancestry. If you are new to the...

Welcome. My name is Judith Gleason Claassen, but all the project members just call me “Judy.” I serve as a co-administrator of the Fami...