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World-Wide Carter Surname Project

The Carter Surname Project website pages are publicly viewable for non-members.

Feel free to browse around or contact the project administrators if you have questions or need assistance.

The “Results” page contains the Carter lineages of members who have chosen to share their trees. You may recognize one of your Carter ancestors on this page. If you do, make note of the Kit#.

Another page of interest can be found by selecting the “DNA Results” and then selecting the “Colorized Chart”. This chart shows all of our Carter men who have Y DNA tests, grouped by genetic families that share a common Carter ancestor. The chart shows two things of interest to you the Kit# and the tester’s Most Distant Known Ancestor (if entered). You may be able to find the Haplogroup of your Carter family here if you recognize an ancestor or find the Kit# from a pedigree on the Results page.

The website can be accessed by clicking the link at the bottom of the page.

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Learn about Y DNA testing for men.

Welcome Carter Researchers

Are you tired of beating your head against your Carter brick wall?
Are you sure (unsure) that you have the correct Carter immigrant at the top of your tree?
Is the lack of records stopping your research?
Have you reached the limits of what you can learn from your Ancestry, 23andMe, or MyHeritage DNA test?
Do you wonder if a branch of your Carter family emigrated to another land long ago, or if you have Carter cousins in the “Old Country”?
Do you suspect you may have an NPE (Non-Paternal Event) in your paternal Carter family?
Do you suspect that you have a Carter NPE in your paternal (insert your surname here) Family?
Were you adopted and think you have a Carter parent and need help?
Are you interested in discovering the ancient origins of your Carter family?

Then the Carter Surname Project might be right for you!

If you are a male Carter (or know one that you can test) the easiest way to break your paternal Carter brick wall or to confirm your paternal research is by testing your Y chromosome. The results of a Y37 test from FTDNA will match you with Carter men that share a common male Carter ancestor from the time your Carter surname was first used and passed down in your family.

The Carter Surname Project is hosted by FamilyTreeDNA.com. All Carter men and women, and others with Carter families in their trees, who have a DNA test are welcome to join for free.

The project is based on the Y DNA testing of Carter men. We currently have over 1090 members and have Y DNA tests from more than 60 genetically separate Carter families. On the right is a list of just some of the Carter families that have Y DNA testers.

Although FTDNA is a DNA testing company, they allow you to upload your Ancestry, 23andMe, or MyHeritage DNA tests to their website for free.

You can find instructions for uploading your DNA raw data by clicking the link on the left.

After uploading your DNA test, you can join the Carter Surname Project by clicking the link below.

You can also join other surname projects that you are interested in. There is no charge for joining projects.

We also encourage Carter men to take a Y DNA test. (Women who have male Carter relatives or a Carter spouse can test them and manage their kit.)

Y DNA is an important tool for proving male Carter family lines.

To learn about Y DNA and what it can do for you, check out the link on the left.

Carter Families

(Hint: If your tree has any of these genetically separate families related to each other, you have gone astray.)

John Carter (1669) and his son Robert “King” Carter of Corotoman, VA

William Carter (1660) of Middlesex County, VA

Capt. Thomas Carter (1630) of Lancaster County, VA

Thomas Carter (1725) of Lancaster County, VA

Thomas Carter (1650) of Isle of Wight County, VA

Benjamin Carter (1700) of Burlington County, NJ

John Carter (1723) of Morris County, NJ

George Carter (1689) of Bradford, Chester County, PA

Isaac Carter (1775) of Fauquie rCounty, VA

Jacob Carter (1725) of Colleton County, SC

Col. John Carter (1727) of Watauga Settlement (TN)

Thomas Carter (1746) of Lancaster, MD

Benjamin Carter (1723) of Middlesex County, VA

Daniel Carter (1725) of Henrico County, VA

Thomas Carter (1608) of Woburn, Middlesex County, MA

Nathaniel Carter (1751) Prince William County, VA

And Many More…

To Browse or Join the FTDNA Carter Surname Project Click below.

I am a volunteer project administrator. I do not receive any compensation from FTDNA or any other company for my work on the project.

I do not recommend taking an FTDNA Family Finder test as your only autosomal DNA test. An autosomal DNA test from Ancestry offers you the largest database of testers and you can upload your results to FTDNA for free.