The MARVEL DNA Surname Project in conjunction with
the extensive genealogical research resources made available via the MARVEL
Family Association and the Robert B. Noles database will help determine (and
prove) which of the many MARVEL families in the U.S. and Great Britain are descendants of a common
Great Britain (or other world location) FINNELL ancestor.
Surname genetic testing is the newest tool available to
genealogists. The genetic
genealogy tests verify a
man’s direct paternal ancestry in a quick and easy way. These tests save time,
prevent mistakes and provide invaluable data for genealogists that can not be
otherwise obtained.
The MARVEL Surname DNA Project is open to all
persons with the MARVEL surname (all spellings) world-wide. This
project is also open to anyone who believes they are (or could be) a direct male
descendant of one of the MARVEL families, even if their surname is not MARVEL. This project is
primarily a Y-Chromosome study (direct paternal line); however, those (men or
women) interested the in mitochondrial DNA testing (direct maternal line) may
join this project as well.
Membership in the Knowles/Knoles/Noles Family
Association
is not required to join the MARVEL Surname DNA Project.
Many surnames were changed during the 18th, 19th and
early 20th centuries due to adoptions, out-of-wedlock births, family
disagreements, etc. Under these circumstances, the Y-DNA for many
descendants may not match other descendants with the same surname.
Therefore, this project will assist MARVEL
researchers on common or related families to work together to find their correct
common ancestors, when that hasn’t been possible via the examination of the
traditional paperwork trail.
You are hereby cordially invited to participate in
this historic project. MARVEL family members requesting participation are requested to
supply Robert B. Noles with their known genealogy.
Robert B. Noles, Marvel Surname DNA Project Group Administrator
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* The origins for
the surnames above are provided by:
Dictionary of American Family Names, by
Hanks. The DAFN surname entries are structured to
provide the surname (with alternate spellings), a comparative frequency of the
surname in the U.S., the source language and origin of the surname, original
spelling, typology, etymology and, in some cases, an identification of
forebears. |
SPELLING or NAME
VARIATIONS
Marvel, Marvell, Marvil
SOUNDEX CODES
Marvel, Marvell, Marvil
(M - rvl) = M - 614
B - 614 also codes for Marble,
Merrifield and Morefield
Guide to Soundex
Code System
GENEALOGICAL REFERENCES
LDS - International Genealogical
Index
U.S. Population Census
The Marvel Family History Books,
by Robert L. & Muriel (Marvel) Smith & the Marvel Family Association
MARVEL PROGENITORS
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Director:
Robert B. Noles
Marvel
(1,419) English: 1. nickname for a person considered prodigious in some
way. From Middle English, Old French merveille ‘miracle’ (Latin mirabilia,
originally neuter plural of the adjective mirabilis ‘admirable’, ‘amazing’).
The nickname was no doubt sometimes given with mocking intent.
2. (of Norman
origin): habitational name, from places called Merville.
