For family historians, results from groups sharing the same surname have yielded the most interesting results. Go to links with more background information on the tests themselves . The study concluded that there was a single Sykes surname founder. Modern day representatives of seven of the nine surnames being tested were linked back to a known ancestor in mid-eighteenth century Germany. A number of insights have been gained from these tests.
All humans belong to one of a small number of broad-based haplogroups.
This will vary very much depending on how the test subjects were chosen. The Pomeroy study had no haplotype with more than 7 matches and only 30 of the 66 tested were grouped with one of more other testees. With the databases of haplotypes yet to be be completed, some haplotypes found in tests will never have been recorded anywhere else before. The Pomeroy study had one group of 4 testees belonging to a new haplotype. A large population with the same name could potentially reveal data about its geographical spread.