Hello, My name is Thomas Lamar Farnum, Jr. As far as my DNA knows, I am still a Lamar as my ggrandfather's name was changed in about 1882-1883 from Peter Lamar (Americus, GA) to Cook Farnum. I have had a DNA test in which I matched a Steve Lamar. From my research I find that his line goes back to John Lamar, the second son of Thomas The Immigrant. My line is from Thomas, Jr., first son of Thomas the Immigrant. We are experiencing a mystery between the Gardners and Garners of North Carolina. It seems that we are matching quite closely in DNA results. We are looking for any information that would indicate a name change or connection that could explain this. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANY OTHER LAMARS HAVE HAD THEIR DNA TESTED???

How do you get your DNA tested?

Generally speaking, you will need Y-DNA from the male Lamar, or surname, that you are researching. There are several ways to get DNA testing and one of them is right on the top of this page---click DNA. I still do not understand everything about DNA but the exciting thing is it is still an evolving science. It adds depth to genealogy and can answer questions, but as you can see by my first post, it can also create more questions. There is quite a bit of information on the internet about DNA.

DNA testing is done by several different companies. Be sure when you choose a company that it is one that has an active Lamar DNA project with members that you can compare your results with. You cannot test with one company and have your results transferred to another company. Family Tree DNA in Houston is the largest and oldest testing lab and appears to have the best support for both surname projects and individuals who desire to be tested. They have 10 Lamar participants in their database with three of them belonging to the Lamar DNA project. They are not affiliated with Ancestry.com, the one you will get if you click on an ad on this website. Their address is: www.familytreedna.com
Be sure to order through the Lamar DNA Project. You must be a male Lamar descendant with an unbroken male, father to son, lineage to test as they are all testing the Y-chromosome which is only passed from father to son.
Barbara Good
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I used Family Tree DNA and there is a Lamar group there which I joined. I was able to manually enter the results to this website, Ancestry.com. It is fairly easy to do this but please double check your entries so that we can have acurate results.