1) Most Famous; 2) War veterans
Study organized by Phil Ritter and myself, please see Phil's website or mine for results and further details. In summary, we first focused on the Hamman families that settled in Northern Indiana in the mid 1800's, but later expanded to all Hamman (also Hamann, Hammann, etc.) lines of mostly Germanic origin. We've now identified 21 separate lines: 8 belonging to the R1b haplogroup, 3 to J2, 2 each to R1a, I1a, and I1b, one each to E3b, J1, K2, and a large clan (my line) belonging to the G2 haplogroup.
1) my GGGgrandfather Frank Hamman with two of his brothers and first cousin Valentine. L-R: Valentine, Frank, John, Noah (~1890)
2) my GGgrandparents Elzie and Alice (Baxter) Hamman with my Ggrandfather Lester (~1903)
This study is underway and we are interested in recruiting anyone with the surname of Nichols. Initial participants descend from Nichols of Colonial America. If you would like to participate, please email me at brianhamman@yahoo.com. Paternal ancestry of each participant and YDNA results are shown here.
taken about 1865, after he returned from the Civil War
Otherwise known as mtDNA Haplogroup U5, click here to find out more. Click on Wilhelmine Paar-Lutz, my earliest proven mtDNA donor, for a picture of her taken around 1870 with her husband Wilhelm and their first two kids.
1) Kimble/Kimball YDNA Project
2) Welty YDNA Project
3) Fehlberg YDNA Project
4) Fanckboner/Fangboner/Finkbeiner YDNA Project
1) full-length, peer reviewed, scientific publications and patents (as of 2004)
2) all-state center midfielder on 1985 state champion soccer team