Genealogy

Personal ancestry journey

Build a small contextual tree, layer DNA hints, and launch a guided sampler on the atlas map — not a replacement for archives or testing companies.

Use Workspace for saved hints and launching the map sampler. Deep origins is an ancient-DNA teaching blend (not a lab test). Haplogroups and maps are reference pages tied to the wider atlas.

Norman identity (no DNA)Answer a short questionnaire and get layered results plus a cinematic walk on the map.Discover your Norman identity

Workspace

Opens the atlas with a step-by-step sampler. Use the bar at the bottom of the map to move between steps.

Norman-context hints (exploratory)

  • These are exploratory hints for storytelling in Norman Atlas, not proof of ancestry.
  • Surnames and places alone cannot confirm medieval origin; genetics indicate population affinities, not individual family trees.
  • Add a person or surname to explore Norman-context hints
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Francogene / GFNA lineage lookup

Browse the full list below without knowing names upfront, or search when you already have a surname or haplogroup. Links open the map or Francogene family sheets when a sheet id is known.

Each name is a documented New France settler (paternal or maternal line). Haplogroups are inferred from DNA tests taken by living descendants and compiled by Francogene / GFNA — not from the pioneers themselves. The Atlas Norman filter keeps surnames that match atlas founders tagged as leaving from Normandy’s ports or the Perche recruitment pool.

Browse the catalogue

Explore pioneer lineages without typing — filter by type, narrow Y-DNA groups, then open the map.

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Deep origins

Schematic European prehistory on a light map — teaching view, not a DNA test.

Deep origins map

Genetic Lineage Explorer

Search Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroups — careful history, not identity fortune-telling.

Haplogroups

Y-DNA phylogeographic migration map

Y-DNA migration map (illustrative)

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Norman Y-DNA — Cotentin survey essay

Y-chromosome context — not full ancestry.

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