Yoder Family Information
The Yoder DNA Project
Since 2005 the Yoder Newsletter has sponsored a Y-DNA surname study through Family Tree DNA. By comparing the Y-chromosome markers of male Yoders (and Yotters, Yetters, Yeaters, Yordys and the Swiss Joders), the project has tied together branches that paper records alone could never connect — and ruled out a few long-assumed links. The results below are preserved as the project recorded them.
Join & support the project
Testing is open to men who carry a Yoder (or related) surname. Contributions toward the cost of testing additional lines are welcome — mark yours for “The Yoder DNA Project.”
Results & findings
- Narrative Summary of Results — Yoder DNA Project (narrative) A plain-language walk-through of 27 findings — who matches whom, and what each result tells us about the Yoder lines.
- Chart Yoder DNA Project — Results Chart (STR markers) The master spreadsheet of Y-DNA STR-marker values for every tested line.
- Chart Yoder DNA Results — Batch Two Findings Marker data and findings from the second batch of samples.
- Chart Big Y Test Comparison Next-generation Big Y test results compared across tested Yoder lines.
Supporting evidence
A documented Steffisburg descent referenced throughout the findings as the baseline “Swiss Joder” line.