Dear Friends I want to do a Jacobs DNA project with Christoff Eramus of the University of Pretoria. We need another six male descendants of the Huguenot Pierre Jacob plus two descendants of one of the other Jacobs progenitors (maybe Jan Jacobs of Ter Vere?) as well as two members of a Coloured Jacobs family. At http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=17064&subid=17064 Christoff said: "I am currently doing PhD and my focus is on combining genealogical records and genetic data for the Afrikaner population. By taking the genealogical records into consideration and collecting DNA marker data, we can estimate population genetic parameters, like mutation rates and infidelity. We also aim to create a publicly available database explaining the genetic make-up of the Afrikaner population and linking typical y-chromosome STR profiles to certain surnames. From 2006 to 2010, I joined the Genographic Project for the sub-Saharan region at the National Health Laboratory Service in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. The aim of the Genographic Project is to collect mitochondrial and y-chromosome data from at least 100 000 samples from around the world and to create a publicly available genotypic database. Each centre divides their sample quota into smaller research projects. I was involved in collecting samples, typing DNA in the lab and publishing research for these smaller research projects." I would appreciate it if you can assist me to get Jacobs men who want to be part of this study. Kind regards Daniel Jacobs Vir gratis Genealogiese Handleiding: http://gendata.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=28 Siebrits/du Toit/Meyer/Zeeman/De Villiers (Franschhoek/Paarl) Jacobs/Oberholster/Smith (Graaff-Reinet/Fauresmith) Le Roux/Van der Merwe (Villiersdorp) Louw/Brink (Kaapstad/Wellington) De Vos (De Doorns/Wellington) Malan (Wellington/Zeerust) Ungerer (Swellendam) Smith (Wellington)