Over the years, many SCOL members have wondered if indeed all the Sutfin, Sutphen, Sutphin, and van Zutphens in the United States are indeed related. One of our members, Ken Sutphin, has volunteered to be the Group Administrator for a DNA study which will attempt to resolve this question. If enough folks participate, we may be able to establish with certainty that not only are we all related, but that we are all descendants of Dirck Jansen van Zutphen.
If any male SCOL member, or any other Sutfin/Sutphen/Sutphin/van Zutphen cousin would like to assist in this study, your participation would be eagerly accepted and greatly appreciated. Please read the message below from Ken for more details.
I will try and update the information and links on this page as new information becomes available.
We are now setup as a group for the DNA test at FTDNA. Just go to their website and search for Sutphin and you should be able to follow the prompts to join and get your test kit. Remember this is for male surnames only. I am afraid that those who have the Sutphin name through their mothers will not show up as the test is only through the male Y-chromosome. As a group we are getting discount pricing. It was suggested that we go with the 25 marker test as it will give a better result for relationships. So make sure you click on the right test at the bottom of the form. Payment is to each member to take care of at the time of registration.
We are placing this information on the SCOL website as well as a link to the FTDNA website to assist those Suts* who wish to join our project. I have also placed a link to SCOL on the FTDNA/Sut* website to help direct those who do a search to SCOL.
This page last updated: Jul 28, 2005