If you are a McGowan, Gowan, Smith or a variant of one of these surnames and you live in Scotland, Northern Ireland, or Ireland, then please consider joining the McGowan DNA Project at Family Tree DNA (http://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=McGowan).
The McGowan Project seeks to find common heritage through sharing of information and DNA testing. All variant spellings are welcome. Although this project does not limit Y-DNA participation only to those males with the McGowan or variant surname, it is a study to determine potential relatedness of those with direct paternal ancestory of the McGowan surname or one of the variants.
William and Annester Gowin of Lunenburg County and Bedford County, Virginia
