This is a working group for Brooks (and related-line) researchers who have by DNA tests conclusively proven a connection with descendants of William Brooks (b. ca. 1781 in North Carolina, moved to South Carolina, and finally settled in Cocke County, Tennessee). If you would like to subscribe and share information with this group you must:

1) Have a Y-DNA analysis on a direct-line male Brooks family member, the results of which show a match or a close match to other Brooks's in this R1a Haplogroup. I recommend Family Tree DNA as a testing facility [familytreedna.com] - join the Brooks family project to receive a discount on testing,

AND

2) Have completed enough traditional ("paper-trail") genealogical research to reasonably establish a solid connection to THIS Brooks family of Cocke County, Tennessee (Cocke Co., TN) or northwestern South Carolina.

If you can prove a close relationship (within the last 100 years) to someone who has already tested, please contact the moderator to be considered for admission without DNA testing.

If your already-completed DNA results have unexpectedly matched this R1a Books family group (up to a to a genetic distance of 1 in a 12-marker test, or 2 in a 25-marker test) , you are automatically eligible to join this group. Please contact the administrator with your Kit Number and you will be admitted.