The famililes currently involved in the study include the following. (Page 20)
| Family | Ancestor Names | Location(s) | DNA Results |
| W501 | William Wells/Elizabeth Furnace | Dronfield, Derbyshire, England b: Cir 1650 |
W501 |
| W502 | Isaac A. Wells/Wealthy Bartholomew | Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut b: 12 Aug 1779 to Homer Twp., Will Co., Iillinois |
W015 |
| W503 | John Wells | Illesthorpe, Claybrook, Liecestershire, England - b: Cir 1703 |
W503 |
| W504 | Joel Wells/Sarah Eliza M. Tarpley | Pittslyvania Co., Virginia - b: Cir 1801 to Henry Co., Virginia |
W022 |
| W505 | Albert Henry Wells/Dorothy Payne | Leicestershire, England b: Cir 1900 |
W505 |
| W506 | Hansel Pinkney Wells/Laura Ann Brown | St. Helena Parish, Louisiana b: Cir 1835 to Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana |
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| W507 | James Wells | Ohio b: Cir 1828 | W507 |
| W508 | Joseph Wells | Lincolnshire, England b: Cir 1777 to Eagle, Lincolnshire, England? |
W077 |
| W509 | Edmund Wells/Esther Bump | New York b: Cir 1823 Rosecrans, Lake County, Illinois |
W509 |
| W510 | Levi Wells/Hannah _____ | Fayette County, Pennsylvania b: 14 Nov 1763 to Wirt County, Virginia |
W013 |
| W511 | David Wells/Lucinda Kennedy | Mecklenburg County, Virginia b: 25 Dec 1812 to Culleoka, Maury County, Tennessee |
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| W512 | Thomas Hutchinson Wells/Barbary Mayberry | North Carolina b: 1796 Arkansas City, Arkansas |
W023 |
| W513 | William Wells/Susannah Gwaltney | Wightman's Mecklenburg Co., Virginia b: Cir 1798 to Broken Arrow, Walton Co., Georgia |
W023 |
| W514 | Samuel Wells/Mary Ann Tizzard | Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada b: Cir 1853 | |
| W515 | Levi Wells/Susannah Teeters | Kentucky b: Cir 1795 to Ross and Allen County, Ohio | W008 |
| W516 | Delamar Bryant Wells/Susan Jane Gillikin | Onslow County, North Carolina b: Cir 1822 | W516 |
| W517 | Elbridge G. Wells/Mary Ann Blackmar | Pennsylvania b: Cir 1820 Bradford County, Pennsylvania |
W517 |
| W518 | Varnum G. Wells/Sarah Davis | Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island b: 04 Aug 1782 Chauncey, Athens County, Ohio |
W002 |
| W519 | John B. Wells/Almira Warner | Mayfield, Fulton County, New York b: Apr 29 1813 Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan |
W009 |
| W520 | Joseph Wells/Jane Williams | Yates County, New York b: Cir 1818 Dayton, Tuscola County, Michigan |
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| W521 | Aaron Wells/Elizabeth McCoy/McKay | Jefferson County, Indiana b: Cir 1813 | W006 |
| W522 | Benjamin Wells/Sally Moultrey | Wilkes County, Georgia b: Cir 1818 Carroll County, Mississippi(?) |
W522 |
| W523 | Humphrey/_____ Appling | Queen Anne's County, Maryland b: 28 Feb 1758 Wilkes County, Georgia |
W003 |
| W524 | Abraham Wells/Nancy Oats | Virgina b: Cir 1760 Knox County, Tennessee |
W037 |
| W525 | John Wells / Mary "Polly" Hudspeth | Lawrence County, Arkansas b: Cir 1778 | W023 |