The MAYO FAMILIES OF SEPHARDIC ORIGIN Project is open to all who are interested in working together to find their common heritage through sharing of information and DNA testing. All variant spellings are welcome (MAYO, DE MAYO, MAIO, DE MAIO, MAJO, DE MAJO, MAIU, DE MAIU, MAGGIO, DE MAGGIO, MAYA, etc.).

This project is focused on the MAYO families of Sephardic ancestry. After the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, the MAYOs moved to numerous regions, primarily around the Mediterrean area and especially the Ottoman Empire. Several members of this group have traced their families back to the late 1700s. We will be able to see if we have common ancestry, and furthermore, narrow down the year of which two people had a common ancestor using the newer Y-DNA37 test. We will know which families may be more closely related to others. We feel that this will help us to better understand and to be able to proceed much more efficiently with our research. Also, this will enable us to formulate a map of the paths that our ancestors took following their expulsion from Spain. It would be extremely interesting.

Please e-mail the group administration, Robert RUBIN MAYO, if you have any questions or comments at bob_rubin@hotmail.com and visit the website:

http://www.familytreedna.com/public/MayoFamiliesOfSephardicO...

Thanks.

Robert RUBIN MAYO