Help research the Acadian - Cajun David (pronounced dah-veed) family line. The earliest- known progenitor of this line, Jean Pierre David dit Saint Michael, who was born in the Parish of Saint Nazaire, France, was exiled from the Fortress of Louisbourg in Nova Scotia, Canada, by the British in 1758 and died en route to La Rochelle. The bloodline of ancestor Master Blacksmith Jean Pierre David, carried in the Y Chromosome DNA of his sons and paternal line descendants, now living in the United States, may very well be the most promising key to the David family's lost legacy -- in France!

Genealogy researchers in France: The Acadian Amerindian Ancestry Family Tree DNA Project and Jean Pierre David dit Saint Michel descendant, Earl David, encourage MALE participants who have the "David" surname and suspect that they are related to our earliest known ancestor, Jean Pierre David dit Saint Michel (originally of France) to verify their genealogy and order a Y chromosome DNA test through the David dit Saint Michel Family Tree DNA project. (Click here to place your order).  Please contact the administrator if you have questions about ordering your test.

Re-live ancestry!  Travel back in time to over 300 years ago for the live story of Jean Pierre David dit Saint Michel his family and descendants by visiting Earl David’s website, Davids of New France, at http://www.DavidsofNewFrance.com.  Please contact Earl David directly for questions about the David family line of France.

For the full article about our research of "David DNA" and the lineage of Jean David dit Saint Michel, Master Blacksmith at the Fortress of Louisbourg, in Nova Scotia, Canada, read: https://familyheritageresearchcommunity.org/david-dna

Excellent and informative summation of the National Genographic project's exciting work tracing earliest origins.  Thank you for your kind notice, Dr. Vilar!  Click anywhere in the image below or visit the referenced link to view the presentation.

Reference: nmnh.typepad.com/files/february-2018-vilar-psw-seminar.pdf

Thank you, Roberta Estes, for your kind mention of our Acadian Amerindian Ancestry DNA Project, the Haplogroup A Project, and Anne Marie Rimbault in your latest blog post about mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) testing! Thank you three times over! Anne Marie Rimbault's matrilineal descendants belong to the A2f1a mtDNA haplogroup mentioned in your article, verified through FTDNA's full genomic sequence testing and we all match! Anne Marie, her history, and her lineage, and these results, have guided all who belong to her vast, and geographically dispersed, extended Acadian Amerindian family home.

Visit Roberta's blog to read her post about mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) testing dna-explained.com/2019/05/16/mitochondrial-dna-part-1-overview/

Visit here to learn more about the Acadian Amerindian Ancestry DNA Project: https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/acadian-amerindian/about/background

Visit here to learn more about the Haplogroup A Project: https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/haplogroup-a-mtdna/about

For the full story about Anne Marie Unknown of Port Royal, Nova Scotia (who was first married to the unknown Pinet and then to Rene Rimbault), her extended family's wide-ranging history and genealogy (with extensive references!) before and after the Acadian Expulsion from Nova Scotia that began in 1755, order Revisiting Anne Marie and Cajun By Any Other Name.