Welcome New Administrator, Gordon Lavoie, to the Acadian Amerindian Ancestry Family Tree DNA Project!

Please welcome new Administrator, Gordon Lavoie to our Acadian Amerindian Ancestry DNA Project team.

Gordon, as a member of the Acadian Amerindian Ancestry DNA Project, is a regular contributor to the dialog on the members-only "Activity Feed" where he frequently responds, in detail, to questions about DNA haplogroups and the genealogical connections among our project members -- with references!

While I was writing an email to him, thanking him for his kindness and well-considered responses to our project members' questions on our site, it came to me that I should ask Gordon to join our project as an Administrator. So, I followed my instincts, asked Gordon to join us, and was so delighted when he accepted and then came aboard.

As background, Gordon Lavoie was raised in St. Edward, PEI, and after graduating from Tignish Regional High School, he attended the University of Prince Edward Island. Gordon completed his studies at Laval University in 1982 where he earned an honours specialization in Linguistics. Back in PEI, Gordon embarked on a 33-year journey with the Federal Government in a variety of positions, retiring from Public Safety Canada in 2015. Gordon has, and continues to volunteer time on various community organizations and projects.

He is currently President of the "Conseil d'administration du Musée Acadien" in Miscouche. Gordon is an avid and experienced genealogist and hosts a database at the Acadian Museum Research Centre which helps 300,000 plus Acadian descendants to connect with their Acadian ancestors, who arrived in Acadia from France some 400 years ago.

Most important to new and long-time project members, Gordon is "one of us" and his knowledge of our Acadian - Amerindian lineages, the haplogroups that arise from Acadian Amerindian Ancestry DNA project data, and respect for the value of DNA analysis to genealogical research, are best expressed in his professional signature:

Gordon's DNA signature: mtDNA - U6a7a1a (Lejeune - Acadian) and Y-DNA - R-BY41645 (de la Voye - French-Canadian) - or simply, a person.

Signature ADN de Gordon : ADNmt - U6a7a1a (Lejeune - Acadien) et ADNy - R-BY41645 (de la Voye - Canadien-français) - ou tout simplement, une personne.

Best Regards,
Marie Rundquist, Volunteer Administrator
Acadian Amerindian Ancestry DNA Project