The Rodgers Family Y-DNA

Several years ago, I had a Rodgers-line male first cousin take a Y-DNA test to ascertain where our Rodgers family belongs within the much larger Rogers-Rodgers Surname Project; as of Sep 2025 there are 1062 men tested within this project. The test that cousin Tom Mackovitch took was a Y12, the smallest test available, and I plan on upgrading this test as soon as possible. This data places the Rodgers male line going back to James & Margaret Rodgers in haplogroup R-M269. These are the results from Tom's test:

Marker DYS393 DYS390 DYS19 ** DYS391 DYS385 DYS426 DYS388 DYS439 DYS389I DYS392 DYS389II
Value 13 23 14 11 10-14 12 12 12 13 13 29
**DYS19 is also known as DYS394

Tom's test results show almost 460 Y-DNA matches and they're all with a plethora of surnames. These are the individuals, below, who are surnamed Rogers or Rodgers, many of them not appearing in the above-mentioned Rogers-Rodgers Surname Project. There doesn't appear to be any other descendant of James & Margaret Rodgers within this list. Half of the test takers didn't provide, or don't know, their earliest known paternal ancestor or country of origin, though the other half predominantly provided Ireland or Northern Ireland.

Genetic Paternal Country   Earliest Known
Name Test Taken Distance of Origin Paternal Ancestor Haplogroup

Dr. Billy Russell Rodgers Y700 1 step unknown Mathew Rodgers (d. 1795)**** R-FT52249
Blaine Eugene Rodgers Y111 1 step Antrim, Ireland William Rodgers R-U106
Bruce Rodgers Y700 1 step unknown Robert Wooding Rodgers (d. bef. 1850) R-FT351452
Bryan Alexander Rodgers Y700 1 step unknown George Rodgers (aft.1776-1810)*** R-FT52249
William Rodgers Y700 1 step Ireland George Rodgers (aft.1776-1810)*** R-FT52249
Henry Clarke Rodgers Jr. Y12 1 step Northern Ireland Andrew Rodgers (d. 1755)***** R-M269
Jay Rodgers Y37 1 step unknown n/a R-M269

Alan Rogers Y700 1 step Northern Ireland George Rodgers (1662-1743) R-FT351452
Cecil Rogers Y37 1 step unknown n/a R-M269
Charles A. Rogers Y67 1 step unknown n/a R-M269
Douglas W. Rogers Y37 1 step unknown n/a R-M269
Duane Rogers Y37 1 step unknown n/a R-M269
Garry W.C. Rogers Y12 1 step Northern Ireland Andrew Rogers* R-M269
Rev. James Arthur Rogers Y37 1 step unknown Andrew Rogers* R-M269
Gordon Rogers Y700 1 step England John Rogers (1669-?)** R-FT227260
Mark Edward Rogers Y111 1 step unknown Cornelius Dupont Rogers (1805-1865) R-M269
Mark Richard Rogers Y37 1 step Scotland n/a R-M269
William Drewry Rogers Y700 1 step Ireland Andrew Rogers (1797-?) R-FT351452
Norman Rogers Y37 1 step Ireland William Rogers (1823-?) R-M269
Virgil Eugene Rogers Y37 1 step unknown James Rogers (1742-1828) R-M269
Z. Rogers Y111 1 step unknown Robert Charles Rogers R-CTS2509

*Immigrant to New Brunswick, Canada.
**Born in Blisland, Cornwall.
***Died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
****Died in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
*****Died in Lunenburg County, Virginia.

It's pretty clear from the data that the Rodgers were ultimately Scottish in origin, through migrations into Ireland.