Happy New Year
2025 has been a relatively quiet year here at The Reeves Project (TRP). We've seen our membership grow with 26 new accounts being activated during the year and we ended the year with 587 activated accounts.During 2025 we have collectively added just 126 new pages, the lowest annual number since TRP started.
What remains a little disappointing is that just less than one fifth of our community members have logged into TRP during the past year and only a small proportion of those have been actively contributing. Is your branch of your R*v*(s) tree, including all those 3g Aunts and Uncles, fully documented at TRP? Probably not and we'd welcome your contributions. If you need help, reach out to your mentor team via its talk page. (See First Steps - Part 3 for a reminder of how to use our Talk pages ...)
Wiki Stats - End December 2025
The total number of pages in the Wiki (as at 1 January 2026) now stands at 14856 (previously 14852, 14846, 14846), another modest increase of four pages during Decemberr. Of the total, 3045 pages (was 3045, 3045, 3045) begin with a number and are most probably a date related gleaning. We currently have 6669 wiki pages categorised as "People", of which 6141 begin with the letter "R".Community members should log in to see more.
TRP Users
During December we have received three new enquiries about membership of TRP. We ended the month with 600 user accounts registered in TRP, an increase of one over the previous month. As yet, this new account has yet to be activated by the requesting user.If you are having issues activating your account or have simply lost interest, please do let us know. Please contact New User Admin by sending an email to TRP123 (at) TheReevesProject (dot) org if you're stuck and need help or have subsequently decided you don't want to join our community. If you are not yet a member and would like to contribute to our community, please see our About Us page to find out a little more about TRP and then please complete our Join Us form to start the membership enrolment process.
Whether you joined TRP recently or a while ago, if you have yet to do so, please set a meaningful name for yourself as described in First Steps - Part 1. It isn't difficult and only takes a couple of minutes to do. If it helps, think of it as a (small) name label badge; so your first name plus the surname by which you are presently known (or at least the surname initial) would generally be a good choice. You'll find links to the remainder of the our six part First Steps as part of the FAQ - First Steps. Those same First Steps are also a great refresher for anybody returning to The Reeves Project after a period away.
Reeves DNA Project Update - 4q2025
During the fourth quarter of 2025 we've had three new members joining the Reeves DNA Project at FtDNA. As of 30 December 2025, the total current membership is now 469.October was a quiet month. During November we welcomed David and in December Donna and Billy have joined the project.
Through the past quarter we've not seen any new sets of Y-DNA test results to share with the Project.
As ever, we would encourage all Y-DNA donors or their representatives to make contact and allow us to identify them within TRP. It never too late to send us your consent to be named, even if you originally took your test many years ago.
There has been a steady stream of match notifications for existing members of our project during the past quarter, including 5 notifications of Y-111 matches, 6 notifications of Y-67 matches and 14 notifications of Y-37 matches. These included at the end of December matches with members of DNA Group 16.
During the past quarter we've seen no notifications for existing project members receiving new Big-Y results.
Membership Criteria & DNA Group XX
Unlike some one name DNA studies, the Reeves DNA Project is happy to welcome all those with an interest in the Reeves surname (and its variants), regardless of their gender or their surname. For those who have taken a Y-DNA test, if your results match one of our pre-existing Groups, we will automatically link your kit with that group. All other Y-DNA test results remain in the ungrouped pool.However, keeping the ungrouped pool free of Y-DNA results we know should never expect a Reeves Y-DNA match makes life much easier for both the admins and those project members hoping to find a Reeves Y-DNA match. If your connection to the R*v*(s) surname is from a female ancestor and you have taken a Y-DNA test, please take a minute to read DNA Group XX's home page within TRP.
Year End Summary - 2025
Across the whole of 2025 we welcomed nineteen new members to the Reeves DNA Project and the year end total is now 469 members..At the end of 2025, the project has 287 members who have taken some level of Y-DNA test, an increase of 5 over the past year. Of these, 253 are tests of a Y-37 or higher resolution. The Y-37 test is now considered the entry level Y-DNA test within this project to allow matching to be undertaken with reasonable certainty. If you currently only have results for a Y-12 or Y-25 test, we suggest you consider upgrading to at least the Y-37 level. It is always worth checking to see if upgrades are included in the various FtDNA sales though the year. Note however, upgrades beyond Y-111 tend not to represent value for money within our project, unless you are actively working closely with other Y-DNA cousins to identify your shared ancestors.
There have been no new DNA Groups created in the Reeves DNA Project during 2025.
If you missed last quarter's summary, the DNA Project Update for 3q2024 is available here.