Huguenot Genetics

[RyoHazuki]

I managed to track down the paper trail for my Huguenot ancestors. They mostly originated in Nîmes, but moved directly to South Carolina instead of elsewhere in Europe. How much would Southern American Huguenots have differed from Huguenots that assimilated into English, German, Dutch, Swedish, etc societies?

Surnames: Chauvet (Nîmes), Dumas (Nîmes), Chatonat (Mézières-sur-Couesnon, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne), Blondeau (Dampierre-en-Crot), Avant/Aunant (Nîmes), DeLochiou (Arcadia, Canada), de la Via (Pas-de-Calais), Ferreris (Enkhuizen, Netherlands)

[Flashball]

de la Via? This is not a typical last name from the North of France..

[RyoHazuki]

de la Via? This is not a typical last name from the North of France..

The moved from Northern France to Amsterdam. Is that name more common in other regions? Is it possible they moved north?

[Flashball]

The moved from Northern France to Amsterdam. Is that name more common in other regions? Is it possible they moved north?

Sound like a spaniard last name?
https://en.geneanet.org/fonds/individus/?go=1&nom=de+la+Via&nom_conjoint=&prenom=&prenom_conjoint=&prenom_operateur=and&size=20&with_variantes_nom=&with_variantes_nom_conjoint=&with_variantes_prenom=&with_variantes_prenom_conjoint=

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