One surname. Thousands of cousins. One collaborative hub.
This is the open, ever-growing home for every Cockerham (and Cockram, Cockrem, Cochran variant) story, photo, DNA result, and family line — built and maintained by the family, for the family.
Live site → https://cockerh.am
- Interactive Global Family Tree – see how we’re all connected and add your branch in minutes
→ /tree - Live Surname Statistics Dashboard – rankings, heat maps, migration trends (1880–today and auto-updating)
→ /stats - Y-DNA & Autosomal Project – public table of Big Y / haplogroups / earliest known ancestors
→ /dna - Notable Cockerhams – hall of fame with photos and short bios
→ /people - Family Archive – old photos, Bible records, letters, gravestones, wills… anything you have
→ /archive - Living History – stories, migrations, and oral traditions submitted by cousins worldwide
Every Cockerham researcher is welcome — whether you have one photo or fifty years of research.
- Click Issues → New Issue
- Pick the template that fits:
- “Add myself / my branch to the tree”
- “Upload a photo or document”
- “Share my DNA results (Y-DNA or autosomal)”
- “Add or update a notable Cockerham”
- “Report a correction”
- Fill in the blanks → Submit
→ I (or another cousin) will merge it and you’ll appear on the live site within hours!
Detailed step-by-step guides (with screenshots): CONTRIBUTING.md
- Monthly auto-updated global & U.S. surname statistics via GitHub Actions
- Migration maps animated over centuries
- One-click “Are we cousins?” matcher using submitted DNA & trees
- Printable PDF family books generated from the collaborative tree
- Discord community for real-time cousin connections (coming soon!)
| Year | Global Rank | Approx. Bearers | US Rank | US Bearers | Concentration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ~70,000th | ~7,000 | 6,633rd | 4,703 | Southeast US |
| 2010 | 71,148th | ~7,000 | 6,943rd | 4,830 | |
| 2025 | 71,148th | ~7,000 | ~7,000th | ~4,900 | Stable |
Full live dashboard → https://cockerh.am/stats
- Maintained with love by James Cockerham (@JamesCockerham on X)
- Email: james@cockerh.am
- Found a cousin or broke through a brick wall because of this site? Tweet it and tag me — I’ll retweet every new connection!
This project only gets better the more of us pitch in.
Your old family photo, your grandfather’s birth year, your Big Y haplogroup — it all matters.
Come make history with us. 🌳
— James & the entire Cockerham diaspora