DNA Tests

I had my DNA tested by Living DNA.

The results for my direct paternal lineage can be found under the "Hales" tab at Our Kentish Genealogy

My direct maternal DNA has its separate tab at Our New Brunswick Genealogy.

FAMILY DNA

This is how my family DNA, which is said to normally give a picture of the past 10 generations or so, compares with my genealogy.

Southwest Scotland and Northern Ireland DNA - 25.4%

Southeast England DNA - 18.8%

Left - Status - Where - Name - Earliest Known Record - Lineage
1875 - Known - Kent, England - Stephen Richard Hales - 1293 (Tilden) - Direct Paternal

Central England DNA - 15.7%

Left - Status - Where - Name - Earliest Family Record - Lineage
1863 - Known - Northants, England - Ellen Gerrard - 1680 (Hawkes) - Maternal
1861 - Known - Warwickshire, England - Martha Keen -1575 (Crofts) - Maternal
1834 - Known - Warwickshire, England - George Smith - 1817 - Maternal

Northwest England DNA - 12.8%

Left - Status - Where - Name - Earliest Family Record - Lineage
1914 Known - Lancashire, England - Nelle Armstrong -1580 (Fairclough) - Paternal

Cumbria DNA - 11.6%

Left - Status - Where - Last Name - Earliest Family Records - Lineage
1861 - Known - Cumberland, England - William Armstrong - 1746 /Clan Armstrong - Paternal

Scandinavia DNA - 4.4%

Left- Status - Where - Name - Earliest Known Record - Lineage
Bef. 1033 - Proposed - Armstrong Clan - Legend - Paternal
900 - DNA Suggests - Scandinavia - Hales - 38% match paternal (Hales) DNA, as opposed to 17% French (probably Norman) and a mere 15% English (where our known history is!) - Paternal

South England DNA - 3.5%

East Anglia DNA - 3.2%

Left - Status - Where - Name - Earliest Known Record - Lineage
1334 - Proposed - Norfolk, England - Nicholas de Hales - 1173 - Direct Paternal

South Wales DNA - 1.8%

Left - Where - Name - Earliest Known Record - Lineage
May come through my Taylor lineage, which goes back to Chester, Cheshire, near the Welsh border.

Aberdeenshire DNA - 1.4%

Left - Status - Where - Name - Earliest Known Record - Lineage
1826 - Known - Aberdeenshire, Scotland - Mary Irvine - Bef 1370 (Gordon) - Maternal

Northwest Scotland DNA - 1.4%

Left - Status - Where - Name - Earliest Known Record - Lineage
1776 - Known - Perthshire, Scotland - Duncan Robertson - 1750? /Clan - Maternal
1772 - Proposed - Inverness, Scotland - Mary Cumming - 1770 - Maternal

MISSING DNA?

Left - Status - Where - Name - Earliest Known Record - Lineage - Argument
1830 - Known - Kildare, Ireland - Michael Archibald - 1794 - Maternal - Did this DNA not pass down to me? Or could the family have been in Northern Ireland prior to this?
bef. 1869 - Known - Roscommon, Ireland - Robert Gerratty - 1847/ Clan Mageraghty - Maternal - Either the DNA did not pass to me, or Michael Gerratty from Roscommon is not Robert’s real father.
bef 1775 - Proposed - Africa - Williams - African origin - Maternal - Nine of Elizabeth Williams direct descendants have had DNA tests. My test is one of the four that did report African DNA. The other five had DNA from parts of Africa where slaves were obtained during the 18th century. This suggests the legend of her father's being a "black from Jamaica" is true, but when did William's family come from Africa? The first African slaves arrived on Jamaica in 1513. Was Williams DNA 100% African? 50% African? 25% African?

Google Sites

Report abuse