Lorna's research logs and links

Surname DNA projects

The first three following projects were formed (by me) in Oct 2007 to test particular theories as to relationships of several families who are probably related, but we lacked any sort of proof.
The ROWE one was added Feb 2008, an already existing project I've assumed a co-ordinator role for, and the DAW(E) one set up from scratch shortly thereafter.
None are restricted to my particular families however, and the more participants the better as we may find all sorts of connections between the lines being researched.
The FAIRBAIRN one already has linked up two other previously unconnected families, and the RUNCIMAN one proved a family rumour of a connection between the Scottish branch at Wanton Walls, Lauder, and the American branch in Michigan. Hopefully the SINTON one will shortly do so too (which it did in Nov 2008).
The FINLAYSON one was added Aug 2008 because one didn't exist and a friend wanted to see what dna testing could help him with.
Spread the word, the more tests for comparison between lines the better.

DNA Projects Portal (will eventually supercede the individual surname project links below, and include the lineages and a haplogroup tree for those tested)
RUNCIMAN Surname project
SINTON Surname project
FAIRBAIRN Surname project
ROWE Surname project
DAWE Surname project
FINLAYSON Surname project

DNA testing

The following links are for the testing company involved in the above surname projects and an associated service for presenting & discussing results and recording pedigrees

Search for relations via DNA results

Apart from the specific surname projects, there are also search engines where you can record your results and search for ancestors who may not have joined a specific project

ysearch find your paternal relations
mito search find your maternal relations via mitochondrial dna (mtDNA)