I'm sorry to intrude, but if anyone in the Calhoun Clan is related to my
great great uncle Dabney Puckett, his two daughters married two Calhoun
brother, Nathan Calhoun and Downs Calhoun, I would love to chat about my
information. They went from North Carolina, to South Carolina to Alabama
then to Louisiana.
Thank you
Margie Puckett Barton
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Subject: Re: [Calhoun] John C CALHOUN connections & DNA?
Lissa:
My maternal grandfather is related to John C Calhoun through his mother, and
is a Kerr on his father's side. After I had my uncle's YDNA and autosomal
DNA results from FTDNA I contacted the Calhoun project, who reviewed his
autosomal DNA results. As more Calhoun males take the autosomal DNAtest and
more females also take the test, the Calhoun project leads will have a data
set to begin comparisons with. In my grandfather's case, his Calhoun line
is an unbroken male line before reaching his mother. We hope that the
autosomal results will help tie us to Calhoun cousins.
What I don't know is how anyone is going to to sort the original male
Calhoun (originally Colquhoun in Scotland) who took the name of the land
after marrying the Lady Luss. The land was called Colquhoun. At least this
is what I was told by the person running the Clan museum in Luss when I
visited in 2011. The museum is now closed due to flooding issues.
Lexi
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Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Calhoun] John C CALHOUN connections & DNA?
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Lissa,
If you are exploring your father's Calhoun ancestry, you should consider
getting the Y-DNA test done through
familytreedna.com. That one
specifically tests the male line that is attached to a surname, or in this
case to a couple of them, I guess (Calhoun and Kirkpatrick). And then those
DNA results can be submitted (for free) to a "surname project," in this case
the Calhoun Project and/or Kilpatrick/Kirkpatrick Project.
The Y-DNA test is more expensive than the autosomal test (that's what
Ancestry does), and you would want to test at the highest level you can
afford, at least 37 markers or 67 markers. This test must be done by a male
descendant of your Calhoun male ancestors (your father, brother, uncle,
etc.), but you can manage it yourself, with your email address. Like the
others, it's done with a cheek swab. Y-DNA is a certain type of DNA that is
passed down virtually unchanged from father to son to son to son, etc.
The autosomal DNA tests are also wonderful, and fun, and they might also
help you with your Calhouns and all your other lines.
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