Hello Eileen,
It is always good to meet another possible relative. Perhaps there is
a kinship in far away days, and there may be some on the list whose
ancestors did not leave Ireland or another "old country" until after
1800. However, many of us who are so totally against a brick wall
know our ancestors were here by 1750.
I don't know of a way that you could be tested by DNA to reveal your
CARROLL lineage. Only a man can take the Y-DNA test, because that
genetic material is passed only from father to son, to son, to son, to
son, etc. You are exactly correct in thinking that since your
great-granduncle James died without children, you would have to go
back and see if his father Denis had any brothers. If so, maybe they
had sons whose descendants could be tested.
If you take the mtDNA test for women, you might learn about your
MATERNAL only lineage. It would show your mother, her mother, her
mother, etc.
There are other tests beginning to gain attention which claim to show
a person's total background. I know very little about them, but
frankly I am somewhat skeptical about some of them. They don't test
enough alleles to make any kind of valid judgment. I'm afraid some of
the hype attached to this by the media might tend to cause people to
not trust the valid tests done by independent labs such as
FamilyTreeDNA. If you decide to have this kind of test, I would
encourage you to research the lab carefully and pay for testing the
largest number of markers possible.
Lura
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Eileen Grady" <eileengr(a)optonline.net>
To: <carroll-dna(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [CARROLL-DNA] Orange and Rockingham Counties, NC
: Hi, I am new to your website. I have been researching my genealogy
for the
: last 5 years. We have a Carroll connection but not in the US that I
know of
: yet. My great grandmother was a Carroll. She had five sisters and
one
: brother, James. He died in 1891 but was single and without children
as none
: were mentioned in his will.
: But I would bet that his father, Denis had brothers. I just haven't
found
: them yet.
: They all lived in Wexford Ireland and were mostly connected with the
sea.
: James was a sailor who came to the US and became a citizen in 1853,
: captained a barque ( ship) to the Orient and eventually settled in
Japan
: where he lived. I would imagine the rest of them stayed in Wexford
but some
: may have immigrated to the US.
: If anyone on your list has any information in this area I would
appreciate
: it. I will have to look into this DNA testing to see how it might
help me.
: It would not be giving me direct ancestors but would be branching
out on my
: tree. Right now I am in a forest because of my branching out
forays.
:
: Oh yeah, I was also born in Ireland but in Dublin. I live in the US.
: Thank you.
:
: Eileen Grady ( Doyle/Duff/Carroll/Murphy/Lawlor)
:
:
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