Penny,
It would be great if you could have one of your Carroll surname males join
the DNA project. If you would like to know more about the project and some
info about the Carroll's you can look at the following websites. As you do
more research you will find that while the Carroll surname primarily comes
from the British Isles, the name is also found in other countries. For
example, in Russian the word King is KAROL so it would be possible for
Russian moving to another country to write their name as carol or carroll.
These same type of translations could exist in many situations. As you
know, many of the Irish it the 17 and 1800's did not speak English so names
were written by English speakers as they sounded not necessarily as they
might actually be!
http://www.childtalk.com/History/carrollfamilydna.html
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/carroll/
I did some research on one family of Carroll surname who originated in
County Cavan. The father, Thomas was born around 1798 while the mother,
Margaret McMahon, county Meath about the same time. Most of their children
immigrated to the United States, however at least one, Owen immigrated to
Australia. There is another brother who may have gone but we do not have
his name. Two Brothers fought on the Confederate side in the American
Civil War ( One Terence died in the conflict ).
As mentioned by Lura, the surname project crosses all borders and is not
only a United States project. If you can get one of your relatives to
participate it would be nice if they could have the 37 marker test done
since this is a very good test for close relationships. You can go into the
familytreedna.com website and look at the FAQ's ( Frequently Asked
Questions ) in order to find answers to many questions.
Good luck and we will look forward to the possibility of your family joining
the project.
Sincerely
Kevin Carroll
Voluntee
Administrator FamilyTreeDNA Carroll Surname Project,
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From: "Penny Ferguson" <fergcanb(a)grapevine.net.au>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 3:37 AM
To: <CARROLL-DNA(a)rootsweb.com>
Subject: [CARROLL-DNA] Australian CARROLLS/CARRALLS
I note that this is primarily an American List. Do you know where
the
original Carroll/Carrells came from? There were quite a few Carrolls that
came to Australia in the 1790's to early 1800s. Mine was Peter Carroll on
the first convict ship from Ireland and was a possible Defender. He
started
out with an unfair disadvantage. He was a RC, Irish, Convict and ?
possibly
did not speak English but gaelic. His sons in the early Australian state
of
NSW were Carroll around the town of Windsor NSW and those who traveled
north became Carrall. Until I did Carroll (!) research, those who were
Carrall would not accept that they were of the same family. Lots of lovely
photos and certificates later it is now fact. Nobody has traced Peters
parents as yet but he was convicted at Louth. I can possibly find a
descendant of the name Carroll/Carrall to see if we can find a DNA
match -at
least 7 gens. Is this worthwhile at this stage or would it not compare
with
any existing ? My own line is mother, grandmother, g grandmother,
ggfather then Peter 1. I guess my DNA would not be "reliable"? as not a
straight paternal line. I would be interested in a reply. With thanks,
Penny in Australia
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