Lura / Mike,
I will refer this to the FTDNA people and see their response.
I'm not sure if I have ever corresponded with Mike. I did a lot of research
on the family of Bishop John Patrick Carroll of Helena, Montana. His family
ended up in Dubuque, Iowa and did a lot of things with my Carroll family
there ( Wakes and so forth ) but I did research his family roots and was
able to locate them to the early 1800's living in the Virginia area of
Country Cavan. Another Carroll, Mary, who was also from County Cavan and
born in 1822 claimed to be related to Bishop Carroll and also to the
O'Carroll Clan of Ely. Many of her relatives lived in Minnesota, in fact on
was the Head Sister of a Big Catholic Hospital there. It is very
interesting that this is the region that Mike's family has come from. It
also happened that a lot of Irish families dispersed to other parts of
Ireland in the years around the time of the 1798 Rebellion and also what is
called the Diamond Wars. This was mentioned to me by the Genealogy Center
in County Mayo.
I will try to get back as soon as possible. I will be travelling so it
might be two weeks.
Sincerely
Kevin
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From: "Lura" <luraj(a)triad.rr.com>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 11:50 PM
To: <carroll-dna(a)rootsweb.com>
Subject: [CARROLL-DNA] Attention Kevin and Mike
Kevin,
If a person has had a DNA sample tested at another lab, will you be
able to add those values to our project chart. I know that some of
the numbers must be "adjusted" to make them compatible with the
testing procedures at FTDNA. I'm sure this would make the task much
more difficult for you, since you can download them from FTDNA.
However, if each person who had results from another lab, would tweak
the numbers into the pattern FTDNA uses, would you have time to type
the individual numbers into our chart?
Now Mike,
I've gone back to an older letter in my "Answer when you have time"
folder, and gotten this letter from you. What about the man with whom
you matched? Could you get him to add his profile to the chart, if he
can get the numbers to Kevin after having made the adjustments
necessary to match FTDNA values... IF Kevin can do that?
What about your other six markers? You had 43 done at DNA Heritage,
so you have at least 6 more not showing on the Carroll Project chart.
Since some of the alleles tested are different from those at FTDNA,
there will likely be more than six that could be added.
But what would trying to add values from different laboratories do for
everyone else... even if Kevin has time and can do the increased
amount of work? Maybe some others of you would like to comment on
that part of this. Would the chart be more confusing? Would it make
trying to make comparisons harder?
More about this later.
Lura Southard
List Administrator,
CARROLL-DNA(a)rootsweb.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Carroll" <cavan(a)usfamily.net>
To: <carroll-dna(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [CARROLL-DNA] Introduction
: Hi Peter,
:
: I too would like to welcome you to the group! I read with interest
your
: message of introduction, since both you and I have O'Carroll
ancestors in
: Ireland. I hope you do join us by taking part in DNA testing. I
did so a
: couple of years ago when I found a gentleman living in County Meath
Ireland
: whose ancestors were from the same townland as mine. His surname is
: O'Carroll, and we matched perfectly on the DNA Heritage 43 marker
test.
: He's been able to track his branch of the family back to the early
1800s,
: but I haven't been quite so successful. Unfortunately, we still
haven't
: found that common ancestor.
:
: As far as I've been able to determine, our Carroll (O'Carroll)
ancestors
: were "removed" from their lands near Abbey Leix in the 1600s, and
travelled
: to the area near Virginia, County Cavan. It's from there that my
branch of
: the family emigrated to Minnesota, USA in the late 1800s.
:
: Once again, welcome, and good luck with your research!
:
: Mike Carroll
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:
: -----Original Message-----
: From: carroll-dna-bounces(a)rootsweb.com
: [mailto:carroll-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Carroll
: Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 12:05 PM
: To: carroll-dna(a)rootsweb.com
: Subject: Re: [CARROLL-DNA] Introduction
:
: Hey Peter!
: Welcome to the group and greetings from Texas.
: Jeff Carroll
:
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: ----- Original Message -----
: From: "Peter Carroll" <peter.carroll4(a)tesco.net>
: To: <CARROLL-DNA(a)rootsweb.com>
: Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 12:34 PM
: Subject: [CARROLL-DNA] Introduction
:
: > Hello all,
: >
: > I've just joined the list, so I'll briefly introduce myself: my
name is
: > Peter Carroll, I live in England and I'm trying to trace my family
back to
:
: > the original Irish clan (sept). According to family tradition my
ggg
: > grandfather, Edward Carroll, left Ireland for Wales in 1847 having
: > suffered from 'fever', dropping the 'O' prefix from his surname
into the
: > Irish Sea on the way over; a second cousin of my father remembers
her
: > grandfather (one of Edward's grandsons) talking about the 'tribes
of
: > Ireland' but cannot remember any more than that; and Edward's
father,
: > John, is meant to have come from Co. Tipperary. This all this
seems to
: > hint at a descent from the O'Carrolls of Ely O'Carroll, but the
paper
: > trail seems to have come to an end with my gggg grandfather. I'm
hoping
: > that using DNA will either prove or disprove this theory.
: >
: > I have a solid paper trail back to my ggg grandfather, Edward
Carroll, who
: > was born in Co. Clare in 1824, and I know that his father was John
: > Carroll, a carpenter and shopkeeper. Briefly the line from John to
myself
: > is as follows:
: >
: > John Carroll; presumably b. before 1810 in Ireland (possibly Co.
: > Tipperary)
: >
: > Edward Carroll; b. 24 Nov. 1824, R.C. Parish of Liscannor, Co.
Clare,
: > Ireland
: >
: > Edwin Carroll; b. 22 Jul. 1849, Pontantwn, Carmarthenshire, Wales
: >
: > Thomas John Carroll; b. 1 Aug. 1880, Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales
: >
: > James Edwin Carroll; b. 31 Dec. 1911, Gateshead-on-Tyne, England
: >
: > M. Carroll; b. 1937, Glamorgan, Wales
: >
: > Peter Carroll (myself); b. 25 Apr. 1963, Salisbury, Wiltshire,
England
: >
: > In the new year (when there are less demands on my coffers) I plan
to join
: > the Carroll DNA Project. I find it very exciting to think that
this new
: > area of genealogy might possibly answer a question which I thought
I'd
: > never know the answer to, and maybe even uncover a few new distant
cousins
: > in the process. In the meantime I'm trying to get my head around
how this
: > whole DNA thing works.
: >
: > Peter
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