Lura,
I recently saw a reference to a list of an unbelievable 242 different ways
of spelling the surname Carroll, etc. Yikes! But perhaps most of these
sound alike variations are covered under Soundex C640.
Although there are many descendants of the Irish O'Carrolls in America, I
have recently found families of Carels and Karels who were Dutch immigrants
in New Netherlands (New York) in the 1700s. Both of these spellings also
mean Charles when used as a given name.
There are Carrels, Carels, Carls, Karrels, Karels and Karls in Switzerland,
Czechoslovakia, the Ukraine, in Germany, in France and all over eastern
Europe and the Balkans. And for that matter there are Carrolls in Malaysia
and Singapore who are Asian Indian.
There are NO male Carroll descendants of Charles Carroll of Carrollton,
unless they were born after 1850, if at all. You can satisfy yourself that
this is true by examining the genealogy of that family. If there is such a
living male descendant of Charles Carroll of Carrollton I wish he would step
forward with his proven paper trail and a sample of his Y-DNA for the
ongoing Carroll Surname Y-Chromosome DNA Project. I would personally offer
to pay for his Y-DNA test.
Eric Olson, son of Edith Carroll
Carroll-DNA list administrator
CARROLL-DNA-L(a)rootsweb.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lura" <luraj(a)triad.rr.com>
To: <CARROLL-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 5:27 PM
Subject: [CARROLL] Name Spelling and DNA Profile
Barbara, I agree with your suggestion regarding posting Queries.
As far as the spelling. . . We know that the languages spoken in Ireland,
Scotland,
and the Channel Islands were very different from
the Old English spoken by some of the early colonists from England.
I
believe that many who came here before 1750 with a name that
has become CARROLL, had a spelling that might have helped us locate
their
background if we only knew the early name.
Of course, many very early colonists couldn't write their name, so they
became
whomever the ship captain, clerk, or census taker
happened to write down.
I agree that we must look for all spellings that might sound the least bit
like
Carroll. That would include Carl, Karl, Karol,
Karlle, etc, because not all who now spell the name Carroll came from
Ireland.
One tool now available to determine the region from which a CARROLL male
lineage
came is the Carroll Y-DNA Project through
FamilyTreeDNA. If there are men with the name Carroll (any spelling)
who
would be willing to scrape the inside of their cheek for
what is said to be "junk" chromosomes for comparison with
other Carroll
lines, it would make it easier for them to establish a
lineage. To read more about this check the sites below.
Lura
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/carroll/
http://www.childtalk.com/History/carrollfamilydna.html
http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?code=F25174&special=True
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Beajaye56(a)aol.com>
To: <CARROLL-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 7:22 PM
Subject: [CARROLL] (no subject)
Hi Everyone,
Just that I might share a few thoughts, When posting on a Carroll family
Please post some dates, Places and it would help other that are willing
to look
for this family and Idea on what ages to look for, and also I have
found
my
Carrell family under every spelling under the sun, here are a few
Carrell,
Carroll, Cairoll, Carrol, Carol, Carrol, and Carel, Caurell,
Thank you
Barbara Carrell (maiden) Carroll (married)