For those of you that have had frustrations with being identified with a
lonely Haplograph are going through what I went through some time past. My R1a
Haplogroup is very limited in the Carter-cousins project with no identical
matches in the 12-marker sequence. Naturally, if you have no match in the
12-marker sequence, to get additional tests would no gain anything.
If you have a Scot/Irish ancestry, your problem may be similar to mine. I
pair $19.95 to Y-search to have my Dan transferred over to their site. I
discovered that I did, in fact, have several matches there - however, the
surnames were entirely different. I also submitted my Dna to the Sorenson Group
which is a FREE genealogy service and the results were the same. a number of
matches, but the surnames were different from mine.
When England ruled Ireland (or part of it) they required all Irish to drop
the "Mc" and "mac" from their names. They also required anyone with
an
obvious Irish name to change it - often to reflect the trade they were in - such as
Baker, Carter, Cooper, etc. For this reason, many farmer McCarter,
McCarthy, MacArthur, etc. became simply Carter. Many other surnames were changed to
Carter to reflect this as their trade.
In addition, many Irish/Scotch changed their names when they came to
America. Of the many that were hired by the British to fight in the Revolutionary
War, "jumped ship" and changed their names to blend in with the Amrerican
patriots whom many joined.
So, if you are at a brickwall on your research, you might consider Y-search
or Sorenson to expand your research.
Vic Carter
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