Hello Chapman Researchers!
My name is Jane Gilbert, and I'm the administrator of the Gilbert Y-DNA Project.
I'm looking into a possible non-paternity event between one of my Gilbert project
participants and a Chapman line. On his Family Tree DNA matches page, I see a 36/37
match with one Chapman and a 34/37 match with another. All the marker differences
involved fast-moving markers and on the 34/37 match, there's a two-step difference on
one marker.
While these results imply a connection between my Gilbert participant and the Chapman
line, there's no way of knowing where or when the connection took place. It could
have been 200 years ago or 500 years ago. While I don't have much hope of getting to
the bottom of it, I figure I'd least try to collect some information for my
participant.
I can also see at
ysearch.org that at least three other descendants of Robert Chapman of
Saybrook, CT. have been tested by other companies and matched the Family Tree DNA
participant.
Below are the two Chapman matches I see in the FTDNA database:
37109 Isreal Chapman 36/37
91825 Robert Chapman of Saybrook, CT 34/47
I'm wondering if anyone out there has compiled these lineages of the Chapmans who have
been tested by both Family Tree DNA and the other test companies referenced on Ysearch?
Has a connection between the Israel Chapman line and the Robert Chapman line been
established? More information on Israel would be greatly appreciated.
Also, does anyone know if any branch of this Chapman line went to Canada?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Jane Gilbert
http://www.janegilbert.org/gilbertdna/results.htm