Re: A Parr DNA question
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Re: A Parr DNA question
Jack Findley 2/19/08
Jack,
The Parr DNA site is operated by Trish Parr. The DNA set-up is managed by Deb Malafront. Both are excellent to deal with. You can contact them directly from the site. I don't know if they would allow your family tree.
I look at the VA / KY Parr line as separate from mine - because there is no data support a connection. I know my earliest Parr ancestors were on Long Island in the mid 1600s. I believe there were VA Parrs about the same time. Really, the only way to ever prove or disprove a connection will be with DNA. Someone in the VA/KY line (and there could easily be more than one unrelated line in the group) needs to submit a sample to see if it matches mine. I'm listed under John Parr and Mary Corwin the the Parr DNA site.
You can also go to ysearch.org and compare your Findley DNA with a large international group. You may discover as many of us have - that there are 12/12 matches that you are unrelated to - as far as we know. You need the 25+ marker to be more sure.
My Parr line did migrate to GA after the Revolutionary War, but I don't think it's connected to yours.
The other Parr line I know about in GA started with William Pair / Parr born abt 1693 in Sussex, VA. His son Thomas migrated through NC. His son Bridges Parr (the first of three) interestingly enough married my wife's third great grandaunt in 1799. Anyway, Bridges wound up in Butts, GA. Some of his kids went to AL. My guess is that there is some kind of connection between your line and this one.
Genetic genealogy is the future since there are few if any surviving documents from the 17th century. One simple DNA test can eliminate many hours of trying to fit pieces to an unknown puzzle.
My goal is to match our English cousins one day.
Bill
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