Re: OK! Let's Try: DNA STUDY - Traill / Trail Surname - Orkney & Fife, US, & world
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OK! Let's Try: DNA STUDY - Traill / Trail Surname - Orkney & Fife, US, & world
Cynthia Wildberger 10/17/03
Dear Cyndi, George and all our extended family. This DNA profile would be a great help as at the moment I have identified 4 major groups Aberdeen, Fife (with two large sub groups St Andrews and Blebo) Angus and Orkney.
I would appreciate it if a male Traill from each group would join in.I have asked my own Traill cousins to find a volunteer so that we can definitely find out which group ours should be in to. The four major groups of Aberdeen, Fife Angus and Orkney are in order. Fife appears the oldest, with Aberdeen a close second, Angus and Orkney appear to have branched off about the same period at the beginning of the 17th century, and of course the descendents of Robert Traill of Greyfriars and who now are settled at Ballyough in Ireland as a home base fit between Angus and Aberdeen branching off in the 16th century from Blebo> I do have a lot of information of the over all picture but making sure each individual family is where they should be is very important. Cyndi said that she wished people to state where they thought they belonged. Well at this stage only there are some groups of Traillswho can claim Orkney without any doubt the major groups here are some New Zealand Traills from Stewart Island, Traills from Dargo in Victoria Australia and the descendents of Catherine Parr Traill in Canada who canclaim without doubt Orkney. then also in NZ from Aberdeen is a second section, and then there is a branch of the Greyfriars Traills there too. In Australia we have Orkney, Angus Fife and Aberdeen. So when sending the information to Cyndi please state which of those 4. Then when we get the results we should be able to sort those families who are branched from Orkney originally, St. Andrews originally. and perhaps Blebo Aberdeen as a major port may have been like any port only a place people from other areas were for one or two generations. There do seem to be three separate family groups in the Aberdeen as in the Montrose area of Angus who show at this time no close connections. this DNA test ould be so usefull for many reasons I urge everyone to join in Even if you know where you fit as those who can prove their background will be bench marks to decide the others. With all my encouragement Elsie Ritchie