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Description

Updated 14 September 2024 This is a compilation of Border Reiver family surnames such as Armstrong, Beattie, Elliott and many others: This patrilineal Y-DNA surname study is designed to test the Y-DNA profiles of members of the various Border Reiver families found along the Anglo-Scottish Border, including descendants of 'transplants' to Ulster, the United States, Canada, Australia, and around the world. The focus of the study includes families listed on the surname list of the Border Reivers website. If your name is on that list, we are most interested in having you participate in our Y-DNA male surname testing program. The principal receiving clans and families are classed as Armstrong, Bell, Burn, Charlton, Crozier, Dacre, Dodds, Douglas, Elliot, Fenwick, Forster, Graham, Hall, Harden, Irvine, Johnstone, Kerr, Maxwell, Milburn, Noble, Reed, Robson, Scott, Turnbull.

Requirements

A Geographic Project connects individuals who believe their direct line comes from a specific location. The Dual Geographic Projects are for individuals who order an mtDNA or Y-DNA test. Either their direct maternal line (mother's mother's mother's...) or direct paternal line (father's father's father's...) originates from this area.

Surnames In This Project

Ainsley, Allison, Anderson, Archbold, Armstrong, Ballantine, Ballantyne, Barraford, Beatty, Bell, Blekinsop, Bogue, Boone, Border Reivers, Border_Reivers, Bromfield, Brown, Bruce, Bunyan, Burn, Burrell, Carlisle, Carlton, Carnaby, Carothers, Carr, Carre Carruthers, Cecil, Cessford, Chamberlain, Charlton, Chisholm, Clifford, Collingwood, Coulter, Cranston, Craw, Crawford, Cresswell, Crichton, Crisp, Crozier, Cruthirds, Curwen, Cuthbert, Dacre, Dalgliesh, Davidson, Davison, Dixon, Dodds, Dodson, Douglas, Drysdale, Dunn, Dunne, Elder, Eliott, Elliot, Elliott, Elwood, Etherington, Eure, Fenwick, Fleming, Forster, Fraser, Gilchrist, Glendenning, Glenn, Goodfellow, Gordon, Gowland, Graden, Graham, Gray, Grey, Hadley, Hall, Halliday, Harden, Harle, Hedley, Henderson, Hepburn, Heron, Hetherington, Hildreth, Hodgson, Howard, Hume, Hunter, Huntley, Inglis, Irvine, Irving, Irwin, Jackson, Jamiesn, Jardine, Johnston(e), Kennedy, Kerr, Kilpatrick, Kinmont, Kirkland, Kirkpatrick, Laidlaw, Langley, Liddell, Liddle, Lindsay, Lisle, Little, Lowther, MacLellan, Maxwell, McCulloch, Medford, Milburn, Minto, Moffat, Moffit, Montgomery, Murray, Musgrave, Nixon, Noble, Ogle, Oliver, Orde, Orr, Percy, Plunkett, Porteous, Potts, Pringle, Pyle, Radcliff, Rayburn, Reade, Reaveley, Redpath, Reed, Ridley, Robeson Robinson, Robison, Robson, Rowell, Rutherford, Rutledge, Salkeld, Scoles, Scott, Selby, Shaftoe, Shortridge, Simpson, Snaydon, Sommerville, Spottiswoode, Stamper, Stapleton, Stephenson, Stewart, Storey, Swinton, Taggart, Tait, Taylor, Telford, Thom(p)son, Trimble, Trotter, Turnbull, Turner, Tweedie, Veitch, Waddington, Wake, Wallace, Watson, Waugh, Weir, Wetherington, Wharton, Wilkinson, Wilson, Witherington, Yarrow, Young

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MALE LINE TESTING - FOR GENEALOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
Big Y-700
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  • Note: This is an expert level test for advanced research. Raw data files are not included. The option to purchase your file will be available for an additional fee after your test is completed.
  • For men only.
  • Most comprehensive Y-DNA test available.
  • Provides your deep ancestral origins.
  • Uncovers new branches (SNPs) on the paternal tree.
  • Find recent branches (SNPs) unique to your direct paternal line, your family, or you.
  • 10 million base-pair coverage.
  • Nearly 25,000 known SNPs tested.
  • We store your DNA for free, so that you can upgrade the tests in the future.
  • NO subscription fee.
  • Includes STR results from Y37, Y67, and Y111.
Y-DNA111
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  • For men only.
  • Highest level of Y-DNA tests.
  • 111-marker matches are highly likely to be related within the past 4 generations.*
  • Provides genealogically relevant matches and recent ancestral origins.
  • Recommended for confirming a genealogical relationship with another male.
  • Provides your Haplogroup: deep ancestral origin of the paternal line.
  • We store your DNA for free so that you can upgrade the tests in the future
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Your matches and ancestral origins largely depend on how your DNA compares to our database. With the largest DNA database in the world, you have the greatest chance of finding close relatives by testing with us. However, if your paternal line is rare, it is possible you will not have matches or ancestral origins information right away. As our database is constantly growing, you may have matches over time, and we will send you e-mail notifications about any new matches.

*Estimated for exact 111 marker matches, at a 95% confidence level.

Y-DNA37
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  • For men only.
  • Recommended level of Y-DNA tests.
  • 37-marker matches are highly likely to be related within the past 8 generations.*
  • Provides genealogically relevant matches and recent ancestral origins.
  • Recommended for confirming a genealogical relationship with another male.
  • Provides your Haplogroup: deep ancestral origin of the paternal line.
  • We store your DNA for free so that you can upgrade the tests in the future
  • NO subscription fees
Your matches and ancestral origins largely depend on how your DNA compares to our database. With the largest DNA database in the world, you have the greatest chance of finding close relatives by testing with us. However, if your paternal line is rare, it is possible you will not have matches or ancestral origins information right away. As our database is constantly growing, you may have matches over time, and we will send you e-mail notifications about any new matches.

*Estimated for exact 37-marker matches, at a 95% confidence level.

FEMALE LINE TESTING - FOR GENEALOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
mtFull Sequence
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  • For both men and women.
  • Highest level mtDNA test.
  • Tests both HVR1 and HVR2 (Hypervariable Regions 1 and 2) and the Coding Region. This is all of the mtDNA.
  • Provides most recent ancestral origins.*
  • Includes HVR1, HVR1+HVR2, and FMS matches.
  • FMS matches are related within the past 16 generations.**
  • Recommended for confirming a relationship on the direct maternal line.
  • We store your DNA for free so that you can upgrade the test in the future
  • NO subscription fees
* Your matches and ancestral origins depend on how your DNA compares to our database. With the largest DNA database in the world, you have the greatest chance of finding close relatives by testing with us. However, if your maternal line is rare, it is possible you will not have matches or ancestral origins information right away. As our database is constantly growing, you may have matches over time, and we will send you e-mail notifications about any new matches.

** with a 90% confidence interval.

FAMILY FINDER - FOR CLOSE GENEALOGY
Family Finder
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  • For men or women.
  • Autosomal DNA test.***
  • Matches are related within about the last 5 generations.*
  • Provides percentages of your ancestral make-up (Native-American, Middle Eastern (including Jewish), African, West and East European)**
  • Recommended for genealogists.
  • Includes matches with predicted relationship ranges.
  • Great for confirming close relationships regardless of gender.****
* We are leading the way in the development of innovative genealogical uses for autosomal DNA. You will be matched with others who have also taken the Family Finder test. However, if you come from an under-represented population, it is possible you will not find matches right away. Your matches largely depend on how your DNA compares to our database. As our database is constantly growing, you may have matches over time, and we will send you e-mail notifications about new close matches.

** Due to the nature of autosomal DNA, the test does not specify from which branch of your family tree your matches or the percentages of your geographic heritage derive.

*** Family Finder has a test specific policy for failed samples and retesting. Please read the policy carefully.

****Please note, Family Finder does not provide Y-DNA or mtDNA haplogroup information.
COMBINED TESTS FOR MALE AND FEMALE LINES - FOR GENEALOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
Y-111 + mtFull Sequence
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Big Y-700 + Family Finder
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