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The project leaders are presently seeking men with Graydon/Graden ancestry tracing to northern England and the Scottish Borders. These men are needed to study the assumed link between circa-1700 "Irish" families and pre-1600 families living in Northern England and the Borders. Two locations in the Borders (the Graden village site southeast of Kelso and the Milne-Graden estate east of Coldstream) have pre-1600 histories, but men with ancestries tracing specifically to these locations have not yet been identified.
In April 2006, 37-marker Y-DNA results for a Graydon man in Halifax, England, show a match with nine men having family histories tracing to Ireland (circa 1600s-1800s). The Halifax man's ancestors have lived in the Halifax/Yorkshire area since the latter 1700s, possibly earlier. This man is our first link between circa-1700s Irish and English Graydons. Statistical analysis of the Irish/Halifax link indicates a shared ancestor tracing back to the mid-1400s. More research and Y-DNA tests are needed to support this possible link back to the middle ages.
Detailed 37-marker Y-DNA data regarding seven "Irish" Graydon men with Fermanagh, Wicklow and Dublin/Kildare ancestries indicate that they share an ancestor who was most likely born in the early 1500s (name and residence not yet known).
In June 2008, an interesting link was established between "Irish" Graydons and several families named Green. A unique "null" at marker DYS565 is shared between the Graydons and Greens. Statistical comparisons of the Graydon and Green allele numbers indicates a shared ancestor living sometime around 1300.
In April 2006, 37-marker Y-DNA results for a Graydon man in Halifax, England, show a match with nine men having family histories tracing to Ireland (circa 1600s-1800s). The Halifax man's ancestors have lived in the Halifax/Yorkshire area since the latter 1700s, possibly earlier. This man is our first link between circa-1700s Irish and English Graydons. Statistical analysis of the Irish/Halifax link indicates a shared ancestor tracing back to the mid-1400s. More research and Y-DNA tests are needed to support this possible link back to the middle ages.
Detailed 37-marker Y-DNA data regarding seven "Irish" Graydon men with Fermanagh, Wicklow and Dublin/Kildare ancestries indicate that they share an ancestor who was most likely born in the early 1500s (name and residence not yet known).
In June 2008, an interesting link was established between "Irish" Graydons and several families named Green. A unique "null" at marker DYS565 is shared between the Graydons and Greens. Statistical comparisons of the Graydon and Green allele numbers indicates a shared ancestor living sometime around 1300.