About us
The initial goal was to tie some of the American family branches together and build a reputable website with an accurate Y-DNA depiction of just who we are. We have done just that. So far. We have also found out that paper trails are not always an accurate depiction of our genetic family tree. Our results in the project from other branches show a Y-DNA split in the lines from our purported progenitor, Johan Jacob Lamineck with Robert Henry Lominac (1847-1922) a likely out of wedlock birth from a closely related M222 NW Irish Freeman branch. The rest of the project (J2b tested) have an excellent paternal paper trail leading to Balthasar Lamineck, noted in Lauterecken, Germany in the early 1600s but it may take the recruitment of European Laminecks to see if we can triangulate to known ancient Laminecks I have found in Google Books in Eastern Europe and Germany.
For the lines falling under Robert Henry Lominac, I am currently working on a couple of issues. (1) I am awaiting a 23 and Me genome test from a maternal Lominac that would prove we are indeed related to the J2b Lominac/Laminacks etc via the maternal line The current theory is Nancy Lominick Jackson was Robert Henry's mother, not his aunt and had him out of wedlock with a Freeman. How can I prove that? Well....the tester's father is a Lominac line who is NOT related to me paternally but if she comes up say... a 3rd cousin genome wide match then obviously it is a maternal match and since we know the break occurs at Robert Henry.... (2) I have a pretty good schematic of parallel Freeman lines we are paternally related to in my attempt to find the...perpetrator lol. I am continuing research by triangulating genome wide matches to known trees to see if we can find the smoking gun, Robert Henry's father.
Last we come to the surname origin. It seems apparent the name, at least phonetically, has a dual origin. The Lomenech's of Bretagne have an ancient and well documented source, their 5th century monastery town Lochmenech (now Locmine) in Bretagne. The American contingent from Johan Jacob Lamineck have as previously mentioned, a line that goes back 400 years on paper. There are also Lamneck, Lameneck, Lamnick etc I have found in very old book excerpts in Germany and Eastern Europe that lead me to believe that perhaps Oldrich Z Lomnice (aka Ulrichus de Lomnich among others) mentioned in 1224 in one excerpt may be the progenitor. The surname seems to be derived from Lomnice, Czech Republic where he and other personages derived their name. Ulrichus De Lomnich later founded a monastery in SE Germany. Subsequent surname derivatives are found in the region from the 14th century on. This is an ongoing, working project and this particular origin is certainly not definitive.
For the lines falling under Robert Henry Lominac, I am currently working on a couple of issues. (1) I am awaiting a 23 and Me genome test from a maternal Lominac that would prove we are indeed related to the J2b Lominac/Laminacks etc via the maternal line The current theory is Nancy Lominick Jackson was Robert Henry's mother, not his aunt and had him out of wedlock with a Freeman. How can I prove that? Well....the tester's father is a Lominac line who is NOT related to me paternally but if she comes up say... a 3rd cousin genome wide match then obviously it is a maternal match and since we know the break occurs at Robert Henry.... (2) I have a pretty good schematic of parallel Freeman lines we are paternally related to in my attempt to find the...perpetrator lol. I am continuing research by triangulating genome wide matches to known trees to see if we can find the smoking gun, Robert Henry's father.
Last we come to the surname origin. It seems apparent the name, at least phonetically, has a dual origin. The Lomenech's of Bretagne have an ancient and well documented source, their 5th century monastery town Lochmenech (now Locmine) in Bretagne. The American contingent from Johan Jacob Lamineck have as previously mentioned, a line that goes back 400 years on paper. There are also Lamneck, Lameneck, Lamnick etc I have found in very old book excerpts in Germany and Eastern Europe that lead me to believe that perhaps Oldrich Z Lomnice (aka Ulrichus de Lomnich among others) mentioned in 1224 in one excerpt may be the progenitor. The surname seems to be derived from Lomnice, Czech Republic where he and other personages derived their name. Ulrichus De Lomnich later founded a monastery in SE Germany. Subsequent surname derivatives are found in the region from the 14th century on. This is an ongoing, working project and this particular origin is certainly not definitive.