To Whom It May Concern:

This is in regard to an earlier posting noting J2-M172 deep ancestry for my family's Axford surname. Since that posting, family members and I have done more genealogical and genetic research (i.e. DNA Fingerprint Test), and have discovered definitive, predominantly Scoto-Norman ancestry -particularly Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Ulster Scotch ancestries. To make a long story short, we are thinking that the J2 connection relates to the historical Norman recruitment of Gallo-Roman calvarymen/nobles. From internet postings, I've noticed quite a few Axford families (U.S., Canadian and Australian) claiming both Scotch and Norman ancestry. If this applies to you, I'd like to hear your story. I'm wondering if some of the Wiltshire Axfords settled in Scotland, and perhaps then later migrated to Ulster. Another plausible explanation that I've run across is that there were Scotch descended Axfords that settled in Devon, that then became landlords in Ireland (i.e. eastern Ireland or "the Pale" and Ulster). Thanks!

Steve Axford