DNA project for MURRELL surname
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DNA project for MURRELL surname
| Gary Murrell (View posts) | Posted: 25 Jan 2006 4:49AM GMT |
Classification: Query
To ALL in U.S. who have a MURRELL line in your tree:
There are a lot of unknown or guessed-at relationships among the MURRELLs of the U.S. Most of us realize that the first MURRELL family in U.S. was probably William and Ann MURRELL of Surry County (Jamestown Colony), Virginia in the mid-1600s. I suspect that most MURRELLs in U.S. are descendants of this family. But we need proof that will solve this problem once-and-for-all.
I descend from a William MURRELL who died in Brunswick Co., VA in 1826, leaving a will. I strongly suspect that he descends from this Wm and Ann of Surry 4 or 5 generations earlier. And there are trees claiming that the notorious murderer, slave thief, and horse thief John A MURRELL who terrorized TN and MS during the 1830s was also of the Surry Co., VA couple. And from what MURRELL did George Michael MURRELL descend, the gentleman who built the MURRELL Mansion in Tahlequah, OK that is now a state shrine? How about the Claiborne Parish, Louisiana MURRELLs who came out of eastern North Carolina? Did this John MURRELL (ca 1820) come from our Wm and Ann of Surry?
You have got to be wondering, like me, if we are all tied together. Now there is a solution.
It's called DNA. And it is solving long-standing questions about relationships among genealogists.
There are one or more companies who are dedicated to testing DNA and comparing it to other DNA for genealogical purposes. I have no connection with any of them. But I do know what a surname project can accomplish. Right now to my knowledge there are no MURRELL DNA projects. I would like to know if there is an interest in such a project. PLEASE EMAIL ME OR ANSWER THIS QUERY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SOLVING MURRELL RELATIONSHIPS via DNA. I am interested in beginning such a project to solve these questions.
Here's how it works. The male Y-chromosome is passed from a father to his son. MURRELL-surnamed males can submit their DNA and, for a price, have it analyzed. Then the company that does the analysis will put out a report that will tell how two different DNA submissions are related or not related and estimates how far back they share a common ancestor. The DNA sample is a simple swab across the inside skin of the mouth. You just do it yourself and put it into a provided envelope and send it in. That's all there is to it.
Only MURRELL-surnamed males like myself can submit their DNA. But EVERY PERSON, male or female, who has a MURRELL in their tree should have a keen interest in a MURRELL DNA project. If one male MURRELL knnown to be in your tree submits his DNA, the results apply to all blood descendants in this line. Hundreds of surnames already have projects that are making tremendous strides in unravelling and proving relationships. I know because I am a MAXWELL descendant and am following a MAXWELL DNA Project that is really solving relationship arguments. Now I would like to do this same thing with the MURRELL surname.
Please let me know if you have an interest in such an effort. If I get responses from two or three MURRELL-surnamed males or from two or three relatives of MURRELL-surnamed males who might be able to arrange for DNA submissions, PLEASE RESPOND. If I find enough interest I will begin work on establishing such a project. Thanks!
There are a lot of unknown or guessed-at relationships among the MURRELLs of the U.S. Most of us realize that the first MURRELL family in U.S. was probably William and Ann MURRELL of Surry County (Jamestown Colony), Virginia in the mid-1600s. I suspect that most MURRELLs in U.S. are descendants of this family. But we need proof that will solve this problem once-and-for-all.
I descend from a William MURRELL who died in Brunswick Co., VA in 1826, leaving a will. I strongly suspect that he descends from this Wm and Ann of Surry 4 or 5 generations earlier. And there are trees claiming that the notorious murderer, slave thief, and horse thief John A MURRELL who terrorized TN and MS during the 1830s was also of the Surry Co., VA couple. And from what MURRELL did George Michael MURRELL descend, the gentleman who built the MURRELL Mansion in Tahlequah, OK that is now a state shrine? How about the Claiborne Parish, Louisiana MURRELLs who came out of eastern North Carolina? Did this John MURRELL (ca 1820) come from our Wm and Ann of Surry?
You have got to be wondering, like me, if we are all tied together. Now there is a solution.
It's called DNA. And it is solving long-standing questions about relationships among genealogists.
There are one or more companies who are dedicated to testing DNA and comparing it to other DNA for genealogical purposes. I have no connection with any of them. But I do know what a surname project can accomplish. Right now to my knowledge there are no MURRELL DNA projects. I would like to know if there is an interest in such a project. PLEASE EMAIL ME OR ANSWER THIS QUERY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SOLVING MURRELL RELATIONSHIPS via DNA. I am interested in beginning such a project to solve these questions.
Here's how it works. The male Y-chromosome is passed from a father to his son. MURRELL-surnamed males can submit their DNA and, for a price, have it analyzed. Then the company that does the analysis will put out a report that will tell how two different DNA submissions are related or not related and estimates how far back they share a common ancestor. The DNA sample is a simple swab across the inside skin of the mouth. You just do it yourself and put it into a provided envelope and send it in. That's all there is to it.
Only MURRELL-surnamed males like myself can submit their DNA. But EVERY PERSON, male or female, who has a MURRELL in their tree should have a keen interest in a MURRELL DNA project. If one male MURRELL knnown to be in your tree submits his DNA, the results apply to all blood descendants in this line. Hundreds of surnames already have projects that are making tremendous strides in unravelling and proving relationships. I know because I am a MAXWELL descendant and am following a MAXWELL DNA Project that is really solving relationship arguments. Now I would like to do this same thing with the MURRELL surname.
Please let me know if you have an interest in such an effort. If I get responses from two or three MURRELL-surnamed males or from two or three relatives of MURRELL-surnamed males who might be able to arrange for DNA submissions, PLEASE RESPOND. If I find enough interest I will begin work on establishing such a project. Thanks!