Male SEAYs in KY Needed for DNA Testing

Any male SEAY in Kentucky is encouraged to take the DNA test even when his descendancy is unknown or uncertain. The test may possibly show that he is related to one of the four known SEAYs who were contemporaries in 18th century Virginia but whose kinship to each other is not yet known. For those who know that they are descended from Isaac or James of King William County, or Jacob of Amelia County, or Abraham of Goochland/Albemarle/Fluvanna County, the test may help determine that kinship.

Two descendants, one of Abraham and one of Isaac (son of Matthew), have tested and have been shown to be unrelated. But the descendant of Abraham is shown to be distantly related to a native SEAY of Ulster in Northern Ireland. These three are the only SEAYs that have been tested so far: myself, Sandy SEAY and Gerald Seaye.

Therefore, especially needed now are known descendants of Jacob and James.

Insofar as Kentucky is on record as being the first state to receive emigrant descendants of Jacob, it has seemed fitting to make a special appeal to male SEAYs in Kentucky.

A grandson of Jacob SEAY of Amelia, also named Jacob, is known to have settled in Washington Co., KY. His brother Samuel also settled here. Great-grandsons named George Green Hill SEAY and Samuel SEAY also moved to KY. The former to Graves Co. and Union Co. and the latter to Shelby Co.

There are several firms that do genealogical DNA testing but all of them cooperate by posting results for comparison on www.YSearch.org. The one Sandy SEAY, Gerald Seaye and I (and most people) have used is Family Tree DNA located in Houston, TX. See www.familytreedna.com for details. The cost is $161. www.relativegenetics.com is $95 and British-based www.oxfordancestors.com is =$337. For others see the list at http://www.kerchner.com/dna-info.htm

Welcome to the brave new world of DNA! No blood or pinprick, just a saliva scraping from inside your cheek.

Hugh SEAY
HDELMAR@aol.com

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