Hi Kelly, I have been at this for more than a few years now, and so let me assure you that family names in Ireland and in Scotland have often changed, sometimes simply because a family or an individual person migrated from one place to another and then adopted the name of the dominant family of their new home region. Yeah, that might make no sense but apparently that was customary in those times. And then there is quite faulty record keeping, of both church and state, not to mention the great range in the spelling of Anglicized Gaelic family names. For instance, my family began as O'Muirgheasain. But, after going through as many spelling changes as a person has fingers, could you know what my name is now? We, nearly all of us, are lucky to be able to trace our family records back for a couple of hundred years or so. Therefore, today we rely on genetics. Best, Doug FTDNA 196477 On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Kelly Wheaton <a4est42@gmail.com> wrote: > I have just returned from a reunion of previously unmet PADEN cousins so a > bit exhausted and catching up. Just wanted to thank everyone for their > suggestions. If my cousin will agree to another kit I will test a few > additional makers as suggested with YSEQ. If not I will go for two at > FTDNA. I am waiting to hear back from him. Hopefully so I can order before > Father's DAY at YSEQ. > > It is my suspicion that as in my WHEATON DNA project There may be a number > of legitimate ( not NPE) lines that adopted the PADEN/PEDEN/PADDON name as > a diminutive of Patrick son of Patrick or some variation. ours from the DNA > and match evidence so far clearly has a connection with Coleraine, > Londonderry and looks like A connection with MAXWELLS in Ayrshire, > Scotland. Not there yet but getting closer. > > I will have more when I get some sleep. (Tornado in Denver delayed > flight....so sleep deprived) > > Regards, > Kelly > > > -- > Kelly Wheaton > a4est42@gmail.com > > <http://tinyurl.com/geneticgenealogyguide> > The Beginner's Guide to Genetic Genealogy > <http://tinyurl.com/geneticgenealogyguide> > Wheaton Surname Resources > <https://sites.google.com/site/wheatonsurname/home> > Rehoboth, MA DNA Project <http://www.familytreedna.com/public/REHOBOTH/> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >