Yes, I have quite a lot of Sinnott/Sinnett families in Pembrokeshire from at least the 18th century. I'm trying to find a Pembrokeshire Sinnett to DNA test (have even offered a free test via ISOGG), as I have already found the the Cornish SENNETTs are a sufficiently close match to the Co Wexford Sinnotts to suggest a common ancestor, and as the Irish Sinnotts appear to have come to Ireland via Pembrokeshire, it would surprise me more if they weren't of the same anglo-norman genetic stock. Corinne Curtis #5579 On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Brian Swann <[email protected]> wrote: > There were certainly Sinnotts in Pembrokeshire in the mid-1800s. > > Brian > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Corinne Curtis via > Sent: 31 March 2016 21:48 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [G] DNA analysis question > > I have been finding that SINNOTT families with proven Co Wexford origins > seem to be all falling into the E-L117 haplogroup. This isnt a particularly > common haplogroup for Ireland, but then my Co Wexford SINNOTTs are known to > have anglo-norman rather than celtic origins. > > Up to now I have accepted that any SINNOTT with Co Wexford origins and > testing E-L117 is likely to have this anglonorman heritage and share a > common ancestor, even if their common ancestor is up to 24 generations back > (which is about the number of generations estimated to the first SYNAD to > arrive in Co Wexford). > > Early in the DNA project, I had Co Wexford SINNOTTs matching a particular > group of HEVENERS, and investigation led to a story that the earliest known > HEVENER of this line was believed to be the illegitimate son of Patrick > SINNETT (b 1752) who married Catherine HEVENER, about a year after the birth > of this HEVENER ancestor. This could suggest that he was Catherine > HEVENER's first child to Patrick SINNETT, born out of wedlock. > > I have now had a test result back for a legitimate SINNETT descendant of > Patrick and Catherine, and their 37 marker test is an exact match for the > descendant of George HEVENER, with a TiP report suggesting a 97.28% chance > of a common ancestor within 8 generations, 99.99% at 20 > generations, and 100% chance at 24 generations. The purported common > ancestor (Patrick) is actually 6 generations back. Geographically, the > HEVENERs and SINNETTs were living in the same area of West Virginia, at the > same time. > > Can I now assume that the HEVENER descendant does share a common male > ancestor with the SINNETT descendant, and that the common ancestor(s) are > likely to have been Patrick SINNETT and his future wife Catherine HEVENER? > > For what its worth, so far this is the closest match I have had (and the > only exact match) so far in the SINNOTT DNA project > > Corinne Curtis > Sennett/SInnott ONS #5579 > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >