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