Of course most Americans know by now that Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe IV. I read long ago that he took his brother's/stepfather's surname (for reasons one's view of which depend on one's view of the man), number four below. Dick Kinkead 2562 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don W. Kincaid" <donwkincaid1@frontiernet.net> To: "Kincaid Rootsweb List" <kincaid@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:48 PM Subject: [KINCAID] Non Paternity events list > We took the below instances of non paternity events from DNA Kin website > and added a few more below their info: > > Non Paternity > The study of DNA for genealogical purposes often leads researchers to non > paternity events. A non paternity event is an event where a person is > given a surname that differs from his historical surname. > > Non Paternity Events > 1. An illegitimate male child to a single woman takes her surname. > > 2. An illegitimate male child to a married woman takes the husband's > surname, even though the husband is not the father. > > 3. Male members of a family take the name of a female member. > > 4. Children adopt a step-parent's name. > > 5. A child is adopted into a completely unrelated family and takes their > name. > > If a non paternity event has occurred in the past, the genealogist must > work back through the public records to determine what happened. A DNA > test that reveals there was a non paternity event cannot tell you when or > what that event was. Unfortunately, the event could be close in time, or > it could be in distant years before records are available. Also, it could > be an unrecorded event in a recent time period, like an unrecorded > adoption or a common-law marriage. > > My additions: > > 6. children who have lost their mother and are farmed out to other > families wind up taking their name. One of my 1st cousins whose mother > died when he was around 1 year old lived with a family and enrolled in > school using their surname, finally discovering at age 12 that he was not > their son. > > 7. One other instance which might apply to a lot of black Kincaid's is > freed slaves taking the surname of their master or someone they knew and > respected. > > 8. Back in the days when it first became popular to have a surname, many > people likely chose a name they liked and if 2 unrelated families happen > to choose the same surname, their DNA would not match > > 9. A few people have successfully petitioned a court to have their names > changed to a surname of their choosing and thus would not match DNA with > most of that surname. > > > > Are there more non paternity events not listed above? > > DNA is a very exact science according to everything I read. > > Don W. > > > > > > > > > To see the Kincaid of all spellings DNA chart in Excel: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adgedge/Research/April%202004/Kincaid%20%20DNA.xls > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KINCAID-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message