I believe that all the Martins in America stem from Martin de Tours of Normandy ca1040... >From: Kenneth Martin <bacdoc@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: martin@rootsweb.com >To: martin@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MARTIN] Martin Surname >Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:42:15 -0700 > >I have run across a problem with many of my surname searches and I am >asking everyone for advise on how to best avoid this problem. > >As many of you have probably found out, there are MANY different Martin >clans that are not related to each other in any way. With Martin being >such a common name, it is easy to be tracing a person and find out >later that they have absolutely no connection to your family >whatsoever. This could mean hours of work for nothing. > >Recently, I have followed two lines of Martins that were not related to >me, and the way I found out (down the line) was that they were slaves, >and took on the Martin name of their owner. (Still not sure if the >owner was related) > >Is there any proper way that we could post about our ancestors, and >note if they were of any general group (English, German, African, >Indian, Chinese, Japanese, American Indian, Swedish, French, etc) >without hurting anyone's feelings? > >Providing this information on this list could help someone find a link >or may help someone that is traveling down a dead end path of searches. > >Suggestions for solving this problem would be appreciated. > >Ken Martin > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MARTIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Picture this – share your photos and you could win big! http://www.GETREALPhotoContest.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us

Given Undocumented Events I seriously doubt that - if you mean all Martins are genetically related. Of course, if you mean Martin de Tours was the originator of Martin as a surname - that could be true. Martin is Norman name used by both English and much later French descendants. In that regard it has both a Norman (later to be French) and English origin - assuming the varied family descent claims are correct. In any case, Martin would have originated from Normandy for which France had no claim in the time of the Conquest. (In a fight the Normans would have had the French for lunch circa Conquest time.) Are you saying that French and English Martins are genetically related? Has the Martin Project tested French derived Martins and are they related to the English Martins? Would all the above make Martin French or English??? Just wondering. Best Regards, Bill Churchill -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Gieger [mailto:giegerg@hotmail.com] Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 1:05 PM To: martin@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MARTIN] Martin Surname I believe that all the Martins in America stem from Martin de Tours of Normandy ca1040... >From: Kenneth Martin <bacdoc@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: martin@rootsweb.com >To: martin@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MARTIN] Martin Surname >Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:42:15 -0700 > >I have run across a problem with many of my surname searches and I am >asking everyone for advise on how to best avoid this problem. > >As many of you have probably found out, there are MANY different Martin >clans that are not related to each other in any way. With Martin being >such a common name, it is easy to be tracing a person and find out >later that they have absolutely no connection to your family >whatsoever. This could mean hours of work for nothing. > >Recently, I have followed two lines of Martins that were not related to >me, and the way I found out (down the line) was that they were slaves, >and took on the Martin name of their owner. (Still not sure if the >owner was related) > >Is there any proper way that we could post about our ancestors, and >note if they were of any general group (English, German, African, >Indian, Chinese, Japanese, American Indian, Swedish, French, etc) >without hurting anyone's feelings? > >Providing this information on this list could help someone find a link >or may help someone that is traveling down a dead end path of searches. > >Suggestions for solving this problem would be appreciated. > >Ken Martin > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MARTIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Picture this – share your photos and you could win big! http://www.GETREALPhotoContest.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.0/851 - Release Date: 06/16/2007 12:50 PM