>From: "Kari Petrie" <karipetrie@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: petrie-scotland@rootsweb.com >To: petrie-scotland@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [PETRIE-SCOTLAND] DNA Tests >Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:55:15 +0000 > >Hi there Jim, >If you are looking for cousins, then my husband Gordon Petrie is decended >from William and Ann Nicol through Alexander P (Maryton, Montrose) and Ann >Duncan - James P (Montrose) and Helen Milne - William Ogg P (Fetteresso) >and >Charlotte Pirie - and Fenton Webster P (Peterhead) and Margaret Macart >McCoss to Gordon P (Peterhead). We live in Glasgow. >I only had William and Ann through Alexanders death certificate, nothing >more about them. Where did you find their marriage date and place, and do >you have anything more about them? > > > >From: "Jim Petrie" <jim.petrie@rainey-petrie-johns.co.uk> > >Reply-To: petrie-scotland@rootsweb.com > >To: "PETRIES IN SCOTLAND" <Petrie-Scotland-L@rootsweb.com> > >Subject: [PETRIE-SCOTLAND] DNA Tests > >Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:05:23 +0100 > > > > > >Welcome back Norma! Its good to hear the Petrie inbox pinging regularly > >again. Its just doesn't seem to happen without you! > > > >Just in case there is anyone new on the site, I am still interested in > >finding some of the many relations I must have in Dundee. Any descendants > >of William Petrie and Ann Nicoll, married Dundee 26th November 1834 would > >be of interest. Am also looking for any new information on Murroes >Petries > >in the 1700s. > > > >One of my interests has always been the earliest origins of the Petries. > >Many groups are organising DNA testing and analysis to establish the > >genetic origins of the family name. I wondered if any Petries had done >this > >yet, and if so, does it throw any light on Petrie genetic makeup? > > > >The Gregor Clan has a DNA project running and this is of direct interest >to > >Petries, who are a Sept of the clan, as many of you will know. During the > >persecution of the clan and the banning of the name Gregor and its other > >versions, clan members adopted several other names, including, it is > >believed, Petrie. This is recognised in the status Petries have within >the > >clan. Because of this scattering of the clan and the loss of the name, a > >DNA project is under way to see if there is a direct line back to Celtic > >origins. Some associated name groups have also been tested to see if they > >have strong genetic links to the clan, but not Petrie so far. The early > >Celtic origins seem to be proved, but the links to the associated names >are > >still not. > >There is, however, a Gregor genetic profile established that can be > >compared against. For more information visit > >www.clanregor.org/macgregor/dna for the MacGregor DNA Project. > > > >Jim Petrie, Isle of Wight. > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >PETRIE-SCOTLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >PETRIE-SCOTLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message