Dear Members Have just received my mtDNA results and wonder if they are sufficient to help solve a situation that has existed in our family for quite some time. When Robbie Burns was living near Tarbolton, one of his neighbours was John Rankine ( my direct relative) It has long been said in the family that Annie ( John's eldest daughter) was made pregnant by a young Robbie Burns and that the child of this union was subsequently recorded as the youngest child of John Rankine....Adam Rankine. I am related to the Rankine line by my mother. My mtDNA results are HVR1 - 16240G, 16519C HVR2 - 263G, 309.1C, 309.2C, 315.1C Would appreciate any help Kaye Aldous

Kaye, For what it's worth - probably not much...how to put this diplomatically...Robert Burns scholars and evidently Robert Burns himself would object to calling him "Robbie". I understand that he did not like this "nickname" and quick to correct when it was applied to him. Cliff. Johnston "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kaye Aldous" <kaldous@optusnet.com.au> To: <SCOT-DNA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 12:02 PM Subject: [SCOT-DNA] Robbie Burns > Dear Members > Have just received my mtDNA results and wonder if they are sufficient to > help solve a situation that has existed in our family for quite some time. > When Robbie Burns was living near Tarbolton, one of his neighbours was > John Rankine ( my direct relative) It has long been said in the family > that Annie ( John's eldest daughter) was made pregnant by a young Robbie > Burns and that the child of this union was subsequently recorded as the > youngest child of John Rankine....Adam Rankine. > I am related to the Rankine line by my mother. > My mtDNA results are HVR1 - 16240G, 16519C > HVR2 - 263G, 309.1C, 309.2C, 315.1C > Would appreciate any help > Kaye Aldous > > > ==== SCOT-DNA Mailing List ==== > Have questions about the lab? About privacy? About the process? > Visit the FAQ page: > http://www.familytreedna.com/faq.html > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx