Hi, I am Peter Langley, a retired farm manager living in Ireland and have been doing genealogy for over 40 years now. I am also co-administrator of the Langley project. In the days before DNA testing I had rather naively thought that the majority of Langleys derived from the same source. Now with almost 50 members in the group we have discovered there are 14 unrelated families. I think we may have had some success So far only myself and two distant cousins know for certain where the Langley is in England that we originated from. However, one prolific group in the States, who could not get back to England, let alone work out how they are related have managed, by examining the origins of those who closely match them, to get an educated guess that it is Northumberland. Well done Diana for starting this list. Peter

My pleasure, Peter. And congratulations on the successes in your project. I think a lot of us were surprised at how many origins our surnames have. If you stop and think about it, though, part of what we are seeing has to be an accumulation of NPEs. Some of those matches in other surnames may not be coincidental, which is a good reason to test, minimally, 37 markers and, preferably, 67. Diana > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Peter Langley > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 3:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Y-DNA-projects] Roll Call > > Hi, > I am Peter Langley, a retired farm manager living in Ireland > and have been doing genealogy for over 40 years now. > I am also co-administrator of the Langley project. > > In the days before DNA testing I had rather naively thought > that the majority of Langleys derived from the same source. > Now with almost 50 members in the group we have discovered > there are 14 unrelated families. > > I think we may have had some success > So far only myself and two distant cousins know for certain > where the Langley is in England that we originated from. > However, one prolific group in the States, who could not get > back to England, let alone work out how they are related have > managed, by examining the origins of those who closely match > them, to get an educated guess that it is Northumberland. > > Well done Diana for starting this list. > > Peter > >