|
|
|
||||||||
|
Devine Surname DNA Study
Who Should Join and Why
If you are a Devine who knows where your family came from in Ireland, you can help this study. If you're still searching for an ancestral place of origin, perhaps the study can help you. Our objective is to determine whether Devine families that came from known Irish localities are related, and if so, how closely. We initially test Y-chromosome DNA at 12 or 25 markers, and when close matches are found, then at additional markers, up to 67. Families are eligible to join if they bear any variation associated with the surname Devine, including Divine, Devin, Diven, Ó Duibhín, Ó Daimhín, Mac Dhuibhín, DeVine, DeWine, Devenney, Divinney, Davin, Dwane and Duane.
|
|||||||||
|
Current Findings
We now have results from almost 50 Y-DNA samples--most tested at 37 or more markers, which helps differntiate closely related lines. All but two belong to the major population group called Haplogroup R1b, and all but six form clusters of related lineages, to which we have assigned group numbers. Within each numbmered group, members are closely enough related to each other that they probably descend from a single ancestor who lived recently enough to have used an Irish hereditary surname that appears in English as Devine or some variant of it. Six other individual families are unrelated to each other or to the groups, and probably assumed their similar surnames independently of each other. Some families come from known Irish localities, but others are first of record only in the U.S. or Canada between 1700 and 1850. While their Irish origins not yet known precisely, many of them match closely to families with known Irish originas, and probably came from the same areas in Ireland. See the color-coded Results Table for details.
Summary Findings by Group
Group 3 High-Resolution Results (67-marker comparisons)
|
|||||||||
|
Future Research Directions
We are actively seeking new participants from each of the areas in Ireland where clusters of the Devine name were identified in Griffith's Valuation, the mid-19th century property assessment that lists the name of each tenant occupying a house or land holding. Areas of particular interest include Donaghedy Parish, County Tyrone, and adjacent civil parishes, where the largest cluster was found; the Dungannon vicinity, Co. Tyrone; Granard vicinity, Counties Longford and Cavan; and the Rooskea vicinity, Counties Roscommon and Leitrim. We also welcome participation from Devines who don't know where their ancestors came from in Ireland. Once a particular Devine Y-DNA pattern is identified with an Irish locality, we can then point Devines with matching patterns to that locality as one where they are most likely to find traces of their own ancestral roots, even if they have no other information on where their family originated in Ireland.
Participation Requirements
All that's needed is a sample, swabbed from the inside of the cheek, from a male Devine. (The Y-chromosome used for the test isn't found in females, but is passed down essentially unchanged in the male line, so the Y-DNA of men descended from the same male ancestor will match.) The testing is done through Family Tree DNA, and special group rates offer substantial savings over its regular prices. Click here to see the sample kit. For further information, contact the study coordinator.
Links to More Information
DNA Testing and Interpretation
Charkes Kerchner's Genetic Genealogy Resource Site
Calculating Time to Most Recent Common Ancestor
International Society of Genetic Genealogists is a no-dues online membership organization the brings together newcomers to the field as well as some of those who pioneereed the way
DNA Basics: How and Why it Works
(Not essential for using DNA in genealogy, but nice to know)
DNA Basics by Nancy Custer is a comprehensive introduction to molecular biology--the chemistry and biology behind DNA testing. No special background is needed to understand it.
|
|||||||||
|
Devine Families
Genetic Tree of Many Families. David Roper's chart shows both DEVIN 1, from GROUP 3 above, and DEVIN 3, from GROUP 1, on the largest branch of the tree, toward the bottom of the chart. Note that DEVIN 1 is some distance from DEVIN 3.
|
|||||||||
|
Last updated Visitors 10 July 2003-1 May 2005: 2,664
28 February 2008 Visitors since 1 May 2005:
|
|||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| page created with Easy Designer |