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Post by gregorykindall on Oct 21, 2011 19:59:36 GMT -5
Is there a Friend surname DNA study going anywhere? I'm part of a Kendall study that has proved very valuable in sorting out families. Kendall, like Friend, hides some German and Swedish names that have been anglicized/standardized -- we've been able to sort ourselves into perhaps a dozen unrelated groups, but what is interesting is finding cousins to whom you otherwise have no known connection.
It requires a male line (therefore a "surname" study). So I wouldn't be able to participate, but I have Friend cousins who could.
Any interest?
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Post by martinabrams on Oct 7, 2012 23:45:15 GMT -5
I think a DNA study is a very good idea.
If people want to go with FTDNA, I will let them know when a sale is on. Usually happens two or three times a year. I am the volunteer coordinator for the Abrams surname. I would be happy to help someone start this project.
If interested, best to contact me at abramsml@yahoo.com
Initially, this would help confirm who is actually a desc of those Friends found in MD and sw PA etc. Eventually, there might be enough data to form subgroups for different Andrews, etc.
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I have also taken the Family Finder test, which tests for all your cousins. I have actually found two Abrams-Friend DNA matches, which is not easy to do after two centuries. One is from me , a desc of Andrew Friend, 1709-1793 (approximately) of Turkeyfoot, PA to a desc Andrew Friend (Keziah Hyatt) The other is from a cousin of mine who matched a desc of John Friend (Karrenhuppach Hyatt) . (I realize that Hyatt is not proven)
The Friend name is rather important to people who study my family, as two brothers, Thomas and Henry Jr Abrams, married Jemima Friend and Sarah Friend, altho no documentation exists to support these marriages. But the DNA matches above do comprise some evidence to support these marriages.
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Post by terriwalker on Jan 2, 2013 12:13:36 GMT -5
I do not have any living Friend family members to participate in the Y-DNA project, but I am in FamilyTree DNA's FamilyFinder (Autosomal) project.
My ancestor is Elizabeth Friend born 1793 in Pennsylvania, married 1812 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio to John Firebaugh.
If anyone has already tested with Ancestry.com, the results can be transferred to the larger database at FTDNA.
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Post by martinabrams on Jan 6, 2013 21:34:55 GMT -5
Hello Terry
I am also on Family Finder. I dont see that we are a match, but since we are in the range of possible 6th cousins, that is to be expected.
I have been "collecting" Friends and Drakes on FF. So far I have about a half dozen matches, so I am slowly building a case for a relationship to the Friend and Drake families.
If anyone else is interested in testing, please contact me. The more people who test, the more valid the conclusions.
Terry, contact me and perhaps we can see if we can match indirectly.
abramsml@yahoo. com
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