Burgess Surname DNA Project

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Written by: Eric Burgess

X1-X2 Rutherford, Hardeman and Greenville

 

This Burgess family has strong Scotch-Irish connections with the closest matches in Northern Ireland but deeper connections in the western isles of Scotland. There are Big Y matches to a McVeigh family in Northern Ireland. The terminal SNP is dated to approximately 1500CE and the Burgess tester has 4 private variants suggesting that a younger SNP may be obtained by testing another Burgess in this group. I suggest that these Burgess members also join the McVeigh Surname project.

It is important to note that the Burgess tester appears to have a very high number of BigY matches when looking at the older SNPs. These being within the last 1000 years, and showing a high regionality for Scotland.

 

 

Project members: 6
Terminal SNPs: I-L137, I-FT366338

Ancestral Families:

John Burgess of Rutherford Co., North Carolina Terminal SNP: I-L137
David Burgess of Hardeman Co., Tennessee Terminal SNP: Unknown
Carter and Thomas Burgess of Greenville Co., South Carolina Terminal SNP: I-FT366338

 

 

Research Objectives:

 

1. Obtain a BigY tester from the Rutherford line.

2. Obtain a BigY tester from the Hardeman line. 

3. Find BigY Burgess test candidates in Northern Ireland.

 

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