Articles
Recent Articles
- English surnames: Plural Origins and Emigration by John S. Plant and Richard E. Plant
- The History, Adoption, and Regulation of Jewish Surnames in the Russian Empire, A Review by Dr. Jeffrey Mark Paull and Dr Jeffrey Briskman
- Preliminary Phylogenetic Analysis of Briese Family Relationships by David Briese
- Differences in Autosomal DNA Characteristics between Jewish and Non-Jewish Populations by Dr. Jeffrey Mark Paull, Gaye Sherman Tannenbaum, and Dr Jeffrey Briskman
- Using STRs for Intra-Family Y-DNA Comparisons: Segmenting Markers by Joe Flood, PhD
- Y-DNA of the British Monarchy by Brad Larkin
- The Irish Septs by David Austin Larkin
- Using Y Chromosome DNA Testing to Pinpoint a Genetic Homeland in Ireland by Dr. Tyrone Bowes, PhD
- Ancestral Parish Sampling in Ulster and Wexford for the Larkin DNA Project by Brad Larkin
MJ Networks and surname distribution mapping show a clear association between the number of founding ancestors and the number of geographical areas where the Surname is concentrated. Previous research has shown using Median-Joining (MJ) networks that Sullivan, McEvoy, and Donohoe were associated with 1(B), 2 (M and N), and 3 (J, K, and L) founding ancestors respectively (McEvoy and Bradley, 2006). Similarly Sullivan is concentrated in a single geographical location on the borderland between counties Cork and Kerry, while McEvoy is associated with 2 separate locations in counties Laois, and Down. Donohoe is associated with at least 3 geographically distant locations in counties Kerry, Galway, and Cavan. Distribution maps are taken from the Irish Origenes database (www.irishorigenes.com).