Driscoll's of yesterday - Maynard's of yesterday

 A Web Site of Driscoll and Maynard family lines connected during the mid 20th century through marriage in Melbourne, Australia!
With strong ancestral lineages of Jackson, Harrington, Sellick and Scown.
And the linking of Greek Ancestral history of the Theofanopoulos family line in the late 20th century!

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DNA testing for Genealogical Purposes:

An emerging tend in Genealogical research, DNA testing has many researchers turning towards the technology that has become an affordable and absolutely accurate source of family information.

There are many sites and references on the Internet covering the ins and outs of DNA testing and how it is used in Genealogical research.  It is strongly recommended that any reader does a little research on how DNA testing is applied to Genealogy, as the data itself is absolutely meaningless.
I have listed a few reference sites at the end of this page to look at both on understanding DNA testing and to sites with results related to my small effort.

Submitting a test sample:

Having hit a brick wall confirming the origin of John Driscoll from County Cork, Ireland, I have turned to DNA testing in attempt to step back past my GG Grandfather and perhaps work my way forward on my research.
I approached my uncle, John's great grandson Peter Driscoll who volunteered himself for the test.

Using the services of Family Tree DNA, a company specialising in Family History research through the use of DNA analysis,  based in Texas, US (http://www.familytreedna.com), I prepared a set of saliva samples from a kit provided by them (for quite a reasonable fee). These were submitted for testing to 67 markers to provide accurate analysis, with a genetic distance of 1 being identified.  This means locating another individual with the probability of a common ancestor within 4 generations (based on genealogical probability).

Test Results for Graeme Peter (Peter) Driscoll b. 1947, Melbourne, Australia:

The following are the 67 Marker results for Peter Driscoll as tested at October 2009

References:

Understanding 67 Markers test results (courtesy Family Tree DNA)

Family Tree DNA - Genetic testing to answer your genealogy questions

Driscoll DNA project - Haplogroup I2a - Clade: Isles A

This site is provided as a service to Genealogists and interested people the world over.
Any errors, omissions and contributions are gratefully accepted.  Please forward to the address or email on the Homepage.
(c) Brett Phillip Driscoll, 2004-2012.
All care has been taken in compiling this information, but no responsibility accepted for any information taken from this site that is not used in an appropriate way.