Project Goals
The purpose of this project is to discover the genetic connections, if any, between Parkins and Perkins families throughout the world. It is hoped that Parkins and Perkins males who have had Y chromosome DNA analysis will send their results with their Parkins/Perkins ancestry to the coordinator to add to a database of tests. The database will then facilitate matches between descendants of the same individual where written evidence of such a connection is unknown.
The more people who test the greater the opportunity to match people to specific lines and assist them in finding documentation of their relationship.
Some questions we hope to answer:
What are the genetic relationships among the Parkins and Perkins families of Pilston, Monmouthshire in Wales; Ufton Court, Berkshire; Newent, Gloucestershire; Orton-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire; Lincolnshire; Bunny, Nottinghamshire; Hillmorton and Marston, Warwickshire; Madresfield, Worcestershire; Sheffield, Yorkshire; and London, in England?
What are the relationships among the Parkins/Perkins immigrants to colonial New England and Virginia?
What are the relationships among the Parkins/Perkins immigrants to the Caribbean islands?
What are the relationships among the Parkins/Perkins immigrants to Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and India?
What are the relationships, if any, among the Parkins, Perkins, Parkin, Perkin, Parkinson, Perkinson, Perkipile, or Perquin families of Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, Scandinavia and France?
There are discussion lists for all of the variant names in this study at Rootsweb.com and at Genforum.com. There is a web site for the Rootsweb Perkins-L list at Perkins List Home Page. The web site for the Parkins-L list does not currently work. There is a Parkins One Name Study by Mr Vivian J. Parkins. There is a Perkins One Name Study being done by Mr Robert E. Scales.