Project News
New results have come in for the first 12 markers tested with T. K. Reddick. T. K. is a -known- cousin of C. R. Reddick. Both have their ancestry through Thomas Reddick, who was found in the 1860 census of Walton County, Florida. Also, these new results for T. K. Reddick also mean that he matches with C. S. Reddoch.
New results are in for a 25 marker test of C. S. Reddoch. He and his family were long thought to be related to the other two Reddochs who have been tested. However, his results are quite different from the other Reddochs. Further, he matches on 23 out of 25 markers with C. R. Reddick. Until this close match, C. R. Reddick had no matches with any of the r320s. These two individuals also closely match to individuals with Blood and Flood surnames.
Recently test results came in for J. J. Reddiex of Scotland. So far, he does not match with anyone in the entire database of DNA testing results at FTDNA. This finding was a disappointment as we were hoping that J. J. Reddiex might match with P. D. Reddick. In the paper genealogy of that latter individual there was a history of the surname being treated as 'Reddicks' or alike Reddiex. Unfortunately, no match was found.
Test results recently came in for J. L. Reddick. His results on a test of 25 markers place him with three other members of our project. The other three who J. L. Reddick joins are: J. R. Reddick, R. R. Reddick, and J. C. Riddick. Note that there are two different spellings of the surname in this group of four matching participants.
We recently had results for a 37 marker test reported for R. Redick of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. While Mr. Redick's results are projected to be part of the R1b1 haplogroup, they do not match any results available to us via the FTDNA database of results. This has been a disappointing outcome, as it had been hoped that Mr. Redick's results would match some of our other participants with origins in the Pennsylvania region.
A descendant of the 1760 Irish-born William Reddick has now undergone testing at the 37 marker level. While R.L. Reddick generally matches the other participants within the Scots-Irish group of r320s, his 37 marker results are quite different (Genetic Distance values of 3 to 6 from other members of that grouping). But, at the 25 marker level of testing he differs from E.T. Reddick by only a GD of 1. This suggests that R.L. Reddick's William Reddick and E.T. Reddick's ancestor George Washington Reddick might have been rather closely related, as William was born circa 1760 and G.W. was born circa 1800.
The Administrator of this DNA Project (R.D. Reddick) recently received his 67 marker results. Also, W.J. Reddick received his 67 marker results. These two men perfectly match on these 67 markers. This would seem to suggest that these two men share a recent common ancestor. This certainly does extend our knowledge of the haplotype for the Scot-Irish grouping of r320s.
L. M. Ruddick recently extended his test out to the 37 -and- 67 marker levels of testing. Unfortunately, he still remains as a single r320 with no match with any other r320. He has a perfect match at 37 markers with a Mr. Hull, however. At 67 markers, they have a Genetic Distance of 1 (they are different on one single marker). Thus, there might be something there for Ruddick and Hull researchers to investigate.
Recently, the Co-Administrator for this project requested a distant -likely- cousin to test with a company other than our usual testing company and sponsor of this webpage. I am pleased to be able to say that L. Reddick's results have been reported and they confirm what we've learned from our testing through FTDNA. He has 32 of the same markers as are tested in the 37 marker test offered by FTDNA. L. Reddick matches both D. E. Reddick and T. L. Readdick on 31 of those 32 markers. L. Reddick is a mid-range cousin to T. L. Readdick, with their respective ancestries being known back to 1800. With his test results, we've also added knowledge of eleven additional markers to the shared haplotype for the Georgia r320s (of German origin). It will be interesting to have another member of this group expand the testing out to the newly available 67 markers offered by FTDNA.
A new and fascinating result is that of a 12 marker test result for J. C. Riddick. His results match those of J. R. Reddick and R. R. Reddick. This is the second occurrence of r320 groupings where both the RIDDICK and the REDDICK surnames are shared among genetically related lineage members.
A new result has come in for the 12 marker test of V. C. Riddick. The Co-Administrator of this site has had no input from Mr. Riddick, so all that can be said about him is that his haplogroup assignment appears to be E3a. This grouping of haplotypes is typically found in sub-Saharan Africa.
Given these two new RIDDICK results, and that they do not match each other; nor do they match the earlier RIDDICKs who have been tested; then there are now three unrelated lines of RIDDICKs found in North America.
One of most recent results was with a 25 marker test for W. J. Reddick. His test and that of B. Redick were both initiated by Reddick genealogist Robin Simoneaux. These two men were chosen by Robin because her review of records suggested that they were distant cousins to each other and to her. Their 25 marker results form a perfect match and place both of them within the Scot-Irish grouping of r320s.
A new result is the 12 marker test for R. Reddick. His results appear to place him in the K2 haplogroup. These results mean that we have a fifth line of people with just the surname Reddick (besides the other r320s).
One relatively new 25 marker test result for B. Redick places him squarely within the Scot-Irish grouping of our members. It is believed that Mr. Redick's origins go back to western Pennsylvania and the Redick / Reddick lines that came from that area shortly after 1800. His results match perfectly with those of W. J. Reddick. They are understood to be relatively distant cousins to one another (despite the difference in the spellings of their surnames).
A recent and extremely interesting result from Europe has come from a Mr. W. Radick who resides in the state of Hesse / Hessen, Germany. Mr. Radick was tested by a German firm and his results do not match any other r320 so far tested. His haplotype is projected to be part of the R1b haplogroup.
Amongst our latest findings are those from the Genographic Project. This is a worldwide DNA study. Its results are being processed by FTDNA. We now have a British individual of Scottish origins who we can report on. W. A. Riddoch has family origins in the northeastern portion of Scotland.
MOST interestingly - W. A. Riddoch's DNA results -do- -not- match with any DNA results for r320s from North America! So, we now have another r320 lineage - separate from all of the others previously tested.
Previously, we received three sets of results for one of the Scots-Irish and two of our Georgia r320s during October of 2005.
First, F. A. Riddick has a new set of results reported. These extend knowledge of his paternal lineage out to 37 markers. He matches with M. E. Wallace with all but one marker. Given that Mr. Wallace is actually a Riddick (his grandfather changed his surname from Riddick to Wallace), and that the single marker differing between them is a known -fast- mutating marker, then these individuals appear to be rather closely related - genetically.
Next, B. D. Reddick has an eleven for twelve match-up with four of the Georgia r320 participants. For two other members of this group there is a 10 of twelve match-up. We know that B. D. Reddick's ancestry points back to the same set of brothers who originated in Burke and Screven Counties of Georgia in the 1780s through earliest 1800s of Georgia.
Further, we now have a new SNP test for one of the Georgia r320s. This new test result points to these folks having a R1b haplotype. This fits in with a notion that these Reddicks and Readdicks have a shared, deep genetic origin amongst the western European populations that make up much of ancient Celtic and Germanic Europe. That same Reddick has been additionally tested by another firm and is now known to be a member of the R1b1c Haplogroup. So, the grouping of Reddicks with Georgia origins that point back to Germany now seem to be part of the broader Western European grouping of R1b descent.
We've recently received the 12, 25, and 37 marker test results of one member of our group over several weeks. These were for M. E. Wallace, who related to us that his grandfather had changed his surname from Riddick to Wallace. Well, the newly reported DNA results show the M. E. Wallace has the same haplotype as our other Scot-Irish Riddicks and Reddicks. The story passed down in his family appears to be confirmed with these findings.
Just recently, we received an upgrade to the results for P. D. Reddick. His results firmly place him within the grouping of Scot-Irish r320s that include several Reddicks and Riddicks.
In a related update, we recently received results for a second Riddick. We now have two Riddick and two Reddick surnamed individuals having very closely matching results (a third Reddick seems likely to be a match, also - along with Mr. Wallace this makes for six individuals so grouped). To these results have been added an additional Reddick and a Redick. These results help to demonstrate that the long-held suspicion that some Riddick lines and some Reddick lines were actually the same set of people is true. This lineage appears to mostly have its origins around the Chesapeake Bay and the tidewater region of Virginia and North Carolina. Additional paper records point to some of these folks having been in Maryland. Family oral traditions point back to Scottish origins for some of these folks.
We've had two Reddoch individuals tested and their matching results demonstrate that the Reddochs form a unique lineage of their own. However, their match is not perfect. They differ on three of the fast-mutating markers of their 37 markers tested. This would seem to indicate that the Reddoch lines represented by these two individuals tested are diverging.
We have that grouping of eight individuals with origins in the state of Georgia whose results match up. The surnames are Readdick and Reddick. This group is separate from the Reddicks & Riddicks of VA. and N.C.
We have yet another set of two Reddicks with matching results. Added to there small grouping is a Riddick. Their results establish them as a third, separate lineage with the Reddick surname in the U.S.
And we have yet another Reddick with DNA results that don't match up with anyone else. If or when we receive additional results that match up with his results, then we'll know that we've established a fourth, separate Reddick lineage.
We also have several, single individual members with results. Their surnames are:
Redditt
Rettig
Ruddick
Several of the above individuals and groups have good paper trails going back into the 17th and 18th centuries. Others have paper trails that fall apart in the middle or early 19th centuries. Sometimes, those folks who eventually match up may allow a linkage for a line with a broken paper trail.
We are hoping for more such outcomes from having more folks join our project.