Project Goals
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The aim of this project is to find connections between the large number of existing though, as yet, unrelated Hocking family trees. By doing a simple DNA test on direct male descendants from each of these trees it will be possible to determine which trees are connected through a common ancestor. Armed with this knowledge researchers will know in which area to look to find this common ancestor. A secondary aim of this project is to determine the number of points of origin for the Hocking surname and its variants. Since the surname Hocking and its variants are relatively common in Cornwall it is likely that we will find multiple points of origin for these surnames though I imagine that most of these points of origin will be located in Cornwall.
CURRENT PARTICIPANTS
The 5 current participants (group A) are all descendants of WILLIAM HOCKING & GRACE LIBBY of Gwennap, Cornwall who were married in Redruth, Cornwall on 6 February 1758 and of their son RICHARD HOCKING and his wife ANN DAVEY who were married in Redruth on 27 December 1790.
Participant KH: gg-grandson of WILLIAM HOCKING (son of Richard Hocking and Ann Davey) and his wife ANN ROBINSON through their son John who married Frances Ann Nettell.
Participant NKH: son of Participant KH.
Participant DRH: ggg-grandson of WILLIAM HOCKING (son of Richard Hocking and Ann Davey) and his wife ANN ROBINSON through their son Richard who married Elizabeth Paul.
Participant JGH: gg-grandson of JOHN HOCKING (son of Richard Hocking and Ann Davey) and his wife MARY PENROSE through their son William Davey Hocking who married Annie Willmett.
Participant BNH: gg-grandson of JOHN HOCKING (son of Richard Hocking and Ann Davey) and his wife MARY PENROSE through their son Henry who married Sarah Jane Jenkins.
FUTURE PARTICIPANTS
Group A. (Descendants of William Hocking and Grace Libby)
The most recent common ancestor for this group is Richard Hocking, husband of Ann Davey. His DNA sequence is known as the "ancestral result" for this group. From the sequences of the 5 current participants we can deduce the ancestral result for the first 37 markers. Only 2 of these 5 participants (NKH and BNH) have upgraded their DNA tests to include all 67 markers. All but two of these extra markers match. The markers that don't match are DYS 531 and DYS 617. For DYS 531 (marker 38) NKH has a value of 12 while BNH has a value of 11. For DYS 617 (marker 61) NKH has a value of 12 while BNH has a value of 13. To determine which of the values of these 2 markers represents the ancestral result we would need to upgrade to 67 markers the test for other participants in Group A. However for group A we know the ancestral DNA values for 65 of the 67 markers and this is more than enough to define detailed relationships for any new participants who are related to the members of group A.
All other groups.
Participants are needed for all other Hocking family trees. Join the project today and your sequence will be the first indication of the probable ancestral result for your Hocking family tree.
WHO CAN JOIN THE PROJECT?
Any male person of the surname Hocking (or its variants). The person needs to be male as the DNA test is done on the Y chromosome which only males have and which is passed down from father to son in each generation.
DNA COLLECTION METHOD
DNA TESTING
The DNA test for the surname project involves testing a small portion of the Y chromosome (found only in men) which is passed from father to son. The result of the test is a string of numbers, either 12, 25, 37 or 67 depending on which test is selected. This string of numbers has no value by itself and does not contain any personal information. It's value comes when it is compared to the string of numbers for another person. A comparison of the strings will show if the two people are related and approximately when the common ancestor occurred.
TEST PRICING
With the DNA testing company Family Tree DNA (See their site at: www.familytreedna.com) discounted prices for the DNA test apply if they are done as part of a Surname DNA project. So for us, as part of the Hocking surname project the test prices (in American dollars) which apply are as follows:
12 marker test $99
25 marker test $148
37 marker test $189
67 marker test $269