MURRAY SURNAME & CLAN ~ DNA WEBSITE.- Background

Background

Project Administrator- Email Alexandrina Murray

Project Co-Administrator-Email Irving James Murray





 

~CALLING ALL MURRAYS !


~ And-all kin of the Murray Clan - [or those with other spelling variations,]  you are invited to join our Clan Surname project. MacMurray, Moray, Murry, Morrow, and Morogh are all variants of the MURRAY family name

~ORIGIN AND HISTORY~ Murray is of Gaelic - Scottish etymological origin [according to Wiki] Murray was originally a localized Scottish name derived from the region now called Moray. The Gaelic version is the Anglicized form the name Muireach, a contracted form of Muireadhach. All are variants of Moray. (NOTE: Moray is pronounced "Murray.") In the Scottish Borders Murray was/is pronounced MORROH ~hence MORROW!


The surname MURRAY derives from inhabitants of MORAY SHIRE in north eastern Scotland and is said to have evolved over the ages from an individual family resident in that area, the first of whom was referred to in a variety of sources as FRESKIN  de Fleming- de Moravia -of MORAY. Freskin's early descendants were designated in Latin as de MORAVIA [of Moray]. This family split into two branches initially: firstly- MORAY & secondly- SUTHERLAND . Other designations of the name also appear in Ireland and it is a goal of this project to attempt to determine the inter-relatedness of all these European lineages. Please see the PROJECT GOALS Link on the Top Links dropdown bar for further details.

Whilst a surname itself may give us incomplete or misleading about the origin of a family surname; DNA-testing on the other hand can provide the strongest evidence available today for identifying and separating the various family lineages. Y-chromosome DNA testing is especially helpful because the male Y-chromosome is handed down, father to son, unchanged through the generations, except for rare mutations which, in themselves, can be helpful indicators of branching. The accessibility and affordability of family DNA testing is doubtless the greatest technical advance in the history of genealogical research because --at long, long last -- we have a tool to break down those brick walls!

Also of note in this project are the inter-relatedness of the MORROW ; McMURRAY & MORRAH surname holders with that of the surname of MURRAY .


Further evidence for this relationship can be cited in writings during the early 1800's whereby observers noted that ...'the great surname of Murray is pronounced as Morow in the Scottish Borders.' Potential participants with the surname MORROW and derivatives are advised that quite a number of matches (including exact matches) have occurred with participants from various countries including Europe & the USA, within our current MURRAY surname study. Please see the MORROW surname project here on FTDNA, which has excellent resources for those with the surname MORROW. If you are a participant within the Morrow surname project you may add MURRAY as an additional surname project to your home page once your kit has been returned to FTDNA. Murray participants along with Sutherland & others are easily able to do the same.


ALL participants are urged to upload their results to http://www.ySearch.org in order to maximise your chances of locating matches tested with various laboritories throughout the world. This is very easily done from your FTDNA login pages. Although Family Tree DNA holds by far the largest database of participants- currently over 500,000 records with "as of May 16, 2010, ... a total of 294,206 records!"

This represents millions of individuals over time. It is still very important to upload results to ySearch to maximise your chances of a match with lineally descended relatives perhaps located in a variety of European nations. FTDNA announced: 30/10/09 - Family Tree DNA  hit[s] 100,000 mtDNA records in its database and consolidate[d] its position as the largest processor of Mitochondrial DNA tests for genealogy and anthropology purposes. ed. also:

02/09/09 -Family Tree DNA announcement: 500,000 Y-DNA and mtDNA tests processed since our inception in 2000. We thank our Group administrators and customers for their continued support! end.

Testing with Family TreeDNA is available for both Y-Chromosome samples and also mtDNA samples from both male and female participants. Only males have Y-chromosomes, and in the case of yDNA testing- only MURRAY males are able to participate in that particular category, however female MURRAYS have various options detailed below.


If you are a female MURRAY, it is possible to submit a yDNA sample on behalf of any male MURRAY relative representing your line, ie: father; cousins; uncles; grandfather; great uncles; brothers; etc. In order to mitigate costs- if this is an issue for you, it is also possible to request that various family branch members contribute to the cost . In this way results can be distributed to all contributors related to the participant, along with a copy of the result, and a certificate. Only one sample need be submitted, preferably from the eldest member , until a later date when individual family members might decide to participate further. Both male and female MURRAYS may also participate in the newly released mtDNA study- [FAMILY FINDER] , which is a very exciting new testing facility with extremely powerful reporting results & is available from this website. Please see the FTDNA home page for further details.


Please visit the following website for an excellent overview of this topic ~ theBlair DNA Project at: Blairdna.com:An award winning Surname Project website! After returning your kit to FTDNA, if at all possible- please provide your direct lineage back to the earliest known MURRAY in your lineage- in GEDCOM format or family group sheets excluding living persons). For further information on our MURRAY Clan project  see the PROJECT NEWS link above (currently updating), available from the Top-bar dropdown links- or contact myself Alexandrina Murray or Irving James Murray.  Don't forget to check back regularly for up-dates to the yDNA and mtDNA results available from the Top dropdown links of this page.

Please contact Alexandrina Murray - new project Administrator.

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ALEXANDRINA MURRAY alexandrina@inbox.com
alexandrina@privacyharbor.com [secure]
Project Administrator- Murray Surname Project (Clan Murray)
@ Sat 15th of May 2010 ----------------------
 
IRVING JAMES MURRAY jamesmurray59@msn.com
Project Co- Administrator @ Sun 16 May 2010 -----------------



  Please click on the links above the listed surnames for this project to view other information on our MURRAY DNA project.