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Project Surnames:

Sinton	Sintoun	Sintun	Synton

Project Background:

If you came to this page because you are interested in SINTON family genealogy, then some of you may have already "met" me in the course of your own research.
My webpages have details of the family I am particularly interested in.

I am excited by the possibilities opening up with the addition of the science of DNA testing to the armoury of tools available to genealogists and I hope you are too, and will participate in this survey.

All you need is to be on a direct line of SINTON men, and 5 minutes of your time to provide the swab needed for the tests. If you lack, as I do, a Y chromosome, but are still interested, then convince a SINTON brother or father or cousin to participate instead.

Read the familytreeDNA FAQ pages (link at left) for details on what the tests may be able to discover for us, and when ready, we would love you to join us, simply click on the request to join link at left.

Testing is cheaper via a surname group than if done directly, but if you have already had a test done, it can be included in the SINTON results.

For more background information on familytreeDNA, click on the logo at top left and for more background on the SINTON name, click on the Goals link above.

Also check out our SINTON surname pages on the World Family Network and the latter's background info.

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Project Goals:

The goal for this project is to examine possible links between the diverse groups of SINTONs, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, the States and anywhere else they may have ended up.

Black's "The Surnames of Scotland" gives SINTON a territorial origin from the ancient barony of the same name now included in the parish of Ashkirk, Selkirkshire, quoting a 1681 source (Bain) as
"that William, formerly King of Scotland [1165-1214] gave the sheriffdom of Selkirk to one Andrew de Synton to be held by answering to the King and his heirs for the issues, and being freed of the farm of the castle ward of Roxburgh and suit thereto, which he and his heirs were used to make for the barony of Synton"

My particular SINTON family stems from Southdean, Roxburghshire.
Others have researched families from the Jedburgh area, and Selkirkshire, Ireland, Canada and the States.
Links are "felt" to exist, but cannot be proven via surviving records, it is threrefore hoped that DNA testing may provide evidence for the suspected links.

Project News:

Oct 21, 2008: 12 marker results now available for the 3rd kit, and it's a 12/12 match with the known Southdean SINTON representatives.
Jul 16, 2008: Another member has joined, a descendant of John SINTON and Alison HALL, one of the Southdean families I've been trying to track down.
Jan 24, 2008: Second kit 25 and 37 marker results posted. 24/25 and 36/37 marker matches between the Southdean SINTON descendants of the two brothers.
In the wider FT DNA database there is a 35/37 match with an ALEXANDER surname which may or may not be of some later interest.
Jan 11, 2008: Second kit 12 marker results posted, thankfully a full 12/12 match with the first kit (their respective ancestors were brothers, Peter and James respectively, sons of Peter SINTON and Jane DONALDSON of Southdean, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Still no same surname matches in the wider databases.
Jan 4, 2008: First kit with full 37 marker results back. No matches as yet.
Dec 31, 2007: Third kit ordered - a descendant of William SINTON and Isobel BLACK via son John (marr. Dorothy EASTHAM)
Dec 22, 2007: Preliminary (12 marker) results posted on first kit (no same surname matches in the FT DNA database).
Dec 06, 2007: Second kit on its way back to lab
Nov 28, 2007: First kit back to lab, full results expected end Jan 2008
Nov 20, 2007: Second kit sent out
Nov 6, 2007: First kit sent out
Oct 27, 2007: Links established to the World Family Network pages which gives access to Surname (SINTON) and general DNA research forums, and another set of (free) web page space where I'll lodge pedigrees and expand on results etc.
Oct 23, 2007: Project initiated by Lorna Henderson, a descendant of Peter SINTON and Janet DONALDSON from the Scottish Borders

Project Results:

See Y Results tab for the results posted to date (3 kits back so far - Jan 2008, two at the full 37 markers, one at 12).
Still trying to trace living descendants of the Northumberland and Southdean SINTONs to match against the three participants already enrolled.

DNA Test Results (mtDNA) for Project Members