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Group Administrator: Susan Sloan susanps@cs.com
Group Co-Administrator: John Frederick Sloan

Background

Project Surnames:

Sloan	Sloane	Slone

Project Background:

The project originated when an attempt was made to link two Sloan family lines in the U.S.A. in the absence of a paper connection. One family line could be traced back to a George Sloan who came from Ireland in 1754. A Sloan genealogist who suspected descent from the same man but was unable to find corroborating paper records decided to try to test the connection through Y-DNA analysis instead.

We are always happy to hear from members and others interested in the project. In most cases (including genealogical matters) it is best to contact the Group Administrator, Susan Sloan, but for scientific/technical questions please feel free to contact John Sloan on sloanydna (at) aol.com

If you have any interest in the project, or any queries, I'd strongly recommend you ask one of us directly!

Read the rest of these webpages for more information. Last updated in May 2008 by John Sloan

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Project Goals:

To establish whether or not two particular U.S. lines of the Sloan family are related. One of these lines can be traced back to an Irish ancestor who came to America in 1754. GOAL ACHIEVED EARLY IN THE PROJECT

To establish any connection(s) which may exist with other Sloans in North America. MANY RELATED INDIVIDUALS CLEARLY SEEN FROM Y-DNA RESULTS

To establish any connection(s) which may exist with Sloans still in the British Isles. After a long time in the wilderness WE HAVE NOW MATCHED OUR TWO SLOANS FROM THE UK WITH TWO SEPARATE SUB-GROUPS. Please note that male Sloans from ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD would be VERY WELCOME indeed!

To probe the deeper origins of the Sloan surname - does it have a single founder or many? How and where did it first originate? Can we identify its main branches? WE APPEAR TO HAVE FOUND THE DESCENDANTS OF ONE MAJOR FOUNDER OF THE SLOAN NAME. WE HAVE TWO OTHER LINES WHICH APPEAR MORE RECENT

To encourage as many MALE Sloans as possible to join us. Please note that the distinctive patterns seen so far in the Y-DNA results mean there are HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT data against which new results can be compared.

Project News:

Members are sub-grouped by Haplogroup and R1b is split into three sub-groups. Sub-clade testing is currently underway in an attempt to better classify one of these R1b sub-groups. The smallest is a relatively uncommon branch of R1b called "R1b1b2g1". You can find more information on this rare haplogroup here:

http://meekdna.com/U198dna/

Two other R1b Sloans appear to belong to the "R1b1b2e" sub-clade yet are UN-RELATED to one another.

We have a useful database of SLOAN results and are seeing clear structure in the project. However, as always, we would like new recruits! We would also appreciate it if project members would share more information for the mutual benefit of the participants and so we would encourage them to communicate with the administrators.

Project Results:

According to FTDNA (using the designations in the new YCC tree, 2008) two members are of Haplogroup I2a (but un-related) and another belongs to R1a1 whilst a fourth is classified as "I1" by FTDNA. All the other Sloans are of Haplogroup R1b. The R1b Sloans presently comprise three groups and four un-related individuals plus a further two UN-RELATED individuals who both just happen to belong to the "R1b1b2e" sub-clade.

We have seen the emergence and consolidation of three sub-groups. The largest of these probably forms part of a broader Scottish "cluster". It represents almost half of the Sloans tested to date. It appears to descend from an original founder of the Sloan name. The three Sloan sub-groups are almost certainly un-related to one other since the advent of surnames. In two sub-groups there is paper genealogy linking some members to an original ancestor who emigrated to America: in the third, one member still lives in the British Isles. The largest Sloan sub-group also contains a member originally from the UK. There are probably more founders of the "Sloan" name yet to discover.

WITHIN each of the three groups, there is a strong probability that all the members shared a common direct male ancestor within a meaningful time-frame i.e. since the adoption of surnames.

Most of the above relationships were unknown prior to this project.

We look forward to continued growth with new recruits always most welcome.

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