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Group Administrator: Rick Sterling
Group Co-Administrator: Charles Starling

Background

Project Surnames:

Skirling	Stallings	Starlin	Starling
Sterlin	Sterling	Stirlen	Stirling

Project Background:

Those of us who research these families have often wondered if they connect--this is an opportunity to find out. By joining this project you receive access to a Y-line analysis at a reduced, group cost. Not only will your proximity to other project participants be tested, but also your proximity to everyone in the FTDNA database--over 32,000 individuals.

Also, one note--this test will only work for males who are direct patrilineal descendants of Starlings, Sterlings, Stirlings, etc., i.e. are men who themselves have one of those surnames.

The main St*rling DNA Project web site is located at here.

Main St*rling DNA Project Pages

The DNA and ancestry data presented on this page is soley for the purpose of helping St*rling family members make genealogical connections. All DNA and ancestry data published on this page is the property of the respective St*rling DNA Project member and may not be used in other research products with out the express written permission of that member.

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Project Goals:

The purpose of this project is to create a map through time of the family or families that use the surnames Stirling, Sterling, Starling and other variants. There are large groups of people with these surnames in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada and other former British colonies. Further, people with these names can be found in respectable numbers throughout Europe and Latin America.

Those of us who research these families have often wondered if they connect--this is an opportunity to find out. By joining this project you receive access to a Y-line analysis at a reduced, group cost. Not only will your proximity to other project participants be tested, but also your proximity to everyone in the FTDNA database--over 51,000 individuals.

Also, one note--this test will only work for males who are direct patrilineal descendants of Stirlings, Sterlings, Starlings, etc., i.e. are men who themselves have one of those surnames.

By joining this project you agree that your haplogroup and surname or most distant ancestor information that you provide will be made public. Your personally identifiable information will never be made public. If you do not wish your haplogroup data to be public then you may purchase products directly from FTDNA as an individual. If you are currently a member and do not wish your haplogroup/surname/most distant ancestor information to be public then you must contact FTDNA and remove yourself from the ST*RLING DNA PROJECT.

An additional requirement is that you maintain up to date contact information on your account page. Those with invalid emails and/or telephone numbers may be removed from the project.

Project News:

DNA Results have tied together several St*rling families in the USA. St*rling families from the colonial mid-Atlantic states have matched descendants of William Sterling of Haverhill, Mass and James Stirling of Cornwall, CT. They all share the same Y-DNA. This family group is color coded blue in the results. It should be noted that there exists documentaion of the William of Haverhill, Mass and James Stirling of Cornwall, Ct. lines.

Several members of our project have markers matching or very close to MacGregor of MacGregor. This is not surprising as we knew from history that many MacGregors took the St*rling name during the Proscription of the MacGregor name. The MacGregor results are color coded light yellow.

Project Results:

We have identified 7 distinct family groups to date. The groups are separated and identified by an arbitrary name indicating the Haplogroup. Currrently there are the following groups.

Haplogroup I1  Grp 1 = Anglo-Saxon (Ken Nordvedt = AS5)

Haplogroup I2b  Grp 1 = Viking

Haplogroup R1a  Grp 1 = R1a Eastern Europe

Haplogroup R1b1 Grp 1 = Atlantic Modal Haplotype

Haplogroup R1b1 Grp 2 = Atlantic Modal Haplotype

Haplogroup R1b1 Grp 3 = Atlantic Modal Haplotype

MacGregor  R1b1 Grp 4 = Atlantic Modal Haplotype

Haplogroup R1b1 Grp 5 = Atlantic Modal Haplotype

Haplogroup R1b1 Grp 6 = Atlantic Modal Haplotype

Persons in the MacGregor group have results closely matching those of MacGregor of MacGregor, the Chiefly line of MacGregor

NOTE: IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU KEEP YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS UP-TO-DATE ON YOUR FTDNA ACCOUNT

Only the most distant ancestor recorded by each member on their project setup page will be reported in the results.

Grouping: Matches that are "Probably Related" according to FTDNA standards will be grouped. Grouping of results means there is a statistical probability that persons in the same group are related. This probability increases as the number of markers that match increases. For example a 12 for 12 match will only be grouped if the results appear unique, i.e. all the persons that match 12 for 12 share the same surname. So far this has only happened in haplogroup I1a Group 1. A 25, 24 or 23 match out of 25 markers will be grouped. A 37, 36, 35, 34 or 33 match out of 37 markers will be grouped. A 67, 66, 65, 64, 63, 62, 61 or 60 match out of 67 markers will be grouped. From this you can see how important it is to test at least 37 markers.

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