Name: Clan Carruthers Y-DNA Project Established: 2019 (following confirmation of the Clan Chief) Administered by: Steve Colburn of Carruthers, FSAScot — Clan Carruthers Society, United States of America Parent Organization: Clan Carruthers Society International (Scotland) Supported by: Dr. Simon Peter Carruthers of Holmains, Chief of the Name and Arms of Carruthers Scope: Global — open to all male Carruthers and paternal-line descendants Genetic Focus: Y-DNA testing and analysis Primary Objectives: Advance the genealogical knowledge of the Carruthers surname and its many derivatives. Identify paternal-line relationships and ancestral origins across global Carruthers lines. Reconnect worldwide Carruthers descendants to their shared Scottish Borders heritage. Clarify surname derivatives and correct historical inaccuracies in compiled genealogical records. Support traditional documentary genealogy with scientific Y-DNA evidence. Featured Research — The Dunning-Carruthers Lineage: A comprehensive study establishing the Scottish Carruthers origins of Theophilus Dunning (b. Edinburgh, 15 October 1618) and his colonial New England descendants. Using primary Scottish and colonial records combined with Y-DNA evidence from three independent male-line branches, this study confirms that the Dunning family of Salem and Boston were Carruthers of Holmains by blood — and definitively separates them from the unrelated Downing families of Salem and Marblehead. Full research and primary source documents available at: https://theophilusdunningproject.wordpress.com