Galbraith DNA

let there be light: "the marriage of John Galbraith to Maria Antonia Teophila Mendoza at the Carmel Mission in California in 1856. Eleanor discovered, using the largely illegible marriage certificate that was mostly prepared in Latin, that his parents were ‘Joanny’ and ‘Serae’ (John and Sarah) ‘Ghibred’. Their first child (‘illegitima’ as John was not a Catholic at that time) was Perala, born in 1852" YOU need to find a Sarah

Bill: You mentioned a marriage between John Galbraith and Sarah Williams on Jan 11, 1821, possibly in Bellefonte, PA, with John being the son of Robert and Mary Dill Galbraith. You also cite Mary's connections to Ohio. Do you have any idea where John and Sarah lived over time? My 2x great grandfather was born in Ohio, with parents born in PA. Also my Y-111 DNA matches with Bartrom Galbraith who descends from Robert's brother William. My 2x great grandfather's first born son after marriage in 1856 was named Robert. 1st son was Francisca, but 2 yrs before marriage to Maria Antonia Mendoza.

I just went in and found you, Forris. I share distant autosomal matches with you on FamilyTree and on Ancestry and see you as a distant Y-DNA cousin. I see a number of shared affiliated family surnames. You have a cousin, Julie Hunt, who is doing a surname research for the Hudkins of your family line. You might look at the matches on WikiTree. I'll do some more research.

Sorry all. Been off the web for some time due to work requirements. Forgive me for saying thank you for your comments. Dana, what do you mean by a " non-paternal event"? Do you mean birth without one parent? James I Appreciate the offer. Through the DNA , can you tell in what time frame we match the Gailbraiths? we have several Gailbraiths matching as well as Creels and Wilsons at genetic distance of three. We can only take our Hudkins lineage back to Bennett Hudkins circa Born the 1753s. They alternated in public documents between the name Hudkins and Hoskins. From Bennett I come through Richard Hudkins ( 1779), Bennett Ingram Hudkins ( 1807), Emmitt I Hudkins ( 1855) , Forris W Hudkins ( 1890) . The hudkins name came out of thin air as of Bennett with no records or official trace before him. All help is greatly appreciated. Julie hunt Hudkins has done lots of work and is convinced that we are Scottish but also hitting this brick wall as all before us have. Hoping that the DNA can break this wall down.

Forris: You are from 20 to 28 mutations from the Galbraiths of Group 1, plus your terminal SNP is R-BY122550 , these items put your most recent common male with Galbraith and also Creel at 1000 AD (approximately). You and the Galbraiths parted at about R-S8368, This was before we had surnames. So your line has followed a different course for many centuries. You and Galbraiths are now about 36th cousins. Check back if you wish, kind regards, Bill Gilbreath

thanks for the insight Bill Very helpful.

Ruth Creel 1767, Lower Little (Lumber) River Cumberland County, N.C. http://www.ncgenweb.us/cumberland/lowersidupperlitriv.html

This was a wonderful link. Thanks for posting. When researching the name Culcreuch, I did not find much except Culcreuch Castle, but I am intrigued by the fact that if you move the L behind the e or u the name Crel, Creul, appears. Coincidence or by design? Perhaps Creel was originally a password code or alias created by the Galbraiths themselves to hide in plain sight or escape to safety and identify themselves later to other family members anywhere they wandered. Jeanne Creel

Any date of birth or death?

Rachel- Have you taken an autosomal DNA test? We have several testers from this line which is Group 7 if you are speaking of John C Williams 1720-1783 and Catherine Culbreath. I have only seen a US and Intl Marriage Record with the birthplace of WL for John

All I have is the grave marker of John Carouth Williams 1808-1896 showing him as a great great grandson. Guessing Neil was born 1690-1700 as his daughter Katherine (married to Welshman John Williams was born around 1720 in NC.

Group 3