About us
8 May 2009: Project initiated on the FTDNA site.
17 June 2009: The laboratory acknowledged receipt of the project administrator's DNA test kit.
6 July 2009: A second member has joined this project. The project administrator's own test results are still with the laboratory.
14 July 2009: First results are in from the project administrator's test.
6 August 2009: All results from project administrator's test (67 markers) are now in.
12 December 2009: First results from our second member (Kit 158140) have been posted.
30 December 2009: Kit 158140 now has scores on all 67 markers, showing a single difference from Kit 153521.
16 August 2010: First results for our third member (Kit 183639) are now available.
20 August 2010: Kit 183639 now has scores on 37 markers -- all that have yet been ordered. They show only a single difference from Kit 158140. That is our first major genealogical result: Kit 183639 is DNA from a descendant of Edward, born around 1749 and perhaps in Ogdens. He has no known connection to Edward of Frogham, born about 1620 but the DNA leaves no doubt that all three Kits come from closely-related men.
25 June 2011: Results for our fourth member (Kit 203490) have become available and again show only a single difference from Kit 158140. That is a very big step forward because Kit 203490 comes from a descendant of the Kensingtons of Salisbury, whose documented lineage leads back to John Kensyngton -- born in the Wiltshire city in 1565. Since his DNA is so similar to those of the four members from Fordingbridge, we now have confirmation that the Salisbury Kensingtons and the Fordingbridge Kenchingtons have a common paternal ancestor! Moreover, the Salisbury and Fordingbridge families moved in such different circles (certainly after 1750, probably after 1700) that it is almost inconceivable that both could have seen matching "false paternity" events. Thus, the similarity in modern DNA shows not only that the two branches are related but that they have been carrying the same distinctive DNA markers since Georgian times at least and probably much longer. This is the first great validation of the genetic approach in advancing the genealogy of Kenchingtons and Kensingtons.
17 June 2009: The laboratory acknowledged receipt of the project administrator's DNA test kit.
6 July 2009: A second member has joined this project. The project administrator's own test results are still with the laboratory.
14 July 2009: First results are in from the project administrator's test.
6 August 2009: All results from project administrator's test (67 markers) are now in.
12 December 2009: First results from our second member (Kit 158140) have been posted.
30 December 2009: Kit 158140 now has scores on all 67 markers, showing a single difference from Kit 153521.
16 August 2010: First results for our third member (Kit 183639) are now available.
20 August 2010: Kit 183639 now has scores on 37 markers -- all that have yet been ordered. They show only a single difference from Kit 158140. That is our first major genealogical result: Kit 183639 is DNA from a descendant of Edward, born around 1749 and perhaps in Ogdens. He has no known connection to Edward of Frogham, born about 1620 but the DNA leaves no doubt that all three Kits come from closely-related men.
25 June 2011: Results for our fourth member (Kit 203490) have become available and again show only a single difference from Kit 158140. That is a very big step forward because Kit 203490 comes from a descendant of the Kensingtons of Salisbury, whose documented lineage leads back to John Kensyngton -- born in the Wiltshire city in 1565. Since his DNA is so similar to those of the four members from Fordingbridge, we now have confirmation that the Salisbury Kensingtons and the Fordingbridge Kenchingtons have a common paternal ancestor! Moreover, the Salisbury and Fordingbridge families moved in such different circles (certainly after 1750, probably after 1700) that it is almost inconceivable that both could have seen matching "false paternity" events. Thus, the similarity in modern DNA shows not only that the two branches are related but that they have been carrying the same distinctive DNA markers since Georgian times at least and probably much longer. This is the first great validation of the genetic approach in advancing the genealogy of Kenchingtons and Kensingtons.