About us
The various Laliberte branches were created in Quebec in the 17th century. Many immigrants to the area were fleeing oppression of one type or another in the old world. As such they chose new names in the new world. Laliberte, meaning Freedom, was an obvious choice for several.
Gaspard Roi Roux or Roireau used the dit name Laliberte. He was the first of his line. Born about 1666 is France, nearly nothing is known about his early life. About 1693 he married Marguerite Hebert dit Laverdure. They had four children, Michel RoiReau dit Laliberte 1697-1775, Jean Baptiste RoiReau dit Laliberte 1700-1775, Marie Marguerite RoiReau dit Laliberte 1701-1739, and Joseph RoiReau dit Lalibete 1712- ? .
We have YDNA tested 4 member so far, including a Big Y on Michel Roireau dit Laliberte's line. We are currently in the process of testing a descendant of Joseph RoiReau dit Laliberte, and next we will work on one from Jean Baptiste RoiReau dit Laliberte. The hope is that the 3 lines are actually unbroken Y DNA lines back to Gaspard.
The first test was found to be haplogroup I-F1295* with about 50 unnamed variants. This gives us a theoretical Most Recent Common Ancestor(tMRCA) about 7000 years ago. That is not very useful in the effort to find Gaspard's roots in the old world. With more Laliberte YDNA results, we believe we can better define the terminal SNP for Gaspard and move our MRCA forward in time.
YDNA testing is still a new and evolving branch of the field. As more and more people test, we will come closer to our goals.
I have hopes of exploring similar avenues for each of the other Laliberte lines.
Please post questions, as well as your own genealogical goals, so we can work together to achieve them.
Gaspard Roi Roux or Roireau used the dit name Laliberte. He was the first of his line. Born about 1666 is France, nearly nothing is known about his early life. About 1693 he married Marguerite Hebert dit Laverdure. They had four children, Michel RoiReau dit Laliberte 1697-1775, Jean Baptiste RoiReau dit Laliberte 1700-1775, Marie Marguerite RoiReau dit Laliberte 1701-1739, and Joseph RoiReau dit Lalibete 1712- ? .
We have YDNA tested 4 member so far, including a Big Y on Michel Roireau dit Laliberte's line. We are currently in the process of testing a descendant of Joseph RoiReau dit Laliberte, and next we will work on one from Jean Baptiste RoiReau dit Laliberte. The hope is that the 3 lines are actually unbroken Y DNA lines back to Gaspard.
The first test was found to be haplogroup I-F1295* with about 50 unnamed variants. This gives us a theoretical Most Recent Common Ancestor(tMRCA) about 7000 years ago. That is not very useful in the effort to find Gaspard's roots in the old world. With more Laliberte YDNA results, we believe we can better define the terminal SNP for Gaspard and move our MRCA forward in time.
YDNA testing is still a new and evolving branch of the field. As more and more people test, we will come closer to our goals.
I have hopes of exploring similar avenues for each of the other Laliberte lines.
Please post questions, as well as your own genealogical goals, so we can work together to achieve them.