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Description
Chisholms are said to be originally Normans who took the lands of Cheseholm in Roxburghshire, Scotland in the 13th century or earlier. Through marriages with northern heiresses, they established themselves as a Highland clan. Sir Robert de Cheseholme became in 1359 Constable of the royal castle of Urquhart, now a ruin beside Loch Ness. Erchless Castle, Strathglass, is the ancestral seat.
This project is to see if people of the name Chisholm are of multiple genetic heritages (haplogroups) like many of the western Highland clans. It hopes to define lines of related Chisholms.
Males, please order either the Y-DNA37 or the Y-DNA67 kit as the 12 and 25 marker kits do not give enough significant information.
Requirements
A Surname Project traces members of a family that share a common surname. They are of the most interest in cultures where surnames are passed on from father to son like the Y-Chromosome. This project is for males taking a Y-Chromosome DNA (Y-DNA) test. Thus, the individual who tests must be a male who wants to check his direct paternal line (father's father's father's...) with a Y-DNA12, Y-DNA37, Y-DNA67, or Y-DNA111 test and who has one of the surnames listed for the project. Females do not carry their father's Y-DNA. Females who would like to check their father's direct paternal line can have a male relative with his surname order a Y-DNA test. Females can also order an mtDNA test for themselves such as the mtDNAPlus test or the mtFullSequence test and participate in an mtDNA project. Both men and women may take our autosomal Family Finder test to discover recent relationships across all family lines.
Surnames In This Project
Cheezem, Cheezum, Chezem, Chisam, Chisham, Chisholm, Chisholme, Chism, Chisolm, Chissom, Chissum, Chisum