Driscoll DNA Project Clan O'Driscoll Registered with The Clans of Ireland Ltd.

Goals

• Foremost among our goals is use of DNA as a tool to supplement conventional genealogy. The comparisons made with other participants is very strong at showing two people are unrelated providing then a means of discovering errors.
• Support autosomal aDNA testing for persons with a Driscoll in their pedigree at five generations or less.
• Provide a gateway to ordering a mitochrondial mtDNA test for persons with a female Driscoll in their direct maternal line.
• Test the theory that all Driscoll, Driskell, O'Driscoll and variants descend from the Corcu Lóegde.
• Discover if there is a correlation between Haplotypes and the associated agnomina (secondary sept names).

How to Participate

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• yDNA paternal participants must provide a sample from a male descendant of DRISCOLL, DRISKELL, O'DRISCOLL, variants thereof or any of the agnomina such as BAWN, BOHANE, CADOGAN, COFFEY, CRONICAN, HOOLY, KERUCANE, MINEHANE, RUA, or WHOOLY. Order either the "Y-DNA 37 marker" or better yet the "Y-DNA 67 marker" paternal test from Family Tree DNA
• mtDNA maternal participants must provide a sample from a male or female whose mother descends via a female lineage from a DRISCOLL.
• aDNA Family Finder participants must provide a sample from a male or female who has a DRISCOLL in one of their lines no further back than 5 generations.
• Interact with other participants via the DRISCOLL-OF-CORK Mail List.
• Recruit other Driscolls to participate.
• Contribute to our General Fund which is used to purchase kits for non-genealogically oriented DRISCOLL whose lineage is of interest to the group as a whole because they come from a historically interesting family key to our origins.

yDNA Participants, Results and Analysis

• List of those persons participating in our project and their most ancient ancestor.
• Map - participant's ancestral locations within Ireland
• Analysis by Haplogroup
• Corca Laidhe
• Eiderscel, Etersceoil, Eterscél
• Dennis Driskell (c.1665-1771)

aDNA (Family Finder) Participants

• aDNA Participants - A list of those persons participating in our project and their gg-grandparent O'Driscoll

Resources

• GENEALOGY-DNA Mailing List
• Family Tree DNA
• Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation
• Molecular Population Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin
  • Ireland mtDNA Data
• Ysearch

FAQ

Q: Should I be concerned about privacy?
A: No, in this project you are identified by a kit number and your earliest known ancestor. Even so, the type of DNA testing will not uniquely identify you as an individual. Futhermore. You may wish to review the vendor's policy statement.

Q: Are there risks associated with DNA testing for genealogy?
A: The risks are similiar to what you might learn via conventional genealogy, e.g. you might uncover an adoption or other non paternal event which could cause emotional distress.

Q: I have already tested at another lab. Can I join the Clan O'Driscoll project?
A: Family Tree DNA offers a special package for persons who have tested at Ancestry, GeneTree, and Sorenson's SMGF, see Y-DNA Transfer From Another Company.

Q: My 4th great-grandfather is Denis Driscol born 1745 in Ireland. As I am female, could one of my sons do the DNA test?
A: No, the surname testing is based on the "Y" chromosome which is a paternal test and thus all samples must be derived from a male surnamed DRISCOLL or a variant thereof.

Q: My husband's mother's mother's mother is a DRISCOLL. Would he be able to participate in the DNA research?
A: It depends on your research objective. There are two different kinds of tests in addition to yDNA. They are mtDNA for tracking a maternal path from mother to mother similiar to yDNA tracking a paternal path from father to father. There is also a test called Family Finder which can track as deep as the 16 surnames associated with your great-great-garndparents.

Q: What paternal test should I order?
A: The 37 marker test is the most cost effective. An upgrade to the 67 markers is useful to improve the confidence levels in any conclusions drawn.

Q: How is the DNA collected?
A: Its done at home by simply swabing the inside of the cheek. Family Tree DNA will mail you a collection kit and it comes with instructions on how to swab the inside of the cheek and mail it back.

Q: How long does it take to get results?
A: Six to eight weeks.

Q: What is a Haplogroup?
A: Research to date has not identifed the most ancient of our ancestors as having originated from several different groups. A haplotype is the specific genetic signature of a person's DNA. A haplogroup is the set of haplotypes sharing a common characteristic. All persons within a specific haplogroup share a common ancestor

Q: If we all come from Adam and Eve then don't men in turn all have the same Y-chromosome?
A: Mutations occur resulting in different lines. In fact one complication in interpreting results is that mutations can occur causing once different lines to evolve with the same Y-chromosome and effect termed 'convergence'.

Q: I am not a close match to any other Driscoll. How can I be sure that an act of infidelity or adoption has no occured in the line between me and my most ancient paternal ancestor?
A: Convince your most distant relation sharing that ancestor to submit a DNA sample. You have to find someone who shares only that ancestor with you. If you both match then you will be sure.

Contact

• Colin Ferguson, Project Administrator
• Susan J. Barretta, Co-Administrator

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