THE Mc CARRICK Y-DNA PROJECT.
To day we have about 1000 Mc Carrick families throughout the world. Where did they all originate, are they related?
Quoting from official records…
The Hearth Money Rolls for Co Sligo dated 1664 to 1666 lists
a total of three Mc Carrick homesteads for the County. One Templehouse, one
Grange and one Cloonbaniff.
Griffith’s Valuation of Ireland 1848 to 1864 lists a total
of 34 Mc Carrick homesteads for Co Sligo. 3 Mc Carrick homesteads just across
the Sligo borders in Co Mayo and one Mc Carrick homestead at Convoy, Co
Donegal.
Did all Mc Carrick’s come from one common ancestor?. It’s time to find out! First a brief paragraph on Genetics.
We know that a woman has two X-chromosomes. A man has an Y and an X chromosome. Every
man gets his Y chromosome from his father. His mother has no Y chromosome to
pass on. The Y or male chromosome is
passed down unchanged from father to son in the male chain over hundreds of
years. The Y chromosome follows the male surname. When ‘markers’ on the Y
chromosome of two men are compared the degree of difference is an indication of
how long ago they shared a common ancestor. Differences that do occur are
called ‘Mutations’ and happen about every 500 generations.
As Secretary of the Mc Carrick Clan (Ireland) Committee I
carried out research and found many organisations that engage in D N A testing.
After consideration and examination of independent recommendations I selected
Family Tree D N A, Houston. Texas. U S A.
I contacted that organisation and received a prompt reply from Bennett
Greenspan who has set my name up as the Mc Carrick Project Manager.
The D N A tests are based on saliva samples from
participants. We can register for a
12 or a 25-participant project. Family Tree D N A recommends establishing the
Project with the 12 marker
Y chromosome test. The cost for this group is $99 + postage
per participant. When participants match in the 12-marker test, the test can
then be upgraded to 25 markers for an additional fee of $90. The objective of
the 25-marker test is to reduce the time frame of the Most Recent Common
Ancestor (MRCA) between the matching participants. (FTDNA will supply sterilised kits)
For more
information on Y-D N A testing please visit www.familytreedna.com
My task now is to encourage participation. One participant
from each root Mc Carrick family is sufficient and may be sponsored by family
branches. To enrol you must be a member of the Mc Carrick Clan, subscription
$10 yearly per family to Treasurer Chanel Mc Carrick. 13 Adelaide Square,
Whitefriar Street Dublin 8. Ireland. Many Clan families have already paid the
membership subscription.
How to enter Project.
Send an E-mail to me, Gerard Mc Carrick at mccarrik@indigo.ie indicating your wish to
participate. I will then issue a Join Authorisation, embedded therein will be a
Link on which you can click, order and pay directly. This completed you will be
automatically entered as part of the Group Project.
Payment by credit card is accepted and secure under the
organisations Verisign secure on-line order system.
I look forward to co-ordinating this project on behalf of Mc
Carrick Clan members.
E-mail at any time.
Gerard Mc Carrick.
Secretary. Mc Carrick Clan (Ireland) Committee.