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  • FitzRandolph Family Non-Paternal Event/Hollingsworth?

    From Jinny Wallerstedt@jinnology@gmail.com to soc.genealogy.medieval on Fri Mar 15 18:35:23 2024
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    Hi, all. Just learned yesterday what some might already know: Y-DNA
    evidence seems to be showing a non-paternal event in the FitzRandolph
    male line not far back from Edward the immigrant, who for decades has
    been considered a presumed but unproven gateway ancestor.

    Thomas FitzRandolph and Craig Tafel -- who might be here -- posted about
    this on the FitzRandolph Y-DNA project page at FamilyTree DNA back in
    January. The theory is that Edward's paternal ancestors were not the FitzRandolphs of Spennithorne, Yorkshire, but the Hollingsworths,
    originally of Mottram, Cheshire.

    I checked our archive but didn't see much about the Hollingsworths.
    Anyone familiar with the family?

    Am trying to learn that genealogy needs to be an easy-come, easy-go
    thing. Simpler said than done after investing many, many hours finding
    the puzzle pieces and then trying to put them together. But no study is
    really wasted (even if my Conyers family is no longer mine). And Sir
    John, KG, has been a pretty good 15th great grand-uncle.

    Jinny



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  • From Jinny Wallerstedt@jinnology@gmail.com to soc.genealogy.medieval on Sat Mar 16 09:00:52 2024
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    On 3/15/2024 6:35 PM, Jinny Wallerstedt wrote:

    Hi, all. Just learned yesterday what some might already know: Y-DNA
    evidence seems to be showing a non-paternal event in the FitzRandolph
    male line not far back from Edward the immigrant, who for decades has
    been considered a presumed but unproven gateway ancestor.

    Thomas FitzRandolph and Craig Tafel -- who might be here -- posted about this on the FitzRandolph Y-DNA project page at FamilyTree DNA back in January. The theory is that Edward's paternal ancestors were not the FitzRandolphs of Spennithorne, Yorkshire, but the Hollingsworths,
    originally of Mottram, Cheshire.

    I checked our archive but didn't see much about the Hollingsworths.
    Anyone familiar with the family?

    Am trying to learn that genealogy needs to be an easy-come, easy-go
    thing. Simpler said than done after investing many, many hours finding
    the puzzle pieces and then trying to put them together. But no study is really wasted (even if my Conyers family is no longer mine). And Sir
    John, KG, has been a pretty good 15th great grand-uncle.

    Jinny

    I mentioned "Thomas FitzRandolph and Craig Tafel" in previous message; it's Tom Randolph.


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