shetlandislandsYdataDtoGa

Surnames D to G: Page 2 - Shetland Y-DNA Surname Project

Surname             DYS Markers and Allele Values: For 26 to 37 See
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and (Kit#)             3 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
                       9 9 9 9 8 8 2 8 3 8 9 8 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 4 6 6 6 6
                       3 0      1 5 5 6 8 9 9 2 9 8 9 9 5 4 7 7 8 9 4 4 4 4
                                      a b             +      +     a b                         a b c d
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Haplogroup; Proposed Origin: Surname - Y-DNA Signature; Meaning and Early Occurrences of the
Name - Shetland (Beattie), Orkney (Lamb), Scotland (Black); Traditions; Earliest Known Paternal
Ancestor; DNA Matches; Comments

GOUDIE 13 24 14 10 11 14 12 12 12 14 13 30 16 09 10 11 11 25 16 18 30 15 15 17 17
(10175)
R1b; Scottish Mainland - Celtic / Pictish; Scottish surname, a variant of GOLDIE, whose modern
variations include GOWDIE. There was a town or village of this name and a 'Little Goudie Chapel'
in the vicinity of Dundee. "The surname was early carried to the north, appearing in Shetland first
in 1576 in the person of Gawane GADIE of Lougasettar, Dunrossness; There are a very large
number of traditions in relation to the ancient origins of the Goudie family including the
following: there is a place called Gadie in Aberdeenshire in Scotland; the name is dervied
from a Norseman named Gaut; Gaut is an old Gallic name meaning forest; Gautier was often
a surname given to lumbermen in Normandy. Research by a Canadian with this surname has
located a Sir Breuse GAWDEY, a Scottish knight in 1352. This researcher believes that the
evidence indicates that the GOUDIE ancestor came to Scotland with the Bruce family and
other Normans after 1066; Gavin GOUDIE, born 1790, Scousburgh, Dunrossness, son of Olla
GOUDIE, born about 1760, residing Scousburgh, Dunrossness as an adult and wife Ann
WILLIAMSON; YSTR Database: 92 / 20,000 - matches scattered all over Western Europe; Matches
12/12 in the FTDNA haploroup database suggest the possibility of a "Latin link" with unusual
matches (for someone of Scottish background) in Italy and Spain (Basques Country). 12/12 match
(of 10) in the FTDNA customer database with MOAR (21828) ; Possible Gallic - Britany origin from
whence came many of the Normans in 1066. The surname has not been recorded in Orkney from an
early date, leading one to speculate the the Orkney GAUDIEs (sometimes also spelled GOUDIE)
were late arrivals from the Mainland or Shetland. Lamb also gives the "Goldie" (i.e., "someone with
golden hair") interpretation of the derivation of the name. The exact match with MOAR needs to be
explored, particularly with the use of more markers.

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GRAY 13 23 14 10 11 14 12 12 12 13 13 29 16 09 09 11 11 25 15 20 30 15 15 17 18
(19677)
R1b1c9; Scottish Mainland - German / Scandinavian; Name possibly Norman, from a town in the
department of Haute - Saone, France (Greye in Calvados). The name has been in Scotland since at
least the thirteenth century. The name is seen in Orkney from the earliest days of Scottish rule,
and in Shetland from at least 1543; The ancestor of the present participant was Rev. Robert
GRAY who studied in Glasgow in 1695, was licenced to preach in Hamilton, Lanarkshire 20
June 1700, he travelled to Shetland in 1702 and was ordained Minister of Nesting,
Lunnasting, and Whalsay 29 July 1703. Family tradition records that Rev. Gray may have
had a number of illegitimate children beyond the 8 "official" children; Robert GRAY, born
Nesting, son of the above Rev. Robert GRAY and Margaret SINCLAIR; There are 43 exact 12 / 12
matches in the FTDNA customer database, making it a fairly common haplotype. There is one high
resolution match of 23/25 with a SHELTON. The significance of this match is unknown. Looking at
the Haplogroup Database, Denmark and Germany figure prominently in the assortment of matches;
without the usual matches to Spain, Portugal and Ireland that is typically seen in Celtic / Pictish
signatures. Even taking into account sample size, the preponderance of matches are to England; If
using the Haplogroup Database in relation to the traditional origins of the surname, plus the positive
result for the Y marker S21, the data is consistent with a family whose origins are in England -
Norman or Anglo - Saxon being likely.

GUTHRIE 13 23 14 10 11 14 12 12 13 13 13 28
(21820)
R1b; Scottish Orkney - (Border Region); Place name from the barony of this name in Angus. A
John Guthrie, of Kirkwall, Orkney, in 1480. First recorded in Shetland in 1625, when the name
James Guthrie in Laxfirth appears in the Court Book. Most of this name are associated with Yell,
and probable descendants of Robert Guthrie of Lerwick; None recorded; John GUTHRIE, born
about 1715, Cuppister, South Yell, married to Jane DANIELSDAUGHTER, and son of Robert
GUTHRIE of Lerwick; A rare R1b haplotype. One 12/12 match in FTDNA customer database
(surname WELDON). In Haplogroup Database no exact matches, at 11/12 one from Iceland. The
largest number of near matches are from France and Germany; Taken as a whole to evidence points
to an origin in the border Regions of Scotland / England.

GOWDIE 13 24 14 10 11 14 12 12 12 13 13 29 16 09 10 11 11 25 16 18 30 15 15 17 17
53499
R1b; Scottish Mainland - Celtic - Pictish; See above; See above; Robert GOUDIE, born 1730,
Clumlie, Dunrossness, father of Robert GOUDIE, born 1771, Clumlie, Dunrossness; At the high
resolution level of 37 markers there is only one match, 35/37 with GOUDIE (10175). Clearly the two
participants have the same ancestor; The participant wishes to explore a possible link to Gavin
GOUDIE born before 1545 and ancestor of the "Braefield" GOUDIEs by finding a descendent of this
man, whose ancestors emigrated to Australia, and comparing Y-DNA signatures.