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Name - Shetland (Beattie), Orkney (Lamb), Scotland (Black); Traditions; Earliest Known
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Name - Shetland (Beattie), Orkney (Lamb), Scotland (Black); Traditions; Earliest Known
Ancestor; DNA Matches; Comments
| STRONG 14 23 14 11 11 14 12 12 12 13 13 29 15 09 10 11 11 27 15 19 29 14 15 16 16 (5825) R1b1c10; Scottish Orkney - Scandinavian; If the name was in fact STRONG not STRANG, then possibly from Old French, "estrange" meaning foreigner. There is a surname found in West Norway, STRANGI. There is an English surname STRONG. A John STRANG was noted as being a common councillor in 1398 in Aberdeen so clearly the surname was on the Scottish Mainland at one time, however, "An old surname in Orkney". Sir George STRANG, a cleric, was a notary in Orkney in 1542. "Henre STRANG was vicar of Dunrossness in 1525"; None recorded as yet; Laurence STRANG, born 1630, husband of Margaret SINCLAIR, and son of Henry STRANG who died 1642 Hillwell, Dunrossness; YSTR Database: 22 / 20,000 matches - mostly in North - Central Europe. There are 4 exact 12/12 matches in the FTDNA customer database. In the Haplogroup Database the matches all center around Denmark with no Portugal or Spanish matches. It is noteworthy that the participant does not match a STRANG from Orkney, indicating that there are at least two STRANG signatures in the Northern Isles; Based on the specialized DNA test finding of S28 positive (known to be from the Vestfold area of Norway and most probably the adjacent area of Jutland in Denmark), but not found to date on the Scottish Mainland, the most likely origin of this participant is Jutland or the Oslofjord area; but the possibility of Norman cannot be ruled out as many were Danish. If the participant's surname was originally STRANG, then it may have some directly from Norway. |
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| SUTHERLAND 13 25 15 11 11 14 12 12 10 13 11 30 (21887) R1a; Scottish Orkney - Norse: Asian; Place name from Sutherland, the "southland" of the Norsemen of Caithness and Orkney. An earldom was created and various Earls of Sutherland were prominent in Scottish circles. The name has been found in Orkney since early times. For example, an Alexander Sutherland recorded there in 1424. In Shetland, in 1546 a "Thorrald Sudyrland was recorded as brother of Margaret Reid"; William SUTHERLAND, born about 1757, Lee, Houster married to Ellspeth ROBERTSON, and son of Alexander SUTHERLAND of Lee, Lunnasting; There are 16 exact 12/12 matches in the FTDNA customer database, which is high considering this is an R1a signature. One of the matches is with JAMIESON (9828). In the Haplogroup Database the exact matches are with Hungary, Ireland, and Kazakhstan; It was expected that this participant would be R1b due to the Scottish connection. It is unclear if this signature is that of the SUTHERLANDs of the Scottish Mainland. The match with JAMIESON (9828) may be significant, although without 25 markers it is not possible to say with any degree of certainty. Clearly the two had an ancestor in common in relatively recent times. Hopefully genealogical work can sort things around. |