DNA Testing and Results

Brian Spalding's and Jane Margaret Spalding's (nee Scott)  Autosomal DNA results are on Ancestry.com and GEDmatch websites, Brian's are also on FamilyTreeDNA and if you are a match I would be pleased to hear from you.  Where DNA matches have been identified to link to this family tree many of the ancestors of that person have been included in the relevant descendants list.  In addition the common ancestors from those matches have been identified on the Spalding Overview Page or the Scott Overview Page with a black box around the common ancestor's name.  Some gaps in finding common ancestors may be a cause for concern in some branches.

Brian's Autosomal Ethnicity Estimate Results

Total: England & North Western Europe - 35%, Scotland - 26%, Ireland - 26%, Sweden & Denmark - 11%, Norway - 2%

From Brian's father – Douglas Peter Spalding: Scotland - 24%, Ireland - 26%

From Brian's mother – Phyllis Grace Whitton: England & North Western Europe - 35%, Scotland - 2%, Sweden & Denmark - 11%, Norway - 2%

Jane's Autosomal Ethnicity Estimate Results

Total: Scotland 56%, England & North Western Europe 35%, Wales 5%, Ireland 4%

From Jane's Father - William Watson Scott: Scotland 46% Ireland 4%

From Jane's Mother- Margaret Baxendell: Scotland 10%, England & North Western Europe 35%, Wales 5%

Brian Spalding has also had a Big Y-700 DNA test with FamilyTreeDNA.com.  The Y-DNA results are displayed as part of the Spalding Name Group in FamilyTreeDNA.com.  A Spalding match (at Y-32 with a genetic distance of 2) from Michigan has been identified that confirms the Spalding's of Australia are linked to the Spaldings of Monroe, Michigan in accordance with the identified records shown in this site.  In addition several Autosomal matches to Brian's brother who are descended from the Andrew Spalding b1791 who migrated to the USA in 1843 have also been identified.

Brian Spalding's Y-DNA line entered Scotland in about 350 A.D. from the south. His haplogroup is R-BY14106.

I still have a lot to learn about DNA results and would welcome any suggestions.