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	Welcome To Kirkpatrick Genealogy

The Kirkpatrick's

• Kirkpatrick's from Scotland - Tracing Your Scottish Roots

• Kirkpatrick's in Ireland - They came from Scotland as early as 1600

• 1) Some of the many families I've heard from over the years that settled in the United States

• 2) Douglas B. Kirkpatrick - In his book:
  "The Kirkpatrick FamilyFrom Scotland to Ulster to America 1141-2022", pages 59-109, Chapter Four: Kirkpatrick Families in America

• 3) Kirkpatricks in America Before 1800 - Great help in identifying which coded family you may have descended from. Coded families from twelve USA states and also Scotland and Ireland

• 1) Y-DNA Testing
  Used to test your direct paternal lineage - Your father, your father's father, your father's father's father, etc. - The Y chromosome passes almost unchanged from father to son. This allows you to trace your paternal ancestry.

  After you take the test, consider joining The Kirkpatrick DNA Project

  2) Mitochondrial DNA Testing
  Also called Maternal DNA, is passed down from mothers to their sons and daughters. Used to test your direct maternal lineage - Your mother, your mother's mother, your mother's mother's mother, etc.

  3)Autosomal DNA Testing
  Designed to help you find relatives on either side of your ancestral lines within the last five generations.
  This test type is very accurate to confirm parent/child relationships and relationships up to a second cousin.

  a) Ancestry - has the largest DNA database with over 15 million people. Ancestry offers only the Autosomal DNA test.

  b) 23and Me - has another of the largest databases.

Kirkpatrick/Kilpatrick DNA Site