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In 2006, I was
contacted by researchers of the Talley and Tolley
families to participate in DNA testing to see if there
was a connection between the Talley's, Tolley's and
Tuley's. Since they offered to pay for the test, I
agreed to participate.
Because of the differences in
pronunciation, which I think are more significant than
the spelling differences, I did not expect there to be a
match, but I was surprised at how different the results
were. According to the test results, we are related back
around the time of Noah.
A Tooley from the John Tuley/Sarah
New line also tested and as expected he and I were an
exact 12 marker match, indicating our lines are related
sometime since the late 1600's (about the time the
Tuley's originally came to America). A couple of people
from the Connecticut Tooley line have tested and they do
not match us.
Thinking about it, if some other
Tuley's tested, we could show a link between the various
Tuley lines. Unfortunately, I can't offer to fund the
testing. If you are interested, lots of good information
on DNA testing for genealogy can be found at Family Tree
DNA http://www.familytreedna.com.
If anyone from the New
Jersey Tuley line gets tested, please let me know.
An interesting article, that
explains testing very well. The
limits of ancestry DNA tests, explained.
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