The Pearsall Family DNA Surname Project

The Pearsall Family

Members History Genealogy

The History of the Parshall Family from the Conquest of England by William of Normandy, A.D. 1066 to the Close of the 19^th Century (1903)

The Parshall Family A.D. 870-1913 (1915)

History and Genealogy of the Pearsall Family in England and America (1928)

The Pearsall Family DNA – Surname Project

PEARSALL FAMILY DNA SURNAME PROJECT RESULTS:

May 4, 2008 – On my father’s birthday, I have the pleasure to announce two new results for this family project: the seventh Y-DNA test result (from Canada) and eighth Y-DNA test result (from Australia) have come in.

Test 7 (Canada):

Y-DNA marker results indicate a very unique bloodline of haplogroup K2 that originated in Africa. A Canadian Pearsall who traces his roots to North Carolina, is the first to establish a genetic benchmark for Pearsalls of Black / African heritage. Y-DNA marker searches in public databases (ysearch.org and ybase.org) indicate no matches or close relationships to any other individuals currently. As other Pearsalls of Black / African heritage participate in genetic genealogy testing, patterns in marker results may lead to discovery of new family branches and common ancestry.

Test 8 (Australia):

Y-DNA marker results from an Australian Pearsall indicate a Y-DNA match with other Pearsalls in the United States, nearly 9,000 miles away! His Y-DNA belongs to the haplogroup “I1b.” Australian Pearsalls may trace their paternal line from four male immigrants that arrived from England between 1803 and 1835, or later English immigration.

American and Australian Pearsall branches both originated from England. Most American Pearsalls are descendants of Thomas Pearsall who came to the Virginia colony in about the 1630s, so a common ancestry with Australia must go back at least 400-years to England. Also, interestingly, some American Pearsalls in California may trace their roots to the Australian branch of the family after immigration from Australia to California in the 1900s. Californian Pearsalls of Australian ancestry would probably have Y-DNA results similar to the Australian result below.

Additionally, from the Y-DNA marker patterns below, we are beginning to see three branches of haplogroup I1b: tests 1, 2, and 5 are very closely related with identical or almost identical marker results; test 4 with a difference of two marker values to the other American Pearsalls a bit further related; and test 8 with three marker differences slightly more distantly related. All are cousins between 6 to about 25 generations.

As other Pearsalls from England, Australia, and elsewhere contribute to this project, additional branches may emerge and confirm common ancestry.

Thanks to all participants and contributors!

Specific results below:

Reference	PCHMO001 (test 4)	PRATX001 (test 2)	PASUT001 (test 5)	PJAVA001 (test 1)	PAXVI001 (test 8)	PRLON001 (test 7)
Surname	Pearsall	Pearsall	Pearsall	Pearsall	Pearsall	Pearsall
State, Country	Missouri, USA	Texas, USA	Utah, USA	Virginia, USA	Victoria, Australia	Ontario, Canada
Ethnic background	Caucasian	Caucasian	Caucasian	Caucasian	Caucasian	Black
Predicted Y-DNA Haplogroup	I1b	I1b	I1b	I1b	I1b	K2
Lab	DNAH	RG	DNAH	DNAH / FTDNA	FTDNA	DNAH
Test date	11/06	8/06	12/06	7/06	5/08	6/07 & 1/08
YBase.org	TMKY9	ORGB7	GBKP9	CWWL6	6LECV	COYT3
YSearch.org	Q9E2K	WCYWP	9XK5S	28F42	JBRKE	PMSTS
mtDNA Haplogroup	-	-	-	U2b	-
Markers:
DYS19a	15	15	15	15	15	14
DYS385a	12	12	12	12	12	14
DYS385b	15	15	15	15	15	16
DYS388	15	15	15	15	15	12
DYS389I	14	14	14	14	14	12
DYS389II	30	30	30	30	30	29
DYS390	23	23	23	23	23	26
DYS391	10	10	10	10	10	10
DYS392	11	11	11	11	11	14
DYS393	13	13	13	13	13	13
DYS395S1a				16	16
DYS395S1b				17	17
DYS406S1				12	12
DYS413a				21	21
DYS413b				21	21
DYS425				12	12
DYS426	11	11	11	11	11	11
DYS436				12	12
DYS437	14	14	14	14	14	14
DYS438	10	10	10	10	10	9
DYS439	11	11	11	11	11	11
DYS441	14	15	15	15		14
DYS442	12	12	12	12	12	11
DYS444	13	14	14	14	14	11
DYS445	11	11	11	11		11
DYS446	11	11	11	11	11	17
DYS447	25	25	25	25	25	26
DYS448	18	18	18	18	18	19
DYS449	28	28	28	28	28	34
DYS450				8	8
DYS452	11	12	11	11		12
DYS454	11	11	11	11	11	13
DYS455	11	11	11	11	11	11
DYS456	14	14	14	14	14	15
DYS458	17	17	17	17	18	17
DYS459a	8	8	8	8	8	9
DYS459b	9	9	9	9	9	9
DYS460	10	10	10	10	10	10
DYS461	12	12	12	12		11
DYS462	12	12	12	12		12
DYS463	20	20	20	20		19
DYS464a	11	11	11	11	11	11
DYS464b	14	14	14	14	14	12
DYS464c	14	14	14	14	14	14
DYS464d	15	15	15	15	15	16
DYS472				8	8
DYS481				27	27
DYS487				12	13
DYS490				12	12
DYS492				12	12
DYS511				10	10
DYS520				20	20
DYS531				11	11
DYS534				15	15
DYS537				11	11
DYS557				18	17
DYS565				11	11
DYS568				12	12
DYS570				18	18
DYS572				10	10
DYS576				17	17
DYS578				8	8
DYS590				8	8
DYS594				10	10
DYS607				10	10
DYS617				14	14
DYS635 (Y-GATA-C4)	21	21	21	21		20
DYS640				11	11
DYS641				10	10
DYS724a (CDY a)				34	34
DYS724b (CDY b)				35	35
YCAIIa	21	21	21	21	21	22
YCAIIb	21	21	21	21	21	23
Y-GATA-A10	14	14	14	14		11
Y-GATA-H4 (TAGA)	11	11	11	11	11*	10
Y-GGAAT1-B07	11	11	11	11		10

* - FTDNA converted to DNAH standard (FTDNA 10 = DNAH 11)

Haplogroup	Count
E3b	1
I1a	1
I1b	5
K2	1
Total	8

Country	Count
Australia	1
Canada	1
Finland	0
Netherlands	0
N. Zealand	0
S. Africa	0
U.K.	0
U.S.A.	6
Total	8

Surname	Count
Parshall	0
Pearsall	8
Piersall	0
Total	8

GOALS

1. Establish a reference for Pearsall in each state and country,

2. Establish a reference for other possibly related surnames (e.g. Piersall, Parshall, etc), and

3. Establish a reference for earlier roots (e.g. England, Normandy, Norway, Sweden, and the Balkans).

TO NEW NOTICE (updated May 10, 2008)--à

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