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DNA Results Analysis and
Information on Irish Origins for the Rock Surname
What have
the DNA results so far revealed? - Some Great Successes
Aside from
the personal matches revealed for each individual, there are seven
members who all appear to be related. This is a personal success for
these people and shows how in the absence of paper trails DNA can
achieve success. Reuniting a once close knit clan, from now scattered
communities, a;; sharing the same surname. The most dramatic appears to
be member John Joseph Barrett who matches the Rocks of Armagh. Indeed he
believes his existing surname is not his correct genealogy and the DNA
results show this to be the case. Not only that it has opened a closed
door on his personal history, it has closed another.
Important point to
Consider:
Your haplotype, (your personal set of DYS marker results), determines the amount and type of DNA matches to other surnames. For
instance, both Rock testers, Kit Numbers 45758 and 33409 are
determined by FTDNA as a Western Atlantic Modal haplotype (WAMH). Both
these have a very broad and sporadic set of surname matches, there is
nothing conclusive at all in their surname matches. Kit number 32714 is R1b1c3 and has a lot of very specific different surname matches - all historically inter-related and from the same location. So its your haplotype that is more critical not your Haplogroup.
Distance Tables for the Complete Rock Project
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DYS# |
Kit |
Last Name |
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3 |
3 |
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3 |
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4 |
3 |
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3 |
3 |
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4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
G |
Y |
Y |
4 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
C |
C |
4 |
4 |
H |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
2 |
8 |
3 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
A |
C |
C |
5 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
D |
D |
4 |
3 |
a |
3 |
0 |
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1 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
2 |
9 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
4 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
T |
A |
A |
6 |
7 |
6 |
0 |
Y |
Y |
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8 |
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Armagh Rocks |
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28443 |
Steve Rocks |
R1b1 |
13 |
24 |
14 |
10 |
11 |
14 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
13 |
13 |
30 |
18 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
25 |
15 |
19 |
30 |
15 |
15 |
17 |
17 |
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26221 |
Martin Rocks |
R1b1 |
13 |
24 |
14 |
10 |
11 |
14 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
13 |
13 |
30 |
19 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
25 |
15 |
19 |
30 |
15 |
15 |
17 |
17 |
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25950 |
Kieran Rock |
R1b1 |
13 |
25 |
14 |
10 |
11 |
14 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
13 |
13 |
30 |
18 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
25 |
15 |
19 |
30 |
15 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
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26437 |
Kevin Rocks |
R1b1 |
13 |
25 |
14 |
10 |
11 |
14 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
13 |
13 |
30 |
18 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
25 |
15 |
19 |
30 |
15 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
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21482 |
Aaron Andrew Rock |
R1b1 |
13 |
25 |
14 |
10 |
11 |
14 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
13 |
13 |
30 |
18 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
25 |
15 |
19 |
30 |
15 |
15 |
17 |
17 |
11 |
12 |
19 |
24 |
16 |
15 |
18 |
17 |
37 |
38 |
12 |
12 |
65250 |
James Rock |
R1b1 |
13 |
25 |
14 |
10 |
11 |
14 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
13 |
13 |
30 |
18 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
25 |
15 |
19 |
30 |
15 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
11 |
12 |
19 |
24 |
16 |
15 |
18 |
17 |
37 |
38 |
12 |
12 |
43096 |
John Joseph Barrett |
R1b1 |
13 |
25 |
14 |
10 |
11 |
14 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
13 |
13 |
30 |
18 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
26 |
15 |
19 |
30 |
15 |
15 |
17 |
17 |
11 |
12 |
19 |
24 |
15 |
15 |
18 |
17 |
37 |
38 |
12 |
12 |
Irish Rock - Roch |
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54073 |
Lewis Marshall Roch |
R1b1 |
13 |
24 |
14 |
11 |
11 |
13 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
29 |
17 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
25 |
15 |
18 |
29 |
15 |
16 |
16 |
17 |
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33409 |
Aaron David Rock |
R1b1 |
13 |
24 |
14 |
11 |
11 |
14 |
12 |
12 |
11 |
13 |
13 |
29 |
17 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
26 |
15 |
19 |
29 |
15 |
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16 |
17 |
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45758 |
Timothy Blaine Rock |
R1b |
13 |
24 |
14 |
11 |
11 |
14 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
13 |
13 |
29 |
17 |
9 |
9 |
11 |
11 |
25 |
15 |
19 |
30 |
15 |
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17 |
17 |
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32714 |
Austin-Agustine Rock |
R1b1 |
13 |
24 |
14 |
11 |
11 |
14 |
12 |
12 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
29 |
18 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
25 |
15 |
19 |
30 |
14 |
14 |
16 |
17 |
11 |
11 |
19 |
23 |
16 |
15 |
18 |
17 |
38 |
39 |
14 |
12 |
Irish Rock I Group |
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34046 |
Robert Biechele Rock |
I |
13 |
22 |
14 |
10 |
13 |
14 |
11 |
16 |
11 |
12 |
11 |
28 |
16 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
11 |
24 |
16 |
20 |
28 |
12 |
14 |
15 |
15 |
10 |
10 |
19 |
21 |
14 |
14 |
16 |
20 |
34 |
38 |
12 |
10 |
29892 |
Richard Carey Ann Rock |
I |
13 |
22 |
15 |
10 |
13 |
15 |
11 |
14 |
11 |
13 |
11 |
29 |
14 |
8 |
9 |
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11 |
23 |
16 |
20 |
30 |
12 |
14 |
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N8149 |
Ronald Rock |
E3b |
13 |
24 |
13 |
9 |
13 |
15 |
11 |
12 |
10 |
14 |
11 |
30 |
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N12299 |
Robert Roland Rock |
R1a |
13 |
24 |
16 |
11 |
11 |
13 |
12 |
12 |
11 |
14 |
11 |
31 |
16 |
9 |
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11 |
11 |
24 |
14 |
20 |
31 |
12 |
15 |
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Irish Origin of the Rock Surname
There was always three
historical possibilities or categories for the presence of the surname
Rock in Ireland:
Indigenous Irish -
from Native Gaelige Irish septs -
like MacConcarraige/MacConcarraigeacha - simplified Carrig, Carrigy with or
without a Mac prefix. Both of these renderings reflect two distinct
families. Rock and Rocks (plural) is the same surname, they are not
different, you can pronounce it either as Rock or Rocks in both English
and Irish. In Longford/Westmeath the Irish surname MacCargy was recorded
in the 1659 Petty's Census for Ardagh parish, this is possibly the
origins of the Rocks in North Leinster and North Connaught.
In the 1664 hearth money rolls for Keady County Armagh there appears two
individuals, an Owen and Neal Cargagh. The plural of carraig is
carraigeacha, which would be rendered in Irish phonetically as cargagha,
this is the origin of the surname Rocks in Keady Armagh.
Note: The elements of
the surname are Con=Cú=hound and carraig=rock. MacLysaght says that the
anglicised versions are (Mac) Carrig, Carrigy, Carrick. He elsewhere
mentions "Mac Concharraige", which is probably more accurate and also
has the feeling that the genitive and the plural can be
confounded/Confused, hence Rocks instead of Rock. This has happened with
Ó Dhuibhne which became Deeny (daoine) and even the surname
People/Peoples
- Information courtesy of Ruairí Ó Bléine (ruairi @
dnet.co.uk)
In all cases of a native Irish origin, the septs listed here are
hereditary titles, they probably were guardians or custodians of the lands
upon which lay the inauguration site of the main Chieftainship. For
example the MacConcharrige of County Clare were Stewerts to the O'Brien
chieftains.
"English" Origin - a rather grand and ill-used sweeping statement from some of
Ireland's best genealogists - who should have known better. "English"
encompassed everyone from outside Ireland. English, Welsh and Scottish
settlers did come to Ireland in many periods over many centuries.
Earliest being the Normans, with their Welsh armies up to the waves of
Scottish and English settlers in the early to mid 17th Centuries. Rock
as a surname existed in Wales, Scotland and England since records began,
some of these came to Ireland.
Name corruptions, Roche/Roche/Roach is a fairly common
Franco-Norman-Flemish surname in Ireland, it is a name meaning Rock, it
has been present in Ireland since the 12th century. As it happens, in
the 17th and 18th Centuries the English records sometimes recorded the
name Roch as Rock. This is fairly common in England and in Burkes
General Armory there are plenty of examples of this.
If you have any questions, suggestions or corrections about the Project
please contact Austin Rock or Aaron Rock:
Contact: Austin Rock [Dublin - Ireland] or Aaron Rock [Hamilton City -
Canada]
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