Search Result

[McCray]

I wish I knew where the William McCray was from, I assume they put McCray because they didn't know, William maybe just put there because the fact that Leonard was born out of wedlock may have been a secret they were trying to keep. There is very little filled out in the baby book, other than the family...

[McCray]

Hi all.

I have looked around for some of the names, but have found nothing conclusive.

I'm really not sure of any way to find who my great grandfather's father could have been. With the almost certain confirmation that his mother was the McCray, I'm not sure how I could...

[McCray]

Leonard was born on August 21, 1905 at the New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston/Roxbury,MA. Mother was listed as Sarah McCrea of Springfield, father unknown. No first name was given, just "McCrea", however August 21, 1905 is his D.O.B in the SSDI as well.

As...

[McCray]

I match the major Irish Type III surnames, especially O'Brien, at the 25 marker level (exact). Others include Butler (exact), and my closest 37-Marker match - GD 2, Irons....

[McCray]

Based on all of the information I found, it looks like it was Sadie/Sarah that was Leonard's mother. Her maiden name was McCray, she was never married, and lived with her brothers/sisters her whole life. She is listed as Sarah on her birth and death records, but Sadie on the censuses and Sadie or Sarah...

[McCray]

Sorry for the amount of time to respond, yes I did get the images, thanks!



This is the book of my grandfather, Douglas, the left side his mother the right his father Leonard (for whom I've been searching for his father). Yes, I think it's just the way the tree was written...

[McCray]

Oh my!! Could you send me a copy of the record/listing?

My e-mail address is [email protected]

Thanks so much!
Chris...

[McCray]

Thanks!

Yes, the IRONS match does have a 67 marker test, actually he has I think 69 tested markers based on Y-Search. Unfortunately it looks like the new FTDNA site doesn't show the "(Y67)" next to names anymore . Maybe they'll fix that.

I am considering upgrading...

[McCray]

Nope I'm not absolutely positive. However, here are my reasons to believe that his mother was a McCray...
a.) Leonard's only living child, with whom I spoke a few weeks ago, said that his mother "lived on Linden Street with her sisters.. one was Nellie...". Sarah "Sadie" McCray...

[McCray]

Perhaps a breakthrough?...
My closest 37 marker match, the GD 2 is one with the surname IRONS. We only differ by 1 each on DYS-456 and CDYb.

My great grandfather Leonard, whose father I am looking for, in his obituary states Roxbury,MA as a birthplace (this is now, and was at...

[McCray]

Yup, David Wright's site http://www.irishtype3dna.org/Surnames.htm talks about the poets/relation.

If only my great grandfather's father was Polish or something, I could at least cut out the possibility of him being a McCray! I just had to match with a common group ...

[McCray]

Yes, this is why I am going back and forth with the upgrading idea.
I don't actually have any exact 37 marker matches, only GD-2, 3, and 4. My 1 GD 2 match has the Y-67 test, as do 7 of the 9 GD 3 and 4 matches.

With the GD2 37 marker match, surname Irons, our 1-step mismatches...

[McCray]

Hello again. I got a very interesting email yesterday from David Wright, who runs the website for the Irish-Type-III DNA. He pointed me to his site and told me that I was a member of this type, it looks like I differ from their modal by only 1 on CDY-A and B and on DYS-570 (based upon my 37 markers)....

[McCray]

Hmm interesting. I did a google search and found a rootsweb post about this, according to the list this woman made, both DYS 456 and cdyA/B are fast markers. Is this significant? The post says the markers are color coded fast or slow on FTDNA< however I see no color coding- was this removed? How...

[McCray]

Hi there. Sorry for lack of response, I've been preoccupied with 2 snowstorms, Friday and today, here in Mass. Anyway, no I've never encountered Irons, however I just e-mailed my GD2 37 marker match, we only on DYS-456, where he is 15 and I am 14, and CDY b, where I am 37 and he 38. He is also R1b1b2....