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| The CORBIN Y-chromosome
DNA Surname Project
including Variations, such as, CORBEN, CORBAN, CORBON, CORBINS, CARBIN, CORBYN, CORBINE, KORBAN, etc. |
| This project utilizes Y-chromosome DNA testing as a tool for genealogical
research on surname CORBIN and its variations.
Human gender is genetically determined by a pair of chromosomes that are, by convention, designated XX (for females) and XY (for males). Only males have the Y-chromosome, and because the male Y-chromosome is handed down intact from father to son through the generations (except for rare mutations), just as surnames are handed down from father to son, Y-DNA testing can identify common ancestors on the direct male line. Y-DNA testing is an extremely powerful tool for proving pedigrees and for breaking past brick walls where paper genealogy has failed to go. If you are researching surname CORBIN or any of its variations, please consider having a male family member submit a sample to the project. This invitation extends to the numerous African - American CORBIN families whose patrilineal ancestor was either genetically a European CORBIN or was surnamed CORBIN by reason of having adopted the surname of their owner in the antebellum South (and if you don't know which is the case, then a DNA test is one way to find out). Don't see your line listed? Then get tested! Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Understanding Y-DNA Test Results — Introduction to Genealogy and Genetics |
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the Alternate Project Web Site at FamilyTreeDNA
This site includes a distribution map of member origins. |
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As of June 2008, the project has 19 members, with results returned for
19: two are Haplogroup G2a, four are Haplogroup I1, one is Haplogroup
R1b1, five are Haplogroup R1b1b2, five are Haplogroup R1b1b2d, and two
are Haplogroup R1b1b2g. R1b1b2 is the most common haplogroup in western
Europe (I1 is the next most common), so it is not surprising that R1b1b2
dominates the project. Within these haplogroups, we
have just seven sets of matching haplotypes, which means
that, as of this stage in the project, surname CORBIN has at least nine
independent and unrelated origins.
It was a welcome development to have the two Connecticut CORBINs, the two descendants of William CORBIN of Baltimore Co., MD, and the two descendants of George CORBIN of Northampton Co., VA, match each other so conclusively (i.e., at such high levels), because their level of matching adds strong support for the accuracy of their pedigrees. The results for the five descendants of Peter CORBIN confirm that the three tested to 67 markers are related, but the two tested only to 12 markers are problematic until they, too, upgrade to at least 37 (preferably 67) markers. The matching of the three CORBINs of mainland Virginia is a welcome consolidation of Virginia CORBIN lines. However, if it turns out that John CORBIN of Richmond Co., VA, really is a stepson of Henry CORBIN, their match has served to prove that a great many southern CORBINs are really BURNHAMs. The match of the descendants of Edward CORBIN of SC and Moses CORBIN of SC and FL was suspected, but the actual match is welcome proof of the connection between these two elusive CORBINs. The appearance of an NPE in the lineage of the descendant of Ira CORBIN was totally unexpected, but NPEs do happen in about 5% of people tested. At least he does have a good match with a genealogically well known (and illustrious) SHERMAN family. While it may have been a disappointment to the descendants of Rebecca STEPHENS that her son is a STEPHENS, not a CORBIN, having now genetically identified their STEPHENS family is a major advance in the genealogy of their STEPHENS ancestry. This result is the first case I have encounted where Y-DNA testing a son has actually revealed something about the ancestry of the mother!
Upgrades Pending Two descendants of Peter STROUP of Pickens Co., SC, are awaiting their upgrade from 12 to 67 markers. The descendant of James CORBIN of Pittsylvania Co., VA, and Adair Co., KY, is awaiting his upgrade from 37 to 67 markers.
First Results Pending One of the Virginia CORBINs is awaiting the rest of his 67 markers. |
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If you want to increase the probability of making a match and speed up the progress of this project, offer to fully or partially subsidize a test, even a 12-marker one. Donations can easily be made through the project's General Fund, and I recommend that avenue rather than exchanging funds personally (see below). The following subsidies are currently being offered. Each offer is for one test only, so the early bird gets the test! 1. Wilber Ray CORBIN has offered to subsidize the full cost of a 67-marker test for a male CORBIN who is a patrilineal descendant of Henry CORBIN (1629-1675), of Hall End, Warwickshire, England, and Lancaster [now Middlsex] Co., VA. James B. CORBIN has offered to subsize the full cost of a 67-marker test for a second patrilineal descendant of Henry CORBIN. [A second test subject is needed to confirm that the first subject does not have an NPE in his lineage.] 2. Your project admin is willing to bear the full cost of a 67-marker test for a male CORBIN who is a patrilineal descendant of Elijah Kelly "Eli" CORBIN (1814-1894) of Huntingdon Co., PA, Knox Co., OH, and Marion Co., OH. 3. Your project admin is willing to subsidize half the cost of a 67-marker test for a male CORBIN who is a patrilineal descendant of Benjamin CORBIN (c1732-1813) of Baltimore [now Carroll] Co., MD. 4. Your project admin and another donor are willing to share the full cost of a 67-marker test for a male CORBIN who is a patrilineal descendant of Nicholas CORBIN, 1671 immigrant to Maryland, one who is not descended from the above Benjamin CORBIN or his brother, William CORBIN. 5. Daphne GAWNE has offered to subsidize the full cost of a 67-marker test for a male CORBIN who is a patrilineal descendant of Daniel CORBIN (1766-1850) of CT, then Orange Co., VT, then Windsor Co., VT. For all subsidies, acceptance of the subject is at the discretion of the donor (i.e., upon the researcher's satisfaction that there is a valid paper connection between the test subject and the ancestor) and the test subject must agree to sign the Release to allow sharing of his test results. Subject must also agree to have their results uploaded to Ysearch. Please note that sharing of results does not necessarily mean sharing of identity, even at Ysearch. Only the project administrator and the donor necessarily need know the identity of the test subject. |
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In recognition of the fact that some individuals may find the cost of DNA testing prohibitive and that these individuals may be the only representatives of key lines in our genealogical research, Family Tree DNA has instituted "General Funds" to allow researchers to subsidize the testing of these key individuals. The fund can also be used as a simple way to give someone a gift of DNA testing. Please see this link at Family Tree DNA for more details. And please consider a donation to the project as a way of bringing more lines into the project, especially to help some of our elder kin be tested who may not otherwise be able to afford it. There is also a field on the donation form allowing you to make a donation in honor of a specific person. The funds will be entirely collected and held by Family Tree DNA, but their dispursement is implemented by your project administrator. You can inform your project adminstrator whose test you want subsidized with your donation or, if you wish, you can leave it up to the project administrator to decide where the funds can best be applied. Please note that anonymous donations are not just anonymous to the public; they are also anonymous to the project admin. If you want the admin to know you made the donation and/or have a special request for how it is to be spent, please notify the admin by email at the time you make the donation. There has been an instance in one of my projects where a donor sent a prospective member a check, then the person never followed through by joining the project. This situation can be avoided if the researcher has, instead, donated the money to the project's General Fund, because the money simply won't be spent if the person fails to join. There has also been an instance in one of my projects where a donor agreed to fund a test based on the promise of a secure line to their progenitor, only for me to discover there was an adoption in the line. In this case, the researcher had donated their money to the General Fund, and I caught the NPE in time to deny the subsidy to the test subject. This situation is also a reminder to examine someone's line, yourself, before agreeing to subsidize their test — not that there was intentional deception here, just flawed paper genealogy. Once money is donated to the General Fund, it cannot be refunded to the donor, but at least it's use can be determined by the donor in the future, as opposed to being a total loss. Bottom line: before sending a stranger a check, please consider making a donation to the project's General Fund, instead. |
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| CORBIN-DNA
Mailing List at RootsWeb
Anyone interested is welcome to join the list, whether a member of the DNA project, or not. Note that the above is a different list from the
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| The project administrator and webmaster is yours truly, Diana Gale Matthiesen. I am a volunteer and receive no financial remuneration of any kind from FamilyTreeDNA, nor am I even one of their "web affiliates" (i.e., I don't profit from "click throughs"). I'm a retired zoologist / paleontologist, and genealogy is my hobby. I descend from Benjamin CORBIN of Baltimore (now Carroll] Co., MD; and I daughtered out when Sarah E. CORBIN married George Washington STRAUB, who are my mother's paternal grandparents. |
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