Swindlehurst Surname: Y-DNA Haplogroup
Published genetics research or a documented case study links the surname Swindlehurst to a specific Y-DNA paternal-line haplogroup.
R1a (specific SNP not stated)
Clade R1a
Also spelled: Swinlehurst
One of five surnames (with Attenborough, Haythornthwaite, Herrick, Stribling) where ≥70% of sampled haplotypes fell into a single descent cluster, consistent with a single founder.
Source: King & Jobling 2009, MBE 26(5):1093-1102
How to read this. A surname match means some people with that surname, in a specific study or family record, were found to share a haplogroup, most likely due to a shared patrilineal ancestor generations back. It is not proof that you personally carry that haplogroup: surnames change through adoption, remarriage, non-paternity events, and independent origin of the same name in different families. For your own confirmed haplogroup, test your DNA with our HaploAI Y-DNA/mtDNA predictor.
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