Which direction should merge go Polk or Pollock?

Question

On 8 Mar 2021 Janne (Shoults) Gorman wrote on Polk-75:

[[Pollock-2759]] and Polk-75 appear to represent the same person because: His great-granddaughter married the Governor of Maryland. In her Biography by Archives of Maryland, he is referred to as "Robert Bruce Pollock" and his descendants are referred to as Polk. Esther Winder (Polk) Lowe's father was a Chief Justice and she is related to President James Polk. https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/002200/002263/html/2263extbio.html

Answer 1

Has anyone checked with the the Polk Pollock etc surname group on Ftdna and facebook? John has written some books/papers and Bill does a lot of research. They are doing a YDNA study and John has several lines identified by YDna pretty sure the Robert Bruce Polk Pollock line is pretty certain back to about 1200 (by YDNA). I am trying to find a male Polk cousin who has YDna tested to help verify my ancestry beyond Robert Bruce Polk.

Comments

No.  Do you have contact information?

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I Mtdna tested with Ftdna and joined the Polk-Pollock-Pogue DNA project. John Polk is administrator and Bill Polk is Co-Administer. They also have a Pollock/ Polk facebook page. For the Dna study they are wanting mostly Ydna but Mtdna takers can join to. You can upload your dna free to FTdna may be a small fee to use their tools.

Answer 2

Oh my.  Best of luck.