Declaration of Arbroath Descendants Search

Question

Not really a question, just an FYI for those who are interested.

Genealogists at Strathclyde University have launched a search to find the families of those who signed the historic Declaration of Arbroath ahead of 700th anniversary.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/scientists-hunt-descendants-nobles-who-20998626?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

Answer 1

There was an earlier post (in 2018) about this same topic. https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/714292/declaration-arbroath-sponsored-federation-medieval-genealogy

Answer 2

Seems faintly ridiculous given practically every person in the world of Scottish descent would qualify!

Answer 3

Hmm, interesting. WikiTree's relationship finder shows I'm directly descended from 17 of the signers with profiles.

Answer 4

Check your lines here

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Relationship_Finder_Quick_Links_-_Declaration_of_Arbroath

But it looks like the university people are only looking for male-line descendants.

Comments

So not even my dad, because the direct connection goes through several females in the path? That does narrow down the possibles considerably.

Answer 5

The presentation of information on this project has kind of been stalled by Covid but, hoping to see some info in 2021. I descend from Henry Sinclair who signed this document and I am a participant along with other Sinclairs who share the same male Y dna

Answer 6

The project is being run by a cousin of mine Alistair Macdonald who is also my Co-admin of the Sutherland DNA project. The aim is to trace male descendants of the original signatories who carry the yDNA of those signatories. A great deal of work has been done and continues to be done on the project.