Matthew Durrant
Honor Code SignatorySigned 24 Jun 2017 | 4,175 contributions | 43 thank-yous | 779 connections
Signed 24 Jun 2017 | 4,175 contributions | 43 thank-yous | 779 connections
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Matthew J. Durrant
Born 1980s.
Ancestors 
and Brother of
[private sister (1970s - unknown)] and [private brother (1980s - unknown)]
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Biography
I was born in 1988 in Norwich. My mother's family is from Norfolk, England. My father grew up in West Bromwich; his mother's family was from West Bromwich, but his father was born in India.
I started researching my family history to find out more about my Indian heritage, which has been a real challenge! Though I still have a lot more to discover, I have found out some fascinating stories on both my mother and father's sides like Cyril Jacobs who smuggled government documents through war-ravaged China, or Isaiah Eglen, one of the so-called "disappearing Norfolks" at Gallipoli in WW1. I also seem to have a disproportionate number of ancestors involved in drunken pub brawls in sleepy Norfolk villages.
According to my DNA ancestry, my ethnicity can be linked back to English populations (about 60%), Central Asia and North-West India (about 25%) and a small amount of Irish/Scottish, Swedish and Germanic ancestry.
My (very) minor claim to fame is connecting a certain Game of Thrones actor to the global tree via my grandfather's first marriage (making us 8 degrees removed).
Apart from my own family, I have been researching:
- Census returns between 1841-1911 in Hanworth, North Norfolk, particularly around my Colman ancestors.
- Albert Smith, a cousin from Northamptonshire who joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1881 and moved to Salt Lake City (which explains my many DNA matches in Utah!)
- The Mackrodt family of India
- Cromer lifeboatman Henry George Blogg
- The Colman's Mustard empire (who may be very distantly related to the Colmans in my family tree)
- William Darby, better known as Pablo Fanque, noted equestrian and Britain's first black circus owner, born in Norwich in 1810
I have also added Finnish presidents Mannerheim and Kekkonen, with the hopes of connecting them to the global tree.
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Matthew Jacob Durrant at registration.
DNA
- Maternal relationship confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between GEDmatch M929355 and GEDmatch A989130.
- Total Half-Match segments (HIR) = 3557.3 cM (99.189 Pct)
- Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 1.0
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Matthew Durrant and HW (half 2nd cousin, 95 cM), W (half 1st cousin 1x removed, 59 cM) and JW (half 2nd cousin, 14 cM). Their most-recent common ancestor is Louisa Symon.
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- Matthew's formal name
- full middle name (J.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (1)
- private siblings' names
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Matthew or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Matthew:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Matthew or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Matthew:
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Matthew Durrant:
23andMe, GEDmatch M929355 [compare]
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