Leeta Rutherford
Honor Code SignatorySigned 18 Apr 2019 | 98 contributions | 7 thank-yous | 156 connections
Signed 18 Apr 2019 | 98 contributions | 7 thank-yous | 156 connections
Leeta Rutherford
Ancestors 
Daughter of
[private father (unknown - unknown)]
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Feb 2019
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Leeta Rutherford is a member of the Rutherford Name Study Project.
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Biography
I began genealogical research in 1998. At first I just explored both my mother's and father's family trees. Once I got into this research my direction began to change to include convict research and military research. After being stuck for sometime with my Rutherford family in 2014/5 I decided to go down the autosomal and Y-DNA testing path to try and discover where my Rutherford's ultimately come from and to hopefully locate living relatives.
DNA Research
Since beginning DNA research I have been on an interesting path, I have now begun a project on FTDNA for a small but growing group of men that are genetically related to my male Rutherford line. I have also discovered that there seems to be two main groups of male genetic Rutherford's with both claiming/believing to come from Rutherford in Scotland and further back to Normans - this can not be true. I believe (based on the Y-DNA results[1], though considering how many people have the surname Rutherford this is a small amount of results) that one group of Rutherford's are Normans and these sit on the R-P312 side of the R1b haplotree, and the genetic group my male Rutherford's belong to are Anglo-Saxon and we sit on the R-U106 side of the R1b haplotree.
DNA Testing
My father has undertaken on FTDNA - Family Finder, STR testing and Big-Y testing.
Thanks to SNP Y-DNA testing I have discovered that our Rutherford line is a part of a group that do not descend from the Flemish (which is a view held by many - that all Rutherford's descend from Flemish origins). The group of Rutherford's I belong with/to have Anglo-Saxon ancestry.
If anyone is interested in Rutherford Y-DNA research please take a look at:
Websites
I have been slowly placing my military researching and Y-DNA research onto my own websites that I created and run:
- Link to my genealogical and Y-DNA website R-ZP78
- Link to my military research website November 5th, 1916
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Leeta Rutherford at registration.
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