The other hendersons

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CJ Henderson said: Henderson. We have a haplotype I m 170. We believe the origin of the name is Norwegian. Hender is hand in Norwegian. We carry vanduprens. Why else would you call someone Hand?

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Brett said: CJ Henderson

Firstly, "Welcome" to this "FamilySearch" ( "GetStaisfaction" ) 'Feedback' Forum.

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Tom Huber said: Henderson or Hendersen -- as patronymics go, both are the "son of" Hender... and the spelling is dependent upon the country involved or patronymic practice at the time of birth.

Beyond the "son of", the family is like chasing down the pedigree of an mtDNA person -- the surname changes every generation as you go back in time.

While the YDNA often does not involve surname changes (following a paternal line of ancestry), I have found that persons with the same YDNA haplogroup often do have different surnames.

DNA may be fine for a few generations, but if the common ancestor is many generations back, it should not be used as a reliable means for doing ancestral research.

Finding Your Roots, the PBS series that uses both the paper trail and DNA, in its latest episodes (now in season 6), no longer relies as heavily on DNA as it did in its earlier seasons.

Something to think about.