The D.N.A. Study.
The University of Leicester, Department of Genetics, is carrying out a study of the Jopling/Jobling (and variants) surname. You can visit their web site but there is not much to see, or you can email maj4@le.ac.uk.
Dr Mark A. Jobling is in charge of the project.
This is a copy of the email I received from Turi King about the project.
Dear Ruth,
My name is Turi King and I am a PhD student working with Dr. Mark Jobling
at the University of Leicester on surnames and genetics. You may have
heard the recent Radio 4 series on Genes, Genetics and Genealogy where
Mark was speaking.
One of the surnames we are interested in studying further is Jobling and
my father in law, who is a keen genealogist himself, directed me to the
one-name site and where you were listed as researching Jopling and
variants.
What we doing is choosing different surnames and studying them and their
variants in depth. We hope to answer questions such as are these spelling
variants related to one another genetically ie. was there an original
founding Jopling and all variants are actually descendants of this founder
but with a different spelling?
If one of the surnames we are hoping to concentrate on actually has
someone researching it through one-name org, I am contacting them to see
if they can help us with information on how many trees there are, what is
known about the surname so far etc. and to see if they have any questions
which we might be able to answer using genetics regarding their surname
eg. are two separate branches, as yet unconnected with a paper trail,
indeed related.
You can find our website on www.le.ac.uk/genetics/maj4
I would be interested to know your thoughts on this. Please do not
hesitate to contact me if I can provide further information.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Best wishes,
Turi King
It is now 14 months since Turi contacted me and the project is well under way. You can click on the links below to learn more about how it is run. The letter and articles are copies of those sent to people taking part. Only males are eligible and must bear the Jopling/Jopling name by birth.
Turi`s Letter to participants
The Joplings and spelling variants, part of the
"Surnames, Genes and the History of Britain" study. (More about the studty)
Consent form- shows the questions that participants will be asked.