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This project is a meeting place for users who share the J-L1253 Y-DNA haplogroup, which means they are related along their paternal lines. Users in this group may want to share their family trees with each other to find overlaps and merge duplicate profiles in order to join or expand the World Family Tree and discover new relatives.
Paternal Y-Chromosome Haplogroup J-L1253's paternal line was formed when it branched off from the ancestor J-BY89 and the rest of mankind around 300 BCE. The man who is the most recent common ancestor of this line is estimated to have been born around 1200 CE.
J-L1253 is the genetic signature of the Border Reiver Grahams AKA Grahams of Netherby & Grahams of Brackenhill & Grahams of Esk.
Border reivers were raiders along the Anglo-Scottish border from the late 13th century to the beginning of the 17th century. They included both Scottish and English people, and they raided the entire border country without regard to their victims' nationality.
The Graham Baronetcy, of Netherby in the County of Cumberland, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 15 January 1783 for James Graham.
Graham baronets, of Netherby (1783)
Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet (1761–1824)
Sir James Robert George Graham, 2nd Baronet (1792–1861)
Sir Frederick Ulric Graham, 3rd Baronet (1820–1888)
Sir Richard James Graham, 4th Baronet (1859–1932)
Sir (Frederick) Fergus Graham, 5th Baronet (1893–1978)
Sir Charles Spencer Richard Graham, 6th Baronet (1919–1997)
Sir James Fergus Surtees Graham, 7th Baronet (born 1946)
The Graham baronetcy, of Esk (Eske) in the County of Cumberland, was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 March 1629 for Richard Graham (c. 1583–1654).