Your FAIRBAIRN Project Needs YOU
The lines listed are those where either there is as yet no representative, or one that needs clarification or verification.
Eligible males who can document their descent from those listed here would be particularly welcome to join the project, (as would any others for that matter).
If able and willing to help, check out the at project FAQs etc, and when ready, and comfortable that this is a harmless process, we would love for you to join us.

The project may be able to subsidise up to 37 markers for particular lines, although please note that the preferred test is 67 markers.
Donations from anyone wishing to help finance the fun can be made via a secure Contribution link on the FamilyTree DNA Fairbairn project pages.
  • WANTED! Index People from the wanted lines with some data included on this site

Abbreviated Lineage Charts

Family of Archibald and Alison (CROSSER) FAIRBAIRN

Although we now do finally have a fully documented representative of this line, who thankfully matches the assumed descendants already in the project, it would still be good to get a dna signature from the two remaining un-represented lines from Archibald and Alison (CROSSER) FAIRBAIRN (or any others that pop out of the woodwork).
Recent recruit GD (F-29) belongs to the line of their son David (married Jane HERD).
Martin (F-1) is believed to belong to Archibald (married Janet SCOTT), assumed eldest son of Archibald and Alison.
Doug (F-14), with the help of dna evidence and paper trail hints, also belongs to this Archibald.
Michael (F-16), again with the help of dna evidence and paper trail hints, is believed to belong to a previously unknown son of Walter, confirmed son of Archibald and Alison.

So, that leaves confirmed descendants from sons James and Walter to complete the set. Anyone from the following families would be most welcome.
(David, James and Walter are siblings, all children of Archibald and Alison (CROSSER) FAIRBAIRN, and presumed to be brothers of the above Archibald.)

The "cousins"

A representative of the following family would be most welcome to further clarify the rumoured "cousin" relationships between three separate lines where the paper trail hasn't yet shown how all three sides of the Hoquiam triangle can claim to be "cousins".

To date the evidence is by inference, with a dna match between William (F-12)  a documented descendant of "John of Hoquiam", and Roy(F-3), a documented descendant of William and Jean (WANLESS) FAIRBAIRN, William and David believed to be siblings.

DNA connected families: clarification required

DNA testing has shown that a connection exists between most of the Borders Fairbairn families, but additional representatives, on different lines, distant to the existing participants, would be a great help in clarifying their relationships.

Potential connections
It is highly likely that a connection exists to some of the families below
Lines needing confirming signatures

Representatives exist in the project for each of the following families, but as sole representatives, so it would be great to get a confirming dna signature for each line to help clarify any connections.

The Nurserymen Fairbairns

These families are probably related to each other, and at least one, James, shows a good match to our Lineage 1, so is assumed to have come from Scotland.

In addition to those listed below there were also:
Thomas in Oxfordshire whose line looks to have "daughtered out"
and
John, curator of the Chelsea Physic Garden 1784-1814, who died Dec 1814 and is of an age to possibly be brother of James nurseryman of Clapham
Other lineages included on this site
Assorted lineages documented here, participants most welcome

Wanted! families: charts not yet available on this site

  • William m. Katherine (Morgan) FAIRBAIRN Settled Napanee, Richmond, Ontario, believed to be the son of Robert m. Kate (Scott) FAIRBAIRN, whom I'm trying to prove is a son of the Archibald who married Alison Crosser.