• Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

    — Abraham Lincoln
  • My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

    — Cary Grant
  • Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.

    — E. B. White
  • I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.

    — e. e. cummings
  • What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

    — Saint Augustine
  • Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

    — Mark Twain
  • If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

    — Henry David Thoreau
  • If two things look the same, look for differences. If they look different, look for similarities.

    — John Cardinal
  • In theory, there is no difference. In practice, there is.

    — Anonymous
  • Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

    — John Adams
  • People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.

    — Abraham Lincoln
  • History - what never happened described by someone who wasn't there

    — ?Santayana?
  • What's a "trice"? It's like a jiffy but with three wheels

    — Last of the Summer Wine
  • Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened

    — Terry Pratchett
  • I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.

    — Terry Pratchett
  • .. we were trained to meet any new situation by reorganising; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illuson of progress

    — Petronius (210 BC)
  • The time we have at our disposal every day is elastic; the passions that we feel expand it, those that we inspire contract it; and habit fills up what remains

    — Proust
  • You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

    — William J. H. Boetcker
  • Only a genealogist thinks taking a step backwards is progress

    — Lorna 1992
  • No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.

    — George Bernard Shaw
  • A TV remote is female: It easily gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know which buttons to push, he just keeps trying.

    — Anon
  • Hammers are male: Because in the last 5000 years they've hardly changed at all, and are occasionally handy to have around.

    — Anon
  • The right thing to do is to do nothing, the place to do it is in a place of concealment and the time to do it is as often as possible.

    — Tony Cook "The Biology of Terrestrial Molluscs"
Smailholm (marr. 1790)
The DNA participant representing this line joins those in the subgroup of Lineage 1b4 with CDYb = 37.
See Wanted! charts for John and Helen (ROSS) FAIRBAIRN needed to test for a possible match
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Duplicate
DNA Tested line
  • Robert0 Fairbairn (say 1765 - Mar 1832)
    • Elizabeth Crosbie (circa 1766 - Mar 1849)
      • Andrew1 Fairbairn (Aug 1790 - Jan 1861)
        • Margaret Hunter (circa 1790 - 1868)
          • Isabella2 Fairbairn (circa 1815 - aft. 1881)
            • George Kennedy (circa 1814 - aft. 1881)
          • Elizabeth2 Fairbairn (circa 1821 - aft. 1851)
          • Robert2 Fairbairn (Jul 1821 - bet. Jan 1880 - Mar 1880)
            • Sarah Mathison (circa 1824 - aft. 1881)
              • Thomas3 Fairbairn (circa 1852 - aft. 1901)
                • Laura McLain (circa 1860 - bet. 1891 - 1901)
                  • Robert4 Fairbairn (circa 1887 - )
              • John3 Fairbairn (Jun 1856 - )
              • Andrew3 Fairbairn (circa 1859 - aft. 1871)
          • John2 Fairbairn (Jun 1824 - aft. 1891)
            • Jane UnknownSurname (circa 1810 - bet. Mar 1878 - Jun 1878)
              • Andrew3 Fairbairn (bet. Sep 1848 - Dec 1848 - aft. 1861)
          • Thomas2 Fairbairn (Mar 1826 - 1899)
            • Margaret Grant (Dec 1829 - 1908)
              • Margaret3 Fairbairn
              • Jessie3 Fairbairn ( - aft. 1924)
              • Caroline3 Fairbairn (May 1855 - Sep 1930)
              • Andrew3 Fairbairn (1857 - )
              • Lachlan A.3 Fairbairn (1862 - Oct 1918)
                • Jean McQualter (circa 1868 - Jun 1939)
                  • Elsie4 Fairbairn (1890 - )
                  • Roy A.4 Fairbairn (1893 - 1963)
                    • Daphne Nixon (say 1900 - )
                  • Gordon L.4 Fairbairn (1894 - 1957)
              • Robert J.3 Fairbairn (1864 - 1924)
              • Anne3 Fairbairn (1866 - 1952)
                • Ebenezer Cairncross (circa 1868 - May 1940)
              • Thomas G.3 Fairbairn (1871 - 1940)
                • Rose A. M. Hanning
              • Henry H.3 Fairbairn (Feb 1875 - Nov 1924)
          • Margaret2 Fairbairn (Jan 1830 - aft. 1851)
      • James1 Fairbairn (circa Nov 1792 - bet. 1830 - 1841)
        • Janet Hunter (circa 1796 - bet. 1841 - 1862)
          • Robert2 Fairbairn (circa Aug 1815 - bet. 1815 - 1821)
          • John2 Fairbairn (circa Apr 1817 - aft. 1871)
            • Alison Moffat (circa 1817 - bet. 1858 - 1861)
              • Joan3 Fairbairn (Mar 1838 - aft. 1861)
              • James3 Fairbairn (Jan 1841 - Dec 1914)
              • Janet3 Fairbairn (circa 1844 - aft. 1851)
              • William3 Fairbairn (circa Mar 1848 - aft. 1901)
                • Janet T. Hunter (circa 1851 - aft. 1901)
                  • John4 Fairbairn (Apr 1874 - aft. 1914)
                    • Agnes G. Bell (circa 1890 - )
                      • Mary5 Fairbairn (circa 1911 - 1982)
                        • Cairncross Sinton (May 1895 - 1977)
                  • James4 Fairbairn (circa 1877 - aft. 1901)
                    • Elizabeth Young (circa 1873 - aft. 1901)
                      • Mary T.5 Fairbairn (circa 1897 - aft. 1901)
                      • William M.5 Fairbairn (circa 1898 - aft. 1901)
                      • John Y.5 Fairbairn (circa 1900 - aft. 1901)
              • Alison3 Fairbairn (circa Nov 1850 - aft. 1891)
              • John3 Fairbairn (Oct 1857 - bet. 1901 - 1937)
                • Catherine McKenzie (circa 1854 - Oct 1937)
                  • John4 Fairbairn (circa 1880 - )
                  • James4 Fairbairn (circa 1890 - aft. 1937)
                  • Findlay D. M.4 Fairbairn (1892 - 1964)
          • Robert2 Fairbairn (circa Feb 1821 - Dec 1894)
            • Elizabeth Knox (circa 1825 - Oct 1905)
              • James3 Fairbairn (circa 1846 - Oct 1906)
                • Jane Shillinglaw (circa 1844 - aft. 1906)
                  • Ellen4 Fairbairn (circa 1878 - )
                  • Elizabeth4 Fairbairn (circa 1880 - )
                    • Thomas J. Clapperton (circa 1879 - )
              • Thomas3 Fairbairn (circa 1848 - aft. 1861)
              • Robert3 Fairbairn (May 1850 - Aug 1863)
              • Janet3 Fairbairn (circa 1853 - aft. 1861)
              • John3 Fairbairn (Jan 1856 - aft. 1881)
              • Elizabeth3 Fairbairn (Nov 1860 - aft. 1871)
              • Robert3 Fairbairn (Feb 1867 - aft. 1881)
          • Elizabeth2 Fairbairn (circa Apr 1823 - )
          • James2 Fairbairn (circa 1825 - May 1862)
          • Janet2 Fairbairn (circa Feb 1830 - aft. 1841)
      • Helen1 Fairbairn (circa Jul 1795 - bef. 1810)
      • Thomas1 Fairbairn (circa Feb 1797 - )
      • John1 Fairbairn (circa Aug 1799 - Dec 1848)
        • Jane Waddell (bet. 1796 - 1801 - aft. 1841)
          • Robert2 Fairbairn (Sep 1818 - )
          • Christian N.2 Fairbairn (Feb 1819 - Jun 1885)
            • James Fairbairn (circa 1817 - Sep 1904)
              • Jane3 Fairbairn (Aug 1842 - )
                • ?
                  • Christina4 Fairbairn (circa 1864 - aft. Sep 1904)
                    • James Whitehead (circa 1862 - aft. 1901)
                • Henry Hargreaves
              • Helen3 Fairbairn (Feb 1844 - May 1926)
              • Mary3 Fairbairn (Mar 1846 - Jan 1890)
                • Walter Pattison (circa 1843 - )
              • Ralph3 Fairbairn (Sep 1848 - aft. 1911)
                • Elizabeth Laws (circa 1850 - aft. 1911)
                  • Mary M.4 Fairbairn (circa 1875 - aft. 1891)
                  • Jesse A.4 Fairbairn (bet. Mar 1876 - Jun 1876 - Jan 1939)
                    • Esther Birkett (circa 1876 - bet. Jun 1951 - Sep 1951)
                      • Ralph5 Fairbairn (Dec 1896 - bet. Mar 1976 - Jun 1976)
                  • George4 Fairbairn (circa 1883 - aft. 1901)
                  • John J.4 Fairbairn (bet. Jun 1884 - Sep 1884 - aft. 1910)
                    • Mary Gilroy (say 1885 - )
                  • Edith A.4 Fairbairn (bet. Mar 1887 - Jun 1887 - aft. 1901)
          • James W.2 Fairbairn (circa 1821 - Jul 1870)
            • Mary A. Baines (circa May 1823 - )
              • James3 Fairbairn (bet. Mar 1846 - Jun 1846 - bet. Jan 1904 - Mar 1904)
              • Jane A.3 Fairbairn (circa 1849 - aft. 1901)
                • John Pearson (circa 1812 - bet. 1881 - 1901)
              • Fanny3 Fairbairn (circa 1855 - aft. 1911)
                • James Ashworth (circa 1851 - aft. 1881)
              • Thomas W.3 Fairbairn (circa 1858 - aft. 1911)
          • John2 Fairbairn (Jan 1824 - bet. Jan 1866 - Mar 1866)
            • Helen Ross (circa 1821 - bet. Sep 1889 - Dec 1889)
              • John3 Fairbairn (Mar 1842 - bet. 1871 - 1881)
                • Julia E. Jarman (circa 1840 - aft. 1891)
                  • John W.4 Fairbairn (bet. Jan 1867 - Mar 1867 - aft. 1916)
                    • Beatrice E. Ward (circa 1863 - aft. 1911)
                      • John E.5 Fairbairn (Sep 1893 - May 1916)
                  • Helen E.4 Fairbairn (bet. Jun 1868 - Sep 1868 - )
                    • James R. Fairbairn (bet. Sep 1869 - Dec 1869 - Sep 1940)
                      • Frederick A. R.5 Fairbairn (Nov 1894 - Aug 1917)
                      • Helen M. E.5 Fairbairn (Mar 1908 - )
                  • Edwin J.4 Fairbairn (circa Sep 1870 - bet. Mar 1907 - Jun 1907)
                    • Jane Gardiner (say 1872 - )
              • James3 Fairbairn (Feb 1845 - bet. Jun 1905 - Sep 1905)
                • Elizabeth Fisher (Aug 1850 - aft. 1911)
                  • James R.4 Fairbairn (bet. Sep 1869 - Dec 1869 - Sep 1940)
                    • Helen E. Fairbairn (bet. Jun 1868 - Sep 1868 - )
                  • Helen R.4 Fairbairn (bet. Jan 1874 - Mar 1874 - bet. Mar 1948 - Jun 1948)
                  • William L.4 Fairbairn (Nov 1878 - Jul 1965)
                    • Minnie I. Holland (circa 1883 - Dec 1950)
                      • Mary W.5 Fairbairn (bet. Jun 1909 - Sep 1909 - 1985)
                        • Horace R. C. McIntyre (Aug 1908 - Dec 1979)
                          • Diana M.6 DeLuca
                    • Victoria K. Sutton (Sep 1891 - Dec 1971)
                  • Horace J.4 Fairbairn (circa 1881 - bet. Mar 1959 - Jun 1959)
                    • Dorothy A. Cliff (circa 1885 - aft. 1911)
                      • Coralie C.5 Fairbairn (Feb 1915 - Feb 1998)
                      • Richard H. C.5 Fairbairn
                  • Alice M.4 Fairbairn (circa 1883 - 1919)
                  • Arthur E.4 Fairbairn (circa 1885 - bet. Jun 1893 - Sep 1893)
              • Jane3 Fairbairn (1847 - aft. 1911)
                • James Gibney (say 1845 - )
                • Thomas Renville (circa 1863 - )
              • Ellen3 Fairbairn (circa 1848 - )
              • Mary A.3 Fairbairn (circa 1851 - )
                • Archibald Boston (circa 1860 - )
              • William R.3 Fairbairn (circa Sep 1860 - aft. 1903)
                • Fanny Hall (circa 1859 - aft. 1911)
                  • William R.4 Fairbairn (bet. Sep 1882 - Dec 1882 - aft. 1917)
                    • Gwendollyn L. F. L. Bazeley (bet. Sep 1877 - Dec 1877 - bet. Jan 1966 - Mar 1966)
                  • Fanny4 Fairbairn (May 1884 - aft. 1911)
                  • Lily4 Fairbairn (bet. Jun 1885 - Sep 1885 - aft. 1911)
          • William2 Fairbairn (May 1826 - Mar 1900)
            • Agnes Turner (circa 1821 - Aug 1891)
              • John3 Fairbairn (1849 - aft. 1871)
              • Agnes3 Fairbairn (circa Dec 1850 - )
              • William3 Fairbairn (1853 - Dec 1932)
                • Marion White (circa 1858 - )
                  • William4 Fairbairn (circa 1879 - 1953)
                    • Jeanie Nelson (circa 1884 - )
                  • Agnes4 Fairbairn (circa 1886 - )
                  • James4 Fairbairn (circa 1888 - )
                  • Minnie4 Fairbairn (circa 1892 - )
                  • Samuel4 Fairbairn (circa 1896 - )
                  • Jane4 Fairbairn (circa 1900 - )
              • Annie W.3 Fairbairn (circa 1854 - )
              • Robert3 Fairbairn (Jun 1857 - 1918)
                • Margaret Weir (circa 1862 - aft. 1911)
                  • William4 Fairbairn (circa 1885 - aft. 1911)
                    • Martha Harvey (circa 1887 - )
                  • Agnes4 Fairbairn (circa 1887 - aft. 1901)
                  • Robert4 Fairbairn (circa 1888 - aft. 1901)
                  • Margaret4 Fairbairn (circa 1890 - Dec 1986)
                    • Alexander Phillips (say 1890 - )
                  • John4 Fairbairn (circa 1893 - aft. 1901)
                  • James4 Fairbairn (circa 1896 - aft. 1901)
                  • George4 Fairbairn (circa 1897 - aft. 1901)
                  • Matthew4 Fairbairn (circa 1899 - aft. 1914)
                    • Nettie Gray (circa 1895 - )
                  • Catherine4 Fairbairn (circa Apr 1900 - aft. 1901)
                  • Edward4 Fairbairn (circa 1903 - )
              • Catherine3 Fairbairn (Sep 1859 - )
                • David Murray (say 1860 - )
              • George3 Fairbairn (Feb 1862 - aft. 1871)
          • Andrew W.2 Fairbairn (Oct 1828 - bet. Jun 1891 - Sep 1891)
            • Eliza Clarke (circa 1833 - aft. 1891)
              • Jesse W.3 Fairbairn (Jun 1854 - bet. Sep 1855 - Dec 1855)
              • Edith J.3 Fairbairn (circa 1860 - )
              • William H. Y.3 Fairbairn (bet. Jun 1861 - Sep 1861 - Mar 1923)
                • Frances E. West (circa 1864 - bet. Mar 1904 - Jun 1904)
                  • Annie L.4 Fairbairn (May 1887 - )
                  • Henry B.4 Fairbairn (Aug 1889 - Oct 1954)
                    • Francis A. Carpenter (say 1890 - aft. 1954)
                      • Henry L.5 Fairbairn (Nov 1917 - Nov 1991)
                  • Charles S.4 Fairbairn (Jun 1891 - Nov 1988)
                    • Mary E. Shorney
                  • Edith M.4 Fairbairn (Nov 1893 - )
                    • Archibald T. L. Chambers (bet. Jan 1889 - Mar 1889 - )
                  • J G.4 Fairbairn (say 1895 - )
                • Emma Light (circa 1868 - aft. 1923)
              • Selina B.3 Fairbairn (circa 1863 - aft. 1881)
              • Edward E.3 Fairbairn (bet. Sep 1864 - Dec 1864 - aft. 1911)
                • Ellen L. West (circa 1866 - aft. 1911)
                  • John D.4 Fairbairn (Jan 1897 - bet. Sep 1971 - Dec 1971)
                    • Mabel M. Brett (say 1900 - )
                      • John G.5 Fairbairn
              • Arthur S.3 Fairbairn (bet. Sep 1866 - Dec 1866 - 1932)
                • Mary L. Carey (circa 1867 - aft. 1924)
                  • Andrew W.4 Fairbairn (1890 - Dec 1923)
                  • Selina A.4 Fairbairn (circa 1894 - )
          • George2 Fairbairn (Aug 1832 - aft. 1891)
            • Sarah Burgess (circa 1823 - aft. 1891)
              • Mary J.3 Fairbairn (circa 1860 - )
              • Charles R.3 Fairbairn (bet. Jun 1861 - Sep 1861 - aft. 1911)
                • Emma Stanley (circa 1865 - aft. 1911)
                  • Dorothy S.4 Fairbairn (Jun 1891 - bet. Jun 1978 - Sep 1978)
                    • Walter Chappell (say 1892 - )
                  • Nellie4 Fairbairn (circa 1893 - aft. 1911)
                  • Geoffrey4 Fairbairn (Aug 1895 - bet. Sep 1976 - Dec 1976)
                    • Harriet A. Walters (circa 1891 - bet. Sep 1963 - Dec 1963)
                  • Roy4 Fairbairn (Dec 1896 - bet. Sep 1974 - Dec 1974)
                    • Hilda Lee (say 1900 - )
                  • Kathleen4 Fairbairn (Oct 1898 - bet. Jun 1977 - Sep 1977)
                  • Jessie4 Fairbairn (circa 1900 - aft. 1911)
                  • Ronald4 Fairbairn (Jun 1901 - bet. Sep 1974 - Dec 1974)
                    • Dorothy A. Taylor (Feb 1901 - bet. Sep 1979 - Dec 1979)
                  • Godfrey4 Fairbairn (Sep 1903 - bet. Mar 1976 - Jun 1976)
                  • Archie4 Fairbairn (Apr 1908 - May 1908)
              • Nelly3 Fairbairn (bet. Jan 1864 - Mar 1864 - aft. 1871)
          • Jesse2 Fairbairn (circa 1834 - bet. Sep 1893 - Dec 1893)
            • Bridget Butler (circa 1849 - bet. Mar 1910 - Jun 1910)
              • John3 Fairbairn (circa Oct 1865 - )
                • Jane Parkinson (circa 1866 - )
                  • Jessie4 Fairbairn (circa 1889 - )
                  • Harry4 Fairbairn (circa 1890 - )
                  • Ellen4 Fairbairn (circa 1892 - )
                  • Alice4 Fairbairn (Nov 1893 - )
                  • Mabel4 Fairbairn (Jun 1896 - )
                    • Albert Hargreaves (circa 1895 - )
                  • Ada4 Fairbairn (circa Apr 1900 - )
                  • Redvers B.4 Fairbairn (bet. Jan 1902 - Mar 1902 - bet. Sep 1952 - Dec 1952)
                    • Florence A. Pickard (say 1905 - )
                      • Redvers5 Fairbairn (Mar 1924 - bet. Jun 1991 - Sep 1991)
                      • Marjorie5 Fairbairn
                      • Jessie5 Fairbairn
                      • Frances M.5 Fairbairn
                      • Eric5 Fairbairn
              • Maggie J.3 Fairbairn (circa 1872 - bet. Jan 1885 - Mar 1885)
              • Andrew3 Fairbairn (bet. Mar 1874 - Jun 1874 - bet. Jun 1905 - Sep 1905)
              • Mary E.3 Fairbairn (bet. Sep 1878 - Dec 1878 - aft. 1911)
                • George Viney (circa 1879 - aft. 1911)
              • George3 Fairbairn (circa Apr 1880 - bet. Sep 1911 - Dec 1911)
              • Isabella3 Fairbairn (bet. Jun 1882 - Sep 1882 - say 1908)
              • William H.3 Fairbairn (bet. Sep 1887 - Dec 1887 - aft. 1901)
      • Robert1 Fairbairn (Dec 1802 - Mar 1873)
        • Margaret Crosbie (circa 1799 - aft. 1881)
          • Helen2 Fairbairn (circa Feb 1822 - aft. 1891)
            • ?
              • James3 Fairbairn (May 1855 - bet. 1905 - 1948)
                • ?
                  • John4 Fairbairn (circa 1884 - aft. 1891)
                  • David4 Fairbairn (circa 1885 - aft. 1891)
                  • James4 Fairbairn (circa 1889 - aft. 1891)
                • Margaret Melville (circa 1856 - bet. 1905 - 1948)
                  • Annie B.4 Fairbairn (circa 1905 - Dec 1948)
              • Isabella S.3 Fairbairn (Sep 1860 - aft. 1881)
        • Mary White (circa 1804 - aft. 1851)
          • Robert2 Fairbairn (circa 1833 - aft. 1841)
          • James2 Fairbairn (circa 1838 - aft. 1851)
          • Margaret2 Fairbairn (circa 1840 - aft. 1881)
      • Elizabeth1 Fairbairn (May 1805 - )
      • Agnes1 Fairbairn (Jun 1807 - Nov 1883)
        • William Robeson (circa 1803 - Aug 1880)
      • Helen1 Fairbairn (circa Oct 1810 - )
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DNA Tested line