Septs

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Surname Variations

Historically, most people would consider themselves luck to be able to read and write and didn’t pay as much attention to spelling as we do today. Camerons were also world travelers, and some adopted naming conventions from other countries as their own. As a result, there are many ways of writing Cameron that sound the same/ almost the same, and are all part of the Clan. Variations that developed between the 12th and 18th century include:

CALMEROUNE, CAMBERNON / DeCAMBERNON, CAMBRAWNO, CAMBRIN, CAMBRON / DeCAMBRON, CAMBRONE, CAMBROUN / DeCAMBROUN, CAMBRUN, CAMBURNON / DeCAMBURNON, CAMBRV’ / CAMBRVN, CAMERARIO, CAMERN, CAMERONNE, CAMEROUN, CAMEROWN, CAMMERON, CAMPBROUN, CAMPHRON, CAMPRONE, CAMPROUN, CAMRON, CAMRONAICH, CAMRONE, CAMROUN, CAMROWNE, CAMRUN, CAMSHRON, CAMSROIN, CAUMBEREN / DeCAUMBEREN, CAUMBROUN / DeCAUMBROUN, KAMERUM / DeKAMERUM

Who Can Join the Clan Cameron DNA Project?

The simple answer is any Cameron can join the project.

The more complicated answer is:

• YES– Male Camerons: Since we are interested in links to the Clan, males who are in the direct line of male descent from a Cameron are the primary target of this project. If you are female, or are a Cameron because your mother (grandmother, etc.) is a Cameron, you must find a male cousin in the direct line of male descent to take the test for you.
• MAYBE–Males of Cameron Septs: Most Clan Cameron Septs have project surname groups established in FTDNA, please join those projects first (find another DNA Surname Project). IF your results end up matching Cameron lines (see “Matching Markers” below), we would very much like you to join.
• YES, but–Female Camerons: You can trace your direct line of female descent with a different DNA test, and we may eventually get enough information from Cameron women and their descendants to link up specific families. It won’t give you any new data on the parternal line.
• YES–Individuals With Matching Markers: If you have results from at least 37 markers and find that you are within a genetic distance of 2 or less or a time to most recent common ancestor of under 400 years) match distance of two or less on at least 37 markers to a Cameron participant.