Mountain Surname Project
The objective of the Mountain Surname project is to search for links between different lines with the Mountain surname using both conventional genealogy and genetic genealogy (DNA). A Mountain surname DNA project has been set up with Relative Genetics, Inc. but DNA results from other companies are welcome. Project members are also encouraged to submit their DNA results to the publicly accessible Y-search database. The test is quite easy, just wipe the inside of your mouth with cotton swabs supplied in the test kit and mail the swabs to the testing laboratory. DNA donor identities will be kept confidential.
The Mountain surname is found in both Ireland and England. Griffiths Valuation (1848-1853) lists 45 Mountain households in Ireland with most located in counties Cork and Waterford. The 1841 British census lists 1,213 Mountain households with the largest number located in Yorkshire.
Additions, corrections, and suggestions for this website are always welcome. We are also looking for volunteers to help research the Michael Mountain and Patrick James Mountain lines.
News
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4-May-2008. A new DNA Results page has been created that shows all results to date. The data have been organized to highlight the two genetic clusters from Ireland that have emerged from our testing.
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23-April-2008. DNA Success! A close match (29 out of 30 markers) has been found between descendants of John Mountain from County Waterford, Ireland and a descendant of David Mountain from County Cork, Ireland.
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5-April-2008. More entries have been added to the Famous and Infamous Mountains page.
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8-July-2007: A new page has been added that provides information about the origin of the Mountain surname
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5-July-2007: Additional entries have been added to the Famous and Infamous Mountains page.
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16-April-2007: A new page has been added that lists famous and infamous Mountains. If you have any famous ancestors or black sheep in your family, let us know and we will add them to the list.
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15-April-2007: A new page has been added to the website that lists Mountains in the 1851 Canadian census. Note: Newfoundland and Nova Scotia were not part of Canada in 1851.
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15-April-2007: Confederate soldiers added to the Mountains in the Civil War webpage.
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29-March-2007: DNA Success! A close match (41 out of 43 markers) has been found between a descendant of William Mountain (b. abt. 1789, County Fermanagh) and Francis H. Mountain (b: bef. 1735, Ireland, possibly Belfast). This level of match produces an estimate that their most recent common ancestor lived 12 generations ago with the 95% confidence interval being 3-32 generations.
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25-June-2006: Some have speculated that the Mountain surname is an anglicized version of the Montagne surname. DNA samples from the Francis H. Mountain and John Mountain lines have been compared to the modal values for descendants of Dr. Johannes Mousnier de la Montagne. The results indicate that there is no connection between these two Mountain lines and this Montagne line.
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1-June-2006: First results are in, Francis H. Mountain and John Mountain lines are not related. Testing of DNA from descendants only matched at 20 out of 37 markers.
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1-May-2006: Mountain Surname DNA Project started.
Last updated: 04 May 2008
Project Manager: Dave Mountain <d-mountain @ comcast.net>