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General => Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing => Topic started by: itzmi on Friday 14 May 21 18:55 BST (UK)
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First my apologies if this is not the correct forum as I do not know which to post it to. Apart from myself only one person with my surname in the world (my 6th cousin) has taken a yDNA test. My surname is found with a great deal of variation. As well as Reffell, Reffold,Reffield, Ruffold and Ruffell records are found for my ancestors. I think Reffell may have evolved from Ruffold.Have any people surnamed Ruffold, Reffold,Reffield etc taken yDNA tests? My matches include a person surnamed Ruffell as well as Mann, Onstatt and
Everly.
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Your thread intrigued me but I can't help.
Back in the 20th century we had a giant of a chap as a neighbour with the surname Ruffles. I've looked on a distribution map and it seems to be contained in the eastern part of England. According to one website it's of old English/French/Latin origins meaning "red hair"
Funnily enough, I've now looked on a German gedbas website and there's pages of the surnames RUFFLE and RUFFEL
https://gedbas.genealogy.net/search/simple
Good luck
Rena