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Descendants of the likely shared grandfather of the two Archibald FAIRBAIRNs.
The Apr 2008 update from the dna testing is that the matches are now 67/67 and 64/67 respectively, which has led me to join the families up as per this chart
Bessie Flint
Agnes Landreth
Mary Grierson
Mary Fairbairn
Agnes Fairbairn
John Riddell
Archibald Riddell
Mary Riddell
Isabella Riddell
George Riddell
Ann Preston
Helen UnknownSurname
John Riddell
Helen Beattie
Thomas S. Riddell
Isabel Fairbairn
Robert Fairbairn
Mary Hislop
Margaret Fairbairn
Charles Purdie
Mary Purdie
Archibald Purdie
Elizabeth Purdie
Cecilia Purdie
Robert Scott
William Purdie
Ann Robson
George Fairbairn
Janet Purdie
Mary Fairbairn
Alexander Clapperton
Archibald Fairbairn
Elizabeth Simpson
Thomas Fairbairn
Margaret Gregory
Cecilia Fairbairn
Robert Wintrup
Margaret Fairbairn
John Williamson
Robert Fairbairn
Elizabeth Wayness
Charles Fairbairn
Mary Bate
George Fairbairn
John Fairbairn
Margaret N. Kay
Cecily Fairbairn
George Brodie
Mary Brodie
Isabella Brodie
Agnes Brodie
Cecilia Brodie
Margaret Brodie
Alexander Wood
Archibald Brodie
William Fairbairn
Aylsie Elliott
William Fairbairn
Jean Wanless
Archibald Fairbairn
Eliza O'Hara
John Fairbairn
Helen Lindsay
Helen Fairbairn
Henry S. Hudson
George Fairbairn
Eleanor Mullen
William Fairbairn
Martha J. Rogers
Aylsie Fairbairn
William Hudson
Frances Fairbairn
David Stewart
John Lovett
Mary Fairbairn
John McNair
John o. D. Fairbairn
Jane Williamson
A? J. Fairbairn
Essa Fairbairn
Archibald Fairbairn
Margaret Graham
David Fairbairn
Prudential Arnold
Charity Walker
William G. Fairbairn
Sarah A. Farrel
Robert Fairbairn
Agnes Fairbairn
Alexander Mitchell
James Fairbairn
Mary Smith
Sarah A. Daughterty
Charity Smithson
Mary Fairbairn
George Fairbairn
Elizabeth Fairbairn
Archibald? Fairbairn
Janet Scott
Helen Fairbairn
Jane Blakey
John Fairbairn
Jessie Douglas
Alison Fairbairn
James Chisholm
Walter Fairbairn
Agnes Henderson
Margaret Fairbairn
Jan Fairbairn ?Jeany?
Robert Ormiston
Jeany Fairbairn ?Jan?
Catharine Fairbairn
Peter Stewart
Elisabeth Miller
Joseph Broomfield
Walter Fairbairn
Grace Armstrong
Mary Fairbairn
Peter Holiday
Kate Scott
Elizabeth Fairbairn
William B. Grieve
Jane Fairbairn
John Hope
James A. Fairbairn
Mary Strain
William Fairbairn
Katherine Morgan
Alison Fairbairn
David Fitchett
Clarinda Haynes
Joan Forsyth
Helen Fairbairn
Robert Safley
Alison Fairbairn
William Scott
Catharine Kemps
John Fairbairn
Hannah F. Fairbairn
James Reid
Janet Fairbairn
John Ferguson
James E. Fairbairn
Elizabeth O'Connell
Rosa B. Smith
Lucinda Boyce
Walter Fairbairn
Mary A. Reilly
Elizabeth Laidlaw
Jane Herd
Jane Fairbairn
Joseph Proctor
Jane Tracy
Elsia Fairbairn
Joseph L. Brott
Walter Lilly
Janet Fairbairn
Caleb Richardson
Benjamin Pitcher
David M. Fairbairn Jr
Joan Safley
Lucy E. Bushee
Sarah C. UnknownSurname
Esther Fairbairn
Peter E. Lee
William B. Fairbairn
James Fairbairn
Isobel Fairbairn
Mary Fairbairn
Elizabeth Fairbairn
Thomas Fairbairn
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