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The families of James and William RUNCIMAN of Michigan.
Reputed to be cousins, and reputedly related to the RUNCIMAN family at Wanton Walls, Lauder on the Scottish Borders, which latter has now been partially proven, in that a descendant of William is a very good DNA match to a descendant of the David of Wanton Walls. How I think they may connect is shown in the full RUNCIMAN chart, although I've left this Michigan chart in situ
Male Runciman
William? Runciman
John? Runciman
James Runciman
William Runciman
Isabella Carter
Isabella Runciman
William D. Runciman
Sarah L. Runciman
James H. Runciman
George A. Runciman
John Runciman
Mary Brown
Mary A. Runciman
Janet L. Runciman
John Runciman
William Runciman
David Runciman
Andrew B. Runciman
Elizabeth Runciman
James Runciman
Janet Runciman
Fredrick Richards
Margaret Thompson
James H. Runciman
Sarah E. Runciman
Nellie B. Runciman
George A. Runciman
Calvin T. Conklin
Elizabeth Hartigan
Howard Runciman
Linna L. Runciman
Carlton H. Runciman
Harry D. Runciman
Clara L. Runciman
Emily J. Hamp
Charles A. Runciman
Bertha T. Runciman
Edna M. Runciman
Agnes L. Collins
Agnes L. Collins
Cyle F. Runciman
John W. Runciman
Sylvia E. Runciman
Joel Allan
Elias Allan
Susannah Baldwin
Albert B. Runciman
William B. Runciman
Martha J. Putney
Emery A. Runciman
Claude B. Runciman
Anna B. Runciman
Ethel M. Runciman
Jacob Riethmiller
Ursula S. Sly
Roy C. Runciman
George A. Rowe
Lottie Post
Clyde W. Runciman
Wayne W. Runciman
Lawrence A. Runciman
Ruth L. Runciman
Russel D. Runciman
L M. Runciman
Gladys L. UnknownSurname
Carlton H. Runciman
Jane K. Runciman
Edna UnknownSurname
Delia UnknownSurname ?Finlan
Glen A. Runciman
Grace UnknownSurname
Edmund W. Cooper
De L. Cooper
Albert L. Cooper
Ethel E. UnknownSurname
Susan M. UnknownSurname
Gladys M. Runciman
Gerald A. Runciman
Wilma I. Runciman
Mary Gorton
Kenneth C. Runciman
Ethel M. King
Jean E. Runciman
June Runciman
Florence Ridinger
James R. Runciman
Janet Hackett
George D. Runciman
Laurie Runciman
Esther Day
Ferne L. Harvey
Ronald H. Runciman
Carl A. Mapes
Gail L. Mapes
John J. Mapes
Glada M. Sharp
Barbara Runciman
Victor W. Winter
David Winter
Mary A. Winter
Rhea Runciman
Jerald J. Runciman
Donald L. Runciman
Paul L. Runciman
Sylvester Parker
Jeanie Parker
Betty L. Parker
Susie Parker
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