tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.comments2023-09-05T04:01:14.987-04:00The Ultimate Family HistoriansLinda Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245944818580411111noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-9273754528929368592021-07-30T21:28:29.187-04:002021-07-30T21:28:29.187-04:00To the anonymous tester who is in haplogroup H10e1...To the anonymous tester who is in haplogroup H10e1. Please transfer your results to YFull and join the H10 group. There are several H10e1 samples in the group.Linda Jonashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245944818580411111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-54030706007529027252021-07-11T03:48:27.499-04:002021-07-11T03:48:27.499-04:00Thank you for posting that comment. It might expla...Thank you for posting that comment. It might explain a big difference between the paper trail genealogy (MRCA 1700's) and the FTDNA estimate (MRCA 1500's) in my own line & that of a distant cousin.<br /><br />If you could explain how you managed to compare private variants with that other match, it would be much appreciated!<br /><br />Regards from Byron Wade.Byroniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488782179972358681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-56379019090118498392021-06-21T08:09:52.002-04:002021-06-21T08:09:52.002-04:00Such an amazing amount of information and detail. ...Such an amazing amount of information and detail. I'm about to order either Big Y or Nebula 30x, and will upload to YFull. Your series of posts will be invaluable! My mtDNA is at YFull, where my haplogroup has a different name to FTDNA's assignment, maybe more up to date tree?. Anyway, such interesting information here! Thanks!Leslie Sawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06536806978456951125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-11723658008438208672021-05-11T12:16:46.050-04:002021-05-11T12:16:46.050-04:00Hi there. I tested with 23 and me a couple of year...Hi there. I tested with 23 and me a couple of years ago and my mtdna is indeed U5b1C (by the way, I am Italian). Not sure if it helps. I have no more specific information or a more detailed subgroup, unfortunately.<br /><br />Francesca Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-80973887978513398152021-04-27T19:51:44.531-04:002021-04-27T19:51:44.531-04:00Linda, I do not know how this DNA thing works but ...Linda, I do not know how this DNA thing works but I had my uncle take a test and I posted it to my ancestry.com account.<br />According to a distant Gragg relative I descend from William Gragg who was granted 150 acres in Newberry Co. S.C. William was with 4 other members listed as Greg on the immigrant ship Lord Dunluce that sailed from the port of Larne in Ireland in Oct. 1772 and landed in Charleston Bay in Dec. 1772. The Greg names were John, William, Ninian, Mary and Jane and they all applied for land grants on the same day in Jan. 1773. I am fairly certain this William was my fourth great grandfather. He passed in 1816 and named his children that I know were Agnes, John, William, and Thomas. supposedly there was a Mary but I'm not certain of that. I am so confused on how this William is related to the other Gregg and Gragg families. There has never been anyone else researching William who was born in 1743 and died in 1816. HIs land was sold in 1817 and it named his children. Agnes married a Williamson and is buried in Laurens County. I believe that John and William Gragg married Jane and Rebecca Gladney and no one has proven different. The Gladney family have the two women married to Greggs in S.C and I'm pretty certain they are wrong. I have searched for over 20 years to find my William Sr. and his kin in S.C. people on Ancestry have him in N.C. I really would like to solve this mystery and all the stories I have seen on different genealogy sites. If you have any input I would really appreciate it.<br />You can email me at Frannie5252@yahoo.com because I don't know the password to my gmail address.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02887616381577292510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-25395866129950246622021-04-08T01:22:20.312-04:002021-04-08T01:22:20.312-04:00Aaron Clark, Elizabeth Kern (who married Joseph Cl...Aaron Clark, Elizabeth Kern (who married Joseph Clark) was the daughter of Michael of Bedford. Linda Jonashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245944818580411111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-13262805348084412402021-02-19T22:20:03.931-05:002021-02-19T22:20:03.931-05:00"I now know where each man lived and have det..."I now know where each man lived and have determined the children of both men." I am curious as to what names you have for their children. I believe I am related to Michael of Bedford but I'm not sure. An Elizabeth Kern/Karn married a Joseph Clark in Bedford County on 25 Feb 1793. I think this is Michael of Bedford's daughter.Aaron Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16393597248116911654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-51501037545856186262020-11-03T16:51:55.523-05:002020-11-03T16:51:55.523-05:00According to my father's research, the father ...According to my father's research, the father of Electious Thompson was Electious Thompson, Sr., who was married to Elizabeth Alexander. It was Electious Thompson, Sr., who was born in 1757 (again, according to research conducted by my father in the early 1980s). His children included Electious, Jr., Eli, Ephraim, Polly and Alfred. The father of Electious, Sr., was James Thompson, who was killed in action during the French and Indian War on Oct. 11, 1758, while serving in Capt. John Dagworthy's Maryland troops. James's father was Thomas Thompson, married to Elizabeth Green. Thomas died in 1755. Electious Thompson, Jr. was married to Rebecca Clarkson, who, according to family history, was an Indian.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08062229254501856577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-73138451710682947112020-10-11T14:40:18.015-04:002020-10-11T14:40:18.015-04:00Fantastic, instructive and very informative, thank...Fantastic, instructive and very informative, thank you.<br />One thing that I would like to add that I recently discovered with my nearest Big-Y700 match results: The list of "Private Variants" MAY INCLUDE variants found in other nearby Y700 match "Private Variants" lists. This can create a huge difference between the actual and reported difference and time estimate to common ancestor.<br /><br />My nearest Y700 match had 10 Private Variants before I took the Y700 upgrade.<br />After, he still had 10 Private Variants.<br />Only after we compared our lists, we found that of his 10, 4 are also on my list of 12 Private Variants.<br />And so, instead of 10 mutations, his common ancestor with me is only 6 mutations back.<br />That is a huge, nominally 400 years difference!<br /><br />Of my 12 Private Variants, we know now that 4 of them predate that common ancestor. Of the 8 remaining, 1 is shared with my nearest Y500 match and so is about 400 years back. Of the 7 remaining, 3 are Y700 new and the of the other 4, two (2) occurred with my own father!<br /><br />On the Block Tree, rather than having an average of 6 mutations (12 from me, 0 from my nearest Y500 match), we know this is off by 2 mutations due to the 12 actually being 8.<br /><br />Anyway, be careful to not assume that "Private Variants" mean that no other Y700 testers in your local tree have those variants. They could easily share them but that FTDNA does not know where to place the common variants if the two individuals do not share the samem final haplogroup. That is what happened in my case.<br /> Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04171474096421116234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-66455421423186191152020-10-08T12:08:27.753-04:002020-10-08T12:08:27.753-04:00This was so informative. I, too, tested for Y and ...This was so informative. I, too, tested for Y and Mt at Ancestry, Sorensen, and NG Genographic in the old days. Since then, all FTDNA tests including Big Y-700, LivingDNA, Geno 2.0, and Dante Labs WGS. I've joined many different <br /> projects, also submitted to Gedmatch, joined many different DNA Facebook groups. After 20+ years, I know a lot, but still feel like I know nothing compared to others. I have still not been able to share my Dante WGS info with FTDNA for analysis because of the file size. Since I live in Houston, maybe I can hand deliver a flash drive.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00134231566043061631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-19485269735063353652020-10-08T10:22:29.722-04:002020-10-08T10:22:29.722-04:00My compliments on a depth of analysis from many so...My compliments on a depth of analysis from many sources that is rarely achieved. A good read for any serious dna and family tree analyst. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12251762532026426604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-6994406382177839282020-10-07T21:50:40.741-04:002020-10-07T21:50:40.741-04:00Great write up of some otherwise tedious steps! A...Great write up of some otherwise tedious steps! As many of us have learned by fumbling around with these tools and results over the years one has to put in some additional work to make the interpretation of the results meaningful. This example is notable for helping in the most general cases all the way down to specific Y-SNP results on YFull.com. I recommend this blog post to all surname and haplogroup projects!Leakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02722195402396212406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-15361250816619108052020-08-18T18:35:14.378-04:002020-08-18T18:35:14.378-04:00You wrote "My grandmother told me that her gr...You wrote "My grandmother told me that her grandmother was Native American." You later found that your mtDNA haplogroup was not associated with Native Americans. But it is possible that your 2nd great-grandmother (your grandmother's grandmother) may have had Native American ancestry via her father's, or her mother's father (etc.) line. It may show up in autosomal results. Do your ethnicity estimates show any Native American percentage?<br /><br />You may have autosomal matches, related back to your 2nd great-grandmother, at the 3rd cousin or 3rd cousin at some removed relationship to you. You might even have 4th or 5th cousin matches who have your 3rd or 4th great-grandmothers as a common ancestor. Perhaps some of them may have more information about Native American ancestry in that line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-18201386322465484862020-08-10T11:01:30.044-04:002020-08-10T11:01:30.044-04:00I have uploaded my full mtDNA profile (Haplogroup ...I have uploaded my full mtDNA profile (Haplogroup H10e1) to mitoYDNA. No matches so far.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-88818904976167078402020-08-10T10:22:46.282-04:002020-08-10T10:22:46.282-04:00My DNA buddies and I will go thru these steps. Tha...My DNA buddies and I will go thru these steps. Than you for such a comprehensive process!Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06494190967174359622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-63791436424448496762020-08-09T07:10:18.413-04:002020-08-09T07:10:18.413-04:00Very good and instructive information. Thank you. ...Very good and instructive information. Thank you. I am U4c1 and at Yfull U4c1-a1e. I will try and get better use of my mtDNA after this. :-)<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00490493009913763490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-23928006998266204322020-08-09T04:18:39.774-04:002020-08-09T04:18:39.774-04:00What a great information! You just helped me to re...<br />What a great information! You just helped me to realize I can do so much more with my full mtDNA results. I have tested at FTDNA and was assigned V7a haplogroup. I have 10 matches at 0 genetic distance but no contact was initiated by myself or my matches. Knowing our common ancestor was probably way beyond any papier trail and my matches had no trees, I did not see any point in doing more than just looking at my matches' map. By the way, I am from Central Europe and most of my matches were located in my area. Thank you.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13580260560076272015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-69929080264960920372020-07-10T14:32:01.312-04:002020-07-10T14:32:01.312-04:00Linda, I followed a link to this blog from the McG...Linda, I followed a link to this blog from the McGregor/Grier/Gregg/Gragg/etc. DNA project. I'm a McGregor descendant as well as a Smith descendant. My paternal Smith line is Welsh, and my YDNA matches include Williamson and Williams as well as Smith. Grier is also an allied surname, and I descend from a Marsh family of VA/NC that seems to have had a close connection with the family of Baptist minister Elijah Craig. I've had some correspondence with a descendant of Lawrence Smith (1797-1878) of Pyke/Lamar Co, GA who lived in very close proximity to my Smith line and who I've suspected to be a relative, but there is inconsistent YDNA. (There actually seems to be a tug-of-war within the Smith DNA project over one particular Smith line that this descendant claims.) Another descendant of this line shows up in the McGregor chart (Kit # 161903). While I'm not yet able to follow all of the technicalities of your explanation of the non-paternal event related to George Smith, I'm wondering if there might be a clue here for us both. Thank you. - Chris chris@gigs-n-digs.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-54855725479553497402020-04-24T16:19:39.572-04:002020-04-24T16:19:39.572-04:00Thank you so much for all of your work! I am desc...Thank you so much for all of your work! I am descended from Electious Thompson also. My mother's side comes from Berlin, Germany, but I have no idea where my father's side emigrated from -- how I would love to know! I would be thrilled to hear from anyone I am related to: My name is Linda Thompson Whidby, and I live in North Georgia. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-51721552765852517842020-04-24T16:07:41.381-04:002020-04-24T16:07:41.381-04:00I am a descendent of Electious Thompson, and I liv...I am a descendent of Electious Thompson, and I live in North Georgia. I am interested in connecting with anyone related to Electious. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-67675904978554813842019-11-26T02:34:49.244-05:002019-11-26T02:34:49.244-05:00Perfect guide on GEDmatch. Exactly what I was look...Perfect guide on GEDmatch. Exactly what I was looking for!wwwhttps://www.nakivo.com/industry/enterprise/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-46974598921194248662019-11-15T12:50:21.852-05:002019-11-15T12:50:21.852-05:00A lot of work went into this article. Thanks for p...A lot of work went into this article. Thanks for proving that comments will help with key words.<br />Clipping Pathhttps://www.clippingpathquick.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-76218255961594078592019-10-16T14:47:50.119-04:002019-10-16T14:47:50.119-04:00Thanks Linda - you've not only identified good...Thanks Linda - you've not only identified good reasons to use YFull but some important best practices as well! Kudos.Leakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02722195402396212406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-5903337642955722012019-10-14T08:51:50.505-04:002019-10-14T08:51:50.505-04:00Great write up!Great write up!pconroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312469574812832771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064587737424586464.post-89025651960158194732019-10-14T02:21:03.291-04:002019-10-14T02:21:03.291-04:00Thank you for this post!Thank you for this post!EarlScottChambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167572899653236978noreply@blogger.com