Whitney Family DNA Project, Results for Kit 75596

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Kit Number

75596

Test Subject Name

James William Whitney

Lineage

-private-, -private-, -private-, Charles E., William E., perhaps son of Arvy⁵, Elisha⁵, Ephraim⁵, Zachariah⁴, Ebenezer³, Richard², John¹

Earliest proven Whitney ancestor: William E. Whitney, b. 1827, perhaps in New York.

Results

This person's DNA shows that he is a member of Haplogroup R1b1b2. This is a subset of Haplogroup R1b, the most frequent Y-chromosome haplogroup in Europe. Its frequency is highest in Western Europe (and due to European emigration, in North America). In southern England, the frequency of R1b is about 70% and in parts of Spain, Portugal, France, Wales, and Ireland, the frequency of R1b is greater than 90%. During the last ice age, groups of people are thought to have lived near the tree line in what is now northern Spain, the Middle East, and the Eurasian Steppes. As the ice melted, those populations moved north and distributed their unique haplogroups throughout Europe. Based upon this information, this person's male line ancestors probably lived in what is now northern Spain about 20,000-30,000 years ago.

Markers 1-12

DYS 393	DYS 390	DYS 19	DYS 391	DYS 385a	DYS 385b	DYS 426	DYS 388	DYS 439	DYS 389-1	DYS 392	DYS 389-2
13	24	15	10	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	30

Markers 13-25

DYS 458	DYS 459a	DYS 459b	DYS 455	DYS 454	DYS 447	DYS 437	DYS 448	DYS 449	DYS 446a	DYS 446b	DYS 446c	DYS 446d
17	9	10	11	11	25	15	19	29	15	16	17	17

Markers 26-37

DYS 460	GATA H4	YCA Iia	YCA Iib	DYS 456	DYS 607	DYS 576	DYS 570	CDY a	CDY b	DYS 442	DYS 438
11	12	19	23	15	15	20	17	34	36	11	12

Summary

• The DNA results for this individual show that he is a direct descendant of the immigrant John Whitney.
• The results, out to 12 markers, are a near match to John Whitney's "signature" DNA profile, with the following exception:
• The results at marker DYS 391 a show 10 repeats instead of the standard 11 repeats. Only one other descendant of John Whitney who has been tested has this difference at this location. This is the person with kit number 8223.