Whitney Family DNA Project, Results for Kit 112008

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Kit Number

112008

Lineage

Walter Bura, Elhannan William, Hiram C.

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	14	11	11	16	12	12	12	13	13	29

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
18	9	11	11	11	25	15	19	30	15	15	16	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
12	11	18	23	16	15	18	19	39	39	12	12

Summary

• This individual matched the descendant of Samuel Whitney of Bermuda that has been tested.
• This person's DNA is not a match for the immigrant John Whitney.
• This person's DNA differs from the standard DNA signature of immigrant Henry Whitney by 2 out of 12 markers.