Whitney Family DNA Project, Results for Kit 5736

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Kit Number

5736

Test Subject Name

This person has not authorized the release of their name.

Lineage

-private-¹², -private-¹¹, -private-¹⁰, Benjamin⁹, Solomon Eli⁸, Benjamin⁷, Silas⁶, David⁵, Benjamin⁴, Thomas³, Thomas², John¹

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	11	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	16	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	19	17	34	36	11	12

Markers 38-67

DYS 531	DYS 578	DYS 395S1a	DYS 395S1b	DYS 590	DYS 537	DYS 641	DYS 472	DYS 406S1	DYS 511	DYS 425	DYS 413a	DYS 413b	DYS 557	DYS 594
12	9	16	16	8	10	10	8	10	9	12	23	23	15	10

DYS 436	DYS 490	DYS 534	DYS 450	DYS 444	DYS 481	DYS 520	DYS 446	DYS 617	DYS 568	DYS 487	DYS 572	DYS 640	DYS 492	DYS 565
12	12	17	8	12	21	20	13	12	11	13	11	11	12	12

Summary

• The DNA results for this individual show that he is a direct descendant of the immigrant John Whitney.
• The results, out to 67 markers, are a near match to John Whitney's "signature" DNA profile, with the following exceptions:
• The results at marker DYS 446a show 16 repeats instead of the standard 15 repeats. No other descendant of John Whitney who has been tested has this difference at this location.
• The results at marker DYS 557 show 15 repeats instead of the standard 16 repeats. No other descendant of John Whitney who has been tested has this difference at this location.
• Research has shown that this person is a 5th cousin of the person with Kit 73668. However, these individuals differ by at least two markers out of 67 (one of them does not yet have results for markers 26-37). Because of this difference, I would urge both individuals to verify their ancestry back to their supposed common ancestor, Silas⁶ Whitney.