Whitney Family DNA Project, Results for Kit 59175

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Kit Number

59175

Test Subject Name

This person has not authorized the release of their name.

Lineage

-private-, -private-, -private-, George Washington 'William', George Washington, George Washington Alexis, William

Earliest known Whitney ancestor: William Whitney, b. ca. 1790, of Christian Co., Kentucky. He married Sarah Compton, b. ca. 1794, d/o Joseph Compton and Anna VanDosen of New York.

Note: Individual with Kit 75549 also descended from this William Whitney.

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	15	16	17	17

Summary

• The DNA results for this individual show that he is a direct descendant of the immigrant John Whitney.
• The results, out to 25 markers, are an exact match to John Whitney's "signature" DNA profile.