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Need Your Help in 2013

Here is a list of project needs and how you might help out in the coming year. You can help in many ways. Research and  locate descendants for testing as listed below Make a financial Contribution to the project here. You can do this by Paypal or credit card for any amount including $5 and […]

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Why Numbers Matter

Although this is specific to Group B I hope all of you will take a look. I am enclosing two matrix charts which show the number of mismatched markers in Group B at 67 Markers and then at 111 markers. Although it doesn’t look like much there is a lot to be gleaned here. This […]

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Looking Forward to 2013

I have updated our Results page here: https://sites.google.com/site/wheatonsurname/patriarchs/results This only includes markers up to 67. For those tested at FTDNA for 111 markers see our page at FTDNA. (The website doesn’t like big excel files.) I have grouped the results with those having the same markers and/or same lineage together. Makes viewing possible relationships easier and […]

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Its been a great year for the Wheaton DNA project. Let’s hope for good things in the New Year. All the best to you and yours this holiday season. Kelly

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L1358 Discovered in Group B Walk Through the Y

As all of you know by now (but some future readers might not), our sponsorship of Jerry’s “Walk Through the Y” was successful in the discovery of a brand new, never before identified mutation on the Y chromosome called L1358. The schematic shown below is from Thomas Krahn’s Y Chromosome browser showing the precise location […]

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WHAT A YEAR IT’S BEEN!

Here’s what we have accomplished this year: WE went from 17 to 37 MEMBERS at FTDNA and many more overall! WE went from a presumed 2 Wheaton groups to  SEVEN with FOUR of those Groups tracing roots to DEVON! WE have proof the name had not a single origin but likely many. WE have 3 […]

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GENO 2.0 First Thoughts

Three of our project members that I know of have taken the GENO 2.0 and one has results. Of the over 12,000 Y-DNA SNPs tested Mr. Mallenby is positive for 447. That really doesn’t mean much in itself but it does show why FTDNA is no longer recommending the Deep Clade Testing as this test […]

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Too Much News so just a quick ROUND-up

Those with Genographic 2.0 are getting there results including many more SNPS. As yet not sure what it all means as the Phylogenic trees do to reflect all these new SNPs yet. Thank you to Thomas and Terry for keeping me posted. We also have new results for Geoffrey which show that he and the […]

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Uncle Dale Dean Wheaton

My Uncle Dale passed away early Saturday morning, at his farm-home with hospice and family.  See other obit information here: http://www.petersandmurrayfuneralhome.com/obituaries_view.php   We are part of the Robert Wheaton Clan, with postings on Jean’s web site through the 6th and 7th generation ending at Ottis and Alonzo in Eaton Co. Michigan, my Great and Great Great […]

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REVOLUTION in the Y-DNA Tree

Thanks to Thomas’ question posted below and Adam’s reply it looks like the Y-DNA Phylogenic Tree is in upheaval and headed for MAJOR revisions. Let’s  review the basics. The Y-DNA starts  with  the Proverbial Adam and each time there was a major mutation that determined a different branch of the Y tree. In our Project […]

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