DNA News Updates
Posted on September 21, 2012 1 Comment
Walk Through the Y Group B
Just wanted you to know I filed the application today and the Kit is in Jerry’s hands. Once approved I will let you all know. I requested that should our project reach the top of the queue before the new Plate 3 is available that our project be held until the new ones are in use. This will increase the coverage significantly. More information on the Walk through the Y is available here.
Genographic 2.0 Link
This is a link to the U152 Project (Group B) results page for the Genographic project. Adam is the member of Group B listed there. This is where they will track new SNPs that in Combination with the Walk Through the Y hopefully will bring us closer to identifying our Group B origins. I checked on the U106 and L48 (Group C ) Scott “Rodger” is our representative for Group C. I have guessed that Group A and D are L21 but no one has ordered a test from these group.
Upcoming Results
On order or in process:
Ralph (Bonnie)- Refinement
Robert N.- New
Charles A -New
Jerry- Walk Through the Y
Rodger- Genographic 2.0
Adam- Genographic 2.0
Thanks to all for the continued support.
Surnames, DNA and Family History
Posted on September 21, 2012 Leave a Comment
Book Recommendation
If you would like to learn more about British surnames and their linguistic, historical and DNA significance I recommend reading Surnames, DNA, and Family History by George Redmonds, Turi King, and David Hey. Oxford University Press 2011. It is not a book about specific surnames, although it mentions many but it is about determining the origins of surnames and how that ties in with Family DNA Studies. Sure wish this was available long ago and it is interesting that I have followed much of the same advice and found the same conclusions as the authors in our project. From page 5 of the Introduction:
Every family name, however common, had a single progenitor and every effort must be made to identify him and his immediate descendants if we are to understand how a name arose and perhaps evolved into something different. A multi-disciplinary approach is necessary for a proper understanding.
Robert Wheaton’s Lands in Rehoboth (Group B)
Posted on September 19, 2012 Leave a Comment
For those of you descended from Robert Wheaton b. 1606 of Rehoboth, a couple of photos from last Fall’s trip to Rehoboth. Besides Robert’s town lot located in the present town of Rumford, Rhode Island was what came to be known as the Wheaton Farm and is located on the present day Wheaton Ave in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. First is a look East out across the fields—-(looking not to different from Devon). Second is the current day farm that resides on the site of perhaps the original building. I have been told by the neighbor across the road that this was used as a stop on the underground railroad. This property passed out of Wheaton hands in 1798.
Mystery Solved!
Posted on September 19, 2012 Leave a Comment
Many years ago Jean was told about a hamlet of Upper and Lower Wheaton located somewhere in Devon. All attempts to find such a place have come up empty until now. Susan has solved the mystery. All current maps show this place as Whiddon. Yet again pointing out the difficulty of depending on spelling. Thank you Susan!
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson’s Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Northlew like this:
LEW (NORTH), a village and a parish in Okehampton district, Devon. The village stands on an eminence near a head-stream of the river Torridge, 7 miles NW of Okehampton r. station; is a large place, with an ancient cross in its centre; commands an extensive view; and has a post office under Exbourne, North Devon, and a cattle fair on the third Wednesday of April. The parish contains also the hamlet of Wheaton, and comprises 7,247 acres. Real property, £3,611. Pop. in 1851, 1,047; in 1861,930. …
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Group D member says hello
Posted on September 18, 2012 4 Comments
Have just enrolled. Susan Lofthouse, Group D.
Wheaton Relationship of Groups A-D
Posted on September 18, 2012 1 Comment
This chart shows the Haplogroup R1b1a mother of each of the Wheaton A-D subgroups. The Origins and approximate date each of the mutation (such as in M269) are shown. This is a visual to help explain that back 7,500 years ago we share a common ancestor. The groups split about 3,000 years ago into Groups A, B & D on one side and C on the other. Each time a mutation happens all the men descended from the man with that mutation will pass it to their sons. We all split from Haplogroup I1b (Group E) much further back in time. The Walk Through the Y is designed to identify further mutations and eventually connect to a genealogical time frame.
Why the ‘Y”? Why Wheaton?
Posted on September 17, 2012 Leave a Comment
WHY THE Y?
Brief recap on our inherited DNA.
- 22 pairs of autosomes (atDNA)
- 1 pair of sex chromosomes XX (Female) XY (Male)
- Mitrochondrial DNA (mtDNA) everyone inherits from their mothers
Of these the only ones to be inherited without recombination (that is half from your mother and half from your father) are the “Y” and the mtDNA. The Y is your strictly paternal line which is passed relatively unchanged for centuries (aside from those helpful mutations) and mtDNA strictly your mother’s mother’s line. The mtDNA is harder to trace because it does not pass along a surname attached to it. Your mother may be a Wheaton but her mother was a Jones, and her grandmother was a Smith. Also mtDNA is inherited by both men and women and has about 16,000 Base pairs. Y on the other hand has roughly 60,000 base pairs. TRANSLATION: Because the Y has more variation overall but passes intact with a name attached to it is the easiest to follow.
WHY WHEATON?
- I married one
- I started genealogy by researching his line
- I found out I am also a Wheaton (Robert b.1606 is my 10th great-grandfather)
- I hit a brick wall and wouldn’t give up
- It has a long history
I do research all parts of my tree but you can’t do your genealogy justice in all areas. There are two places that by virtue of the fact I (not my husband) have over a dozen families from each location. So I have concentrated on REHOBOTH, MASSACHUSETTS and DEVON, ENGLAND. They could just as well have been anyplace else save for the fact that I have the largest concentration of relatives (save for my Swedish ones with a nod to John) in Rehoboth and Devon.
About that nudge
Posted on September 17, 2012 1 Comment
When Kelly asked if we should move over to a blog format, my immediate thought was WordPress. I’ve used WP for the past 6 years for my own blog (which is here, if you want to visit) and appreciate the ease with which one can maintain a website without a lot of fussy settings. Mine is a standalone, not part of WordPress,com, and it’s still been easy to use.
This project has been great! Knowing that I am connected to Devon somehow adds another piece to the jigsaw of my genealogy. Three of my grandparents were Swedes, and I’ve been able to locate their families’ places of origin there, but the Wheaton side was the big mystery. The paper trail ended in Cape May County, New Jersey. I may not have the names of the ancestors between New Jersey and Devon, but now I have the location. Best I can hope for right now.
If y’all have time, we can blog about our family research endeavors. (I lived in Kentucky for 30 years, so that’s where the y’all comes from.) Hope everyone takes a turn posting here.
National Geographic Geno 2.0 project
Posted on September 16, 2012 Leave a Comment
Kelly
I have been looking at National Geographic Geno 2.0 project. Great!
Is this the project you are raising money for?No. That was for the Walk through the Y for the Wheaton Group B of which you are a member. This will cover deep ancestry on the Y for all in Group B. We also have one member from Group B and Group D that have ordered Geno 2.0 kits. Their results with regard to the Y will be reflective of the whole group.
Or do we contact National Geographic for this “new test”? For now it is only available through the Genographic 2.0 website. You will however be able to link your results to your profile at FTDNA. Eventually you should be able to order through FTDNA.
Or does National Geographic use our initial DNA sample for this new Geno 2.0 test? A new sample is required.
Or can this be purchased through Family Tree somehow so the results are added to our current Kit results? Not at this time. The test includes lots more than the Y-DNA so some of you may want to order because of the other components. For our group purposes it is only necessary to have one person from each group test.
Thanks
Thomas Mallenby
Thank you Thomas! Additional money in our account is held for the benefit of the overall project. If anyone makes a donation they can specify the purpose for which it is to be used. I am most likely to approve small expenditures rather than large ie: Individual SNPs at $29 or a sale 12 marker kit for $59. Or provide matching funds for someone who wants to upgrade but can’t afford the whole amount. If we get enough of a fund I will loosen up a little. 😉
Wheaton Wood 