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The FELSTEAD DNA PROJECT on FTDNA is running concurrently with a similar project on the SORENSON MOLECULAR GENEALOGICAL FOUNDATION.
By submitting samples to both sources it is possible to compare results and search both databases
The Sorenson DNA results for Subject (1) below can be compared directly with the FTDNA results
for the FELSTEAD Kit 17654 as the samples were from Father and son.
Using this comparison it is possible to compare 36 markers for all Sorenson participants even though Sorenson and FTDNA only use 25 Common Markers.
The technique involves searching the Sorenson database for matches using a system of trial and error
Thus knowing the ancestry of the Sorenson participants,at least in part,it may be possible to determine if any of the group have a Common Ancestor and where that Ancestor might be located.
The results in our group have been very encouraging in that it is likely that the participants (1) through to (5) have a Common Ancestor within 12 Generations.
Participant (2) has a clear line of descent from a FELSTEAD family in HERTFORDSHIRE which suggests that the Most Recent Common Ancestor for all the group from (1) to (5)was in HERTFORDSHIRE.
Participant (3) from CANADA has an English Ancestor born in 1823.
Current research suggests this ancestor also came from HERTFORDSHIRE.
Participant (4) has a very clear line to an ancestor in LEICESTERSHIRE and to date no link with HERTFORDSHIRE can be found.
Participant (6) from the United States is most likely from the same family as FTDNA Kit 39656 and a direct comparison can be made.
This result suggests that this FELSTEAD family do not have a common ancestor with the FELSTEAD's listed from (1) to (5)
This family are descended from a WILLIAM FELSTEAD
listed on the 1851 Census of London as being born in Chigwell,Epping,Essex in 1814.
To date there is no reliable evidence that this is true and much more detailed research is required
Conclusion
The first five participants in the SORENSON trial all match on at least 33 of 36 Markers and,very importantly,share the same surname.
It is probable therefore that these five FELSTEAD's share a common ancestor from HERTFORDSHIRE.
Update 1st October 2005
The complete 37 marker values have been uploaded for FELSTEAD (FTDNA Kit Number 39656 - See below)
This participant,based in the United States,is known to be a descendant of a WILLIAM FELSTEAD whose birth place is given as Chigwell,Epping,Essex.
The results are not what was expected in that there is only a 23/37 match with FELSTEAD reference sample FTDNA KIT 17654/Sorenson Participant (1))
There are two possibilities which spring to mind to explain this -
(1) There is a completely separate FELSTEAD line from ESSEX.
(2) There is a problem with the paternity of the ancestor WILLIAM FELSTEAD born 1814 Essex.
This could be a birth outside of marriage to a FELSTEAD female and WILLIAM was given the name of his mother or posssibly WILLIAM was adopted into a FELSTEAD family and he was given the FELSTEAD name.
Update 4th October 2005
The results for a possible variant to the FELSTEAD name have been uploaded.
This is a FILSTEAD family from the United States.
It is now possible to compare three members from the group who have all been tested by FTDNA.
The comparisons give some quite revealing results.
FELSTEAD (England) Kit 17654 matches 23/37 with FELSTEAD (United States) Kit 39656 and 13/37 with FILSTEAD (United States)Kit 17653.
FELSTEAD (United States)Kit 39656 matches 14/37 with FILSTEAD (United States) Kit 17653.
The Haplogroup Prediction for the two FELSTEAD participants with FTDNA is E3b whereas the FILSTEAD Haplogroup Prediction is R1b
These comparisons and Haplogroup predictions clearly demonstrate that there is no chance that these three families have a common ancestor within
a genealogical time frame and also that the FILSTEAD family may belong to a completely different migratory group.
By submitting samples to both sources it is possible to compare results and search both databases
The Sorenson DNA results for Subject (1) below can be compared directly with the FTDNA results
for the FELSTEAD Kit 17654 as the samples were from Father and son.
Using this comparison it is possible to compare 36 markers for all Sorenson participants even though Sorenson and FTDNA only use 25 Common Markers.
The technique involves searching the Sorenson database for matches using a system of trial and error
Thus knowing the ancestry of the Sorenson participants,at least in part,it may be possible to determine if any of the group have a Common Ancestor and where that Ancestor might be located.
The results in our group have been very encouraging in that it is likely that the participants (1) through to (5) have a Common Ancestor within 12 Generations.
Participant (2) has a clear line of descent from a FELSTEAD family in HERTFORDSHIRE which suggests that the Most Recent Common Ancestor for all the group from (1) to (5)was in HERTFORDSHIRE.
Participant (3) from CANADA has an English Ancestor born in 1823.
Current research suggests this ancestor also came from HERTFORDSHIRE.
Participant (4) has a very clear line to an ancestor in LEICESTERSHIRE and to date no link with HERTFORDSHIRE can be found.
Participant (6) from the United States is most likely from the same family as FTDNA Kit 39656 and a direct comparison can be made.
This result suggests that this FELSTEAD family do not have a common ancestor with the FELSTEAD's listed from (1) to (5)
This family are descended from a WILLIAM FELSTEAD
listed on the 1851 Census of London as being born in Chigwell,Epping,Essex in 1814.
To date there is no reliable evidence that this is true and much more detailed research is required
Conclusion
The first five participants in the SORENSON trial all match on at least 33 of 36 Markers and,very importantly,share the same surname.
It is probable therefore that these five FELSTEAD's share a common ancestor from HERTFORDSHIRE.
Update 1st October 2005
The complete 37 marker values have been uploaded for FELSTEAD (FTDNA Kit Number 39656 - See below)
This participant,based in the United States,is known to be a descendant of a WILLIAM FELSTEAD whose birth place is given as Chigwell,Epping,Essex.
The results are not what was expected in that there is only a 23/37 match with FELSTEAD reference sample FTDNA KIT 17654/Sorenson Participant (1))
There are two possibilities which spring to mind to explain this -
(1) There is a completely separate FELSTEAD line from ESSEX.
(2) There is a problem with the paternity of the ancestor WILLIAM FELSTEAD born 1814 Essex.
This could be a birth outside of marriage to a FELSTEAD female and WILLIAM was given the name of his mother or posssibly WILLIAM was adopted into a FELSTEAD family and he was given the FELSTEAD name.
Update 4th October 2005
The results for a possible variant to the FELSTEAD name have been uploaded.
This is a FILSTEAD family from the United States.
It is now possible to compare three members from the group who have all been tested by FTDNA.
The comparisons give some quite revealing results.
FELSTEAD (England) Kit 17654 matches 23/37 with FELSTEAD (United States) Kit 39656 and 13/37 with FILSTEAD (United States)Kit 17653.
FELSTEAD (United States)Kit 39656 matches 14/37 with FILSTEAD (United States) Kit 17653.
The Haplogroup Prediction for the two FELSTEAD participants with FTDNA is E3b whereas the FILSTEAD Haplogroup Prediction is R1b
These comparisons and Haplogroup predictions clearly demonstrate that there is no chance that these three families have a common ancestor within
a genealogical time frame and also that the FILSTEAD family may belong to a completely different migratory group.