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Result notes first year of project:
2008
FamilyTreeDNA's description of a haplogroup (2008): The haplogroups are the major branches on the Y chromosome tree, defined single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), which have accumulated along different lineages as Y chromosomes are passed from father to son over many generations. All haplogroups ultimately descend from a single Y chromosome carried by a male that lived in the distant past. The topology of the Y chromosome tree can be reconstructed by typing mutations in different human populations – as more SNPs are discovered, the structure of the tree changes. Originally, the Y Chromosome Consortium (YCC) arbitrarily defined 18 haplogroups (A-R), which represent the major divisions of human diversity based on Y chromosome SNPs. Currently there are 20 haplogroups (A-T). In turn, each of these major haplogroups has numbered subgroups, or subclades, that are named with alternating letters and numbers.
2008
- October 2008. The first results have come in! The haplogroup for our first set of results is "N". This is really no huge surprise, since A's ancestor came from Sweden (or did he? Was he really originally from Finland?).
- The N haplogroup is distributed throughout Northern Eurasia. It is the most common Y-chromosome type in Uralic speakers (Finns and Native Siberian). This lineage most likely originated in northern China or Mongolia and then spread into Siberia where it became a very common line in western Siberia. (Description of N taken from Charles F. Kerchner Jr's copyrighted website http://www.kerchner.com/haplogroups-ydna.htm . Another website says this about "N": N is almost only present in Finland (epicenter within Europe), the Baltic countries, Russia and Siberia, overflowing a bit onto Japan. It is of Uralic-Siberian origin. http://www.eupedia.com/europe/origins_haplogroups_europe.shtml Looks like A's ancient ancestor may have come from Siberia before his ancestors made their way to Sweden. ???? and the plot thickens!
- DECEMBER 9, 2008. L's results have come in. He tested 12 markers. He matches to A on 11 of his markers. If this were a common name, we could not call it a match. Many times people with the same name will match on the first 12 markers, but upon further testing (25 or 37 markers), they will not continue to match. However, given the fact that this is an unusual name (and also not a common haplogroup), I would say that L and A share the same ancestor! Hopefully someday L will upgrade to more markers, just so we can confirm.
- DECEMBER 16, 2008. The results are in for B! His results were a bit of a surprise. We thought he would match both L and A, yet he does not. In fact, he is even a completely different haplogroup.
FamilyTreeDNA's description of a haplogroup (2008): The haplogroups are the major branches on the Y chromosome tree, defined single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), which have accumulated along different lineages as Y chromosomes are passed from father to son over many generations. All haplogroups ultimately descend from a single Y chromosome carried by a male that lived in the distant past. The topology of the Y chromosome tree can be reconstructed by typing mutations in different human populations – as more SNPs are discovered, the structure of the tree changes. Originally, the Y Chromosome Consortium (YCC) arbitrarily defined 18 haplogroups (A-R), which represent the major divisions of human diversity based on Y chromosome SNPs. Currently there are 20 haplogroups (A-T). In turn, each of these major haplogroups has numbered subgroups, or subclades, that are named with alternating letters and numbers.