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Project Background:

Our initial testing group is American with connections to England. Open to any male Clay worldwide with the goal of defining and/or connecting the Clay families.

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Project Goals:

Receive enough participation among male Clay descendants to connect to a Clay family in England. Since there are several distinct Clay lines this test will be helpful. The 25-marker test should also help define the lines of the Clay brothers who were sons of the Charles Clay (son of John Clay the immigrant).

Project News:

The Clay Family DNA study was started to relate the American Clay descendants to a Clay family in England. The group also hopes that 25-marker DNA tests might also show the different lines descending from the Clay brothers.

We are actively seeking participants in the United Kingdom for testing. We are working to get more participants from around the United States from each line so that a more comprehensive DNA pattern might be found.

Project Results:

The Clay DNA Study has revealed that there are several unrelated Clay lines in the United States and England. The following information outlines the DNA discoveries so far.

Kit #30772: A descendant of Percival Clay and Alexander Stephens Clay that did not match our line. We were hoping that this line would match since Alexander S. Clay served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia and Henry Clay served a U.S. Senator from Kentucky.

Kit #31429 and #31670: Two Clay descendants with earliest proven ancestor named Aaron F. Clay (b. circa 1820 & died in Reading, Pennsylvania). These two kits did not match the John Clay(e) descendants.

Kit #23938: This test did not match any of the other tests. More information must be gathered to determine this lineage.

The following tests were submitted by individuals with a proven connection to John Clay(e) through Henry Clay.

Kit #23375, 64269, #74041 and #76790; Kit #23375 represents a Clay descendant from the William (Mitchell) Clay line. The five other tests represent 25-marker DNA tests were an exact match.

Kit #28043: Clay descendant from Henry Clay/Lucy Green line. This 25-marker DNA test had genetic distance of 1 from the William (Mitchell) Clay testers. This may indicate a mutation among these lines that may allow some differentiation of the lines when unknown participants submit their DNA tests.

Kit #61245 represents another Henry Clay and Lucy Green descendant from their son Dr. Henry J. Clay and Rachel (Polly) Povall. These results do not show a mutation from the William (Mitchell) Clay testers.

Kit #41251: Clay descendant from Charles Clay. This 25-marker DNA test had genetic distance of 1 from the William (Mitchell) Clay testers and a genetic distance of 2 from our Henry tester. This may indicate a mutation among these lines that may allow some differentiation of the lines when unknown participants submit their DNA tests.

Kit #N31656: Texas Clay with no direct matches at this point.

Kit #N39275: Descendant of Henry Clay, Sr. Born in Bedsford, England in 1839.

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