Macpherson-McPherson DNA Project- Background

Background

Nicole Polk and Scott Macpherson are the volunteer administrators for this project. Contact Nicole or Scott for questions about the project and Macpherson/McPherson history.

→Nicole Polk is responsible for DNA analysis and the naming of subgroups and grouping of DNA kits on the Y-Results page.

→Scott Macpherson is responsible for assisting testees with the creation of GEDCOMS and uploading their results to Ysearch.org.

Project Administrators are not FTDNA employees; they are volunteers and DNA/Genealogy hobbyists. They do not receive any form of financial payment or any other incentive or reimbursement for their work. Project administrators are responsible for the content on the project websites.

Organization of DNA kits into subgroups and naming of those groups is done by project administrators after analyzing the comparative results. Placement of DNA kits within the subgroups is dictated by FTDNA programming and cannot be altered by project administrators.

Many of the testees in this project have ordered testing on advanced markers ( STRs ) or individual STRs in the last marker panel. FTDNA programing at this time does not allow for the display of those markers. Many testees have also ordered the Deep Clade Haplogroup SNP test and advanced SNP testing. Project administrators have indicated the primary haplogroup branch SNP in the name of the subgroups where applicable.

See the RESULTS PAGE (drop-down list under About This Group) for email contacts for specific Macpherson family groups.

Links of Interest:

The International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG) (The first society founded to promote the use of DNA testing in genealogy:

http://www.isogg.org

after you join ISOGG you can join their facebook and yahoo groups as well for interesting updates and information:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/11416337921

The ISOGG is the only source I know of for the best/current Y-DNA Haplogroup tree. Here is a link to the most current tree:

http://www.isogg.org/tree/index.html

Understanding Haplogroups:

http://www.familytreedna.com/understanding-haplogroups

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Y-chromosome_DNA_haplogroup

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_mitochondrial_DNA_haplogroup

Here at our Macpherson/Mcpherson DNA group we have several haplogroups and subgroups that have been tested (Deep Clade Test) and verified if you are one of these here are some links to tell you more about your haplogroup and current findings:

E1b1a (*predicted): L222.1, V38, V100

G2a3b1a: L140

I1 (*predicted): M253

I2b2: L415, L416, L417

(A work in progress I will be adding to this in the next couple of days 2/9/2012)

*predicted indicates more testing to prove/narrow subgroup

Facebook Groups:

There is a lot of information/research/discussion happening on facebook these days in Groups if you are a facebook member please consider joining any of these groups to learn more about your DNA/genealogy interests. In addition most of these groups are closed for your privacy so your comments and information will not be shared with the WWW. Most of them require you visit the page and request to join. Happy facebooking!

The Official Clan Macpherson Association:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Official-Clan-Macpherson-Association/101140893306676/

Macpherson/McPherson DNA group:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/macphersondna/

McPherson Branches of America Genealogy Group:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/mcphersonbranches/

McPherson’s of Charles County Maryland Genealogy Group:

http//www.facebook.com/#!/groups/mcphersonsgenealogy/

Facebook Haplogroup Projects:

Haplogroup R1b:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/5488339316

Haplogroup R-P312+:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/5488339316/

Haplogroup R-L21+:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/159639954103947/