Project News
The Y-results have been grouped by "HaploGROUP" to facilitate analysis. There is no likelihood of people from DIFFERENT haplogroups having a common male ancestor within the past several thousand years. Analysis of relationships WITHIN haplogroups is dynamic.
It is most important to realise that people in any sub-group described as "UNMATCHED" are NOT thought to be related!
The largest group of Boyds in the project is an uncommon type of "R1b" called R-U198. You can find more information on this rare and interesting group here:
http://meekdna.com/U198dna/
The other main group in our project is very interesting indeed. Haplogroup A is the "original" human Y-DNA haplogroup and has its origins in East Africa. It is found at low frequency in Europe but is otherwise rare outside Africa.
One of our "UNMATCHED" R1b Boyds is a very close match for a member of the McAbee project. There is a strong possibility that some "McAboy" names became McAbee (and variants) while another line became "Boyd". Whilst one must interpret "non-surname matches" with great care, this shows the fallacy of ruling them out completely.
Any genealogy which people would post (in "gedcom" form) would be helpful to the project.
Anyone with any questions or suggestions is most welcome to contact Project Administrator, Jeri Ann Boyd.