Results
The results of the DNA tests for the 5 participants of group A confirm the family history research done with traditional methods.
Participants DRH, JGH and KH took the 37 marker test whilst BNH and NKH took the 67 marker test. The results, even at this early stage, are very interesting.
KH and his son NKH match at 36 out of the 37 markers, indicating that a mutation (or change in the DNA) has occurred in this generation for one of the markers. The marker that has mutated is DYS 449 and its value has changed from 28 to 29. This marker is one of the "faster moving" markers. This means that it mutates at a faster rate than many of the other markers.
DRH and JGH match at all 37 of their tested markers. They have the same values for these markers as their most recent common ancestor, Richard Hocking who married Anne Davey.
KH has a value of 40 for CDYb compared to the ancestral value of 39. This mutation has occurred somewhere between the birth of John Hocking who married Frances Ann Nettell and the birth of his great-grandson KH. CDYb is a "faster moving" marker.
BNH has a value of 38 for CDYb compared to the ancestral value of 39. This mutation has occurred somewhere between the birth of Henry Hocking who married Sarah Jane Jenkins and the birth of his great-grandson BNH. Two other mutations have also occurred in this branch. The marker DYS 570 has changed from the ancestral value of 20 to the value of 19 for BNH and the marker DYS 385a has changed from the ancestral value of 13 to the value of 14 for BNH. Markers DYS 385a and DYS 570 are also both "faster moving" markers.
These results show that 5 participants of group A are descended from a common ancestor and confirm the family history research. which shows that they are all descended from Richard Hocking and Ann Davey who lived in Redruth, Cornwall, England. Richard was the second of the three sons of William Hocking and Grace Libby who lived in Gwennap, Cornwall.
THE NEXT STEPS
For Group A we know the ancestral sequence (for Richard Hocking who married Anne Davey) for 65 or the 67 markers. This is a very good result and using this sequence we will be able to say immediately if any other Hocking who takes a DNA test is related to this Richard Hocking.
For all the other Hocking trees the next step is to find direct male descendants to take a DNA test.
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