FAQ
1.How is Grouping Done: The intent of Y Subgroups is to align members with a similar set of Y DNA markers so they can determine if they have a common ancestor.
The criteria used to allocate you to a group is based on the group of your closest matches and
the frequency of matches in that group. Consequently, some members may have been moved to a new group. Members are advised to not restrict their comparisons to just the group they are in as matches do exist in the other groups.
Those who remain ungrouped continuously, did not match to any other members according to FTDNA's limit on Genetic Distances as follows:
Please contact the Administrators if you have any questions.
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3.How is the Current Funding to be used:
Funding is available for direct male line descendant of either of the two sons of "Jan and Mary Evre" of Tarrytown, Westchester, NY.
The sons were:
- Jan/John EVERY/AVERY born ca 1714, married Rachel Williams
- Rissard/Richard EVERY/AVERY born ca 1715 married Anna Margarethe Hoff.
If you are, or know of, a living direct male line descendant of either John or Richard Every/Avery, please contact the Project Administrator.
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The criteria used to allocate you to a group is based on the group of your closest matches and
the frequency of matches in that group. Consequently, some members may have been moved to a new group. Members are advised to not restrict their comparisons to just the group they are in as matches do exist in the other groups.
Those who remain ungrouped continuously, did not match to any other members according to FTDNA's limit on Genetic Distances as follows:
- Y-DNA12: 3
- Y-DNA25: 5
- Y-DNA37: 7
- Y-DNA67: 25
- Y-DNA111: 40
Please contact the Administrators if you have any questions.
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2. Origins of Most Common Subgroup R1b-M269
R1b-M269 (old R1b1a2) is by far the most frequent subgroup today, more than half of Western European and (due to the colonization) American males belong to this line, including over 99% of the R1b project members. It is thought to have originated most likely in Anatolia around 8000 years ago(6500-8500 years with confidence). It had a gradual expansion from the Middle East/Anatolia into Europe through the Balkans and the Danube Valley. In its M269* (M269+ L23-) form, it is found rarely around the Mediterranean, Anatolia,the Balkans.
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3.How is the Current Funding to be used:
Funding is available for direct male line descendant of either of the two sons of "Jan and Mary Evre" of Tarrytown, Westchester, NY.
The sons were:
- Jan/John EVERY/AVERY born ca 1714, married Rachel Williams
- Rissard/Richard EVERY/AVERY born ca 1715 married Anna Margarethe Hoff.
If you are, or know of, a living direct male line descendant of either John or Richard Every/Avery, please contact the Project Administrator.
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