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So far six male Ayletts have been tested.
The first of these (59069)is descended from Ayletts in Tillingham, east Essex, the second (60609) from Ayletts in Takeley, in west Essex, and the third has so far only been traced back to the Enfield area in the early 19thC but probably came from elsewhere before that. The first two are known by documentary means to have no common male ancestor since about 1660. The fourth (73653) is known by documentary means to derive from the Tillingham group, with a common ancestor in the mid 18thC. The fifth subject (124761) is known by documentary means to descend from a Herts Little Hadham family, but this documentation also suggests an unmarried Aylett mother in the mid 19thC. The sixth (AM53984) can be traced back to Albury in the 16thC.
The Tillingham and Takeley samples match on 12 markers but for the first Tillingham sample, there are 2 differences: on the DYS#437 marker (14 and 15) and the DYS#464d marker (18 and 17). However the second Tillingham sample has only one of these two differences, that of DYS#464d ; its DYS#437 is identical with the two Takeley samples. This shows with a high degree of probability that the first Tillingham sample (59069) has gained a second mutation between the start of the 19thC and the 1960s. This seems to strengthen the likelihood of a common ancestor for the Tillingham and Takeley samples.
The Enfield sample is identical to the Takeley one on both 12 and 25 markers. This suggests that the Takeley and Enfield samples do have a common Aylett ancestor and documentary work will have to be carried out to see if one can be located. Hypothetically there may be a 'western' group of Ayletts and an 'eastern' group - more results are needed to test this idea out.
The Little Hadham sample stands out as having a different 12 marker result. This seems likely support for a non-Aylett father, but one other possibility is that the Little Hadham family were Aylotts rather than Ayletts and these are genetically distinct. An Aylott sample is needed to eliminate this possibility.
Four sub-clades of R1b are derived from the repeats of DYS markers 390 and 391. The most common sub-clade is known as the Atlantic Modal Haplotype (AMH) with values of 24/11 as in all five Aylett samples so far. The AMH is most common along the Atlantic coast from Spain to Scotland.
This is different from the sub-clade associated with the historic invader/immigrant groups from Brussels, Holland, NW Germany, and Denmark -Anglo Saxons - which has 23/11 at DYS markers 390 and 391. This is said to represent Anglo/Saxon England populations after the Roman occupation ended in 410 AD but before the Norman/Viking populations in the early 1000's BC.
So though not much can be inferred from the small sample set, this seems to be evidence against the Anglo-Saxon hypothesis.
The first of these (59069)is descended from Ayletts in Tillingham, east Essex, the second (60609) from Ayletts in Takeley, in west Essex, and the third has so far only been traced back to the Enfield area in the early 19thC but probably came from elsewhere before that. The first two are known by documentary means to have no common male ancestor since about 1660. The fourth (73653) is known by documentary means to derive from the Tillingham group, with a common ancestor in the mid 18thC. The fifth subject (124761) is known by documentary means to descend from a Herts Little Hadham family, but this documentation also suggests an unmarried Aylett mother in the mid 19thC. The sixth (AM53984) can be traced back to Albury in the 16thC.
The Tillingham and Takeley samples match on 12 markers but for the first Tillingham sample, there are 2 differences: on the DYS#437 marker (14 and 15) and the DYS#464d marker (18 and 17). However the second Tillingham sample has only one of these two differences, that of DYS#464d ; its DYS#437 is identical with the two Takeley samples. This shows with a high degree of probability that the first Tillingham sample (59069) has gained a second mutation between the start of the 19thC and the 1960s. This seems to strengthen the likelihood of a common ancestor for the Tillingham and Takeley samples.
The Enfield sample is identical to the Takeley one on both 12 and 25 markers. This suggests that the Takeley and Enfield samples do have a common Aylett ancestor and documentary work will have to be carried out to see if one can be located. Hypothetically there may be a 'western' group of Ayletts and an 'eastern' group - more results are needed to test this idea out.
The Little Hadham sample stands out as having a different 12 marker result. This seems likely support for a non-Aylett father, but one other possibility is that the Little Hadham family were Aylotts rather than Ayletts and these are genetically distinct. An Aylott sample is needed to eliminate this possibility.
Four sub-clades of R1b are derived from the repeats of DYS markers 390 and 391. The most common sub-clade is known as the Atlantic Modal Haplotype (AMH) with values of 24/11 as in all five Aylett samples so far. The AMH is most common along the Atlantic coast from Spain to Scotland.
This is different from the sub-clade associated with the historic invader/immigrant groups from Brussels, Holland, NW Germany, and Denmark -Anglo Saxons - which has 23/11 at DYS markers 390 and 391. This is said to represent Anglo/Saxon England populations after the Roman occupation ended in 410 AD but before the Norman/Viking populations in the early 1000's BC.
So though not much can be inferred from the small sample set, this seems to be evidence against the Anglo-Saxon hypothesis.