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2025-05-22 - A new SNP has been identified under A6127 which has now established there are 2 known branches directly under A6127, these are the A6119 branch and the FTC7052 branch. The A6127>FTC7052 branch does not have the YCAII mutation found in the A6119 members. This demonstrates the YCAII 22-23 mutation occurred after A6127 and may be unique to A6119 descendants.
2025-05-04 - Somewhat recent testing confirmed a match to the lineage having YCAII 22-22, further demonstrating the genetic diversity within this ancient family. There are also some individuals out there that appear to match the lineage and have
YCAII 23-23
2023-04-29 - Added information to the background tab regarding additional ancient remains matching our L1066 snp. Currently there appear to be 5 sets of ancient remains matching L1066 however none yet found/published for the more recent A6127 and A6119 snps.
2020-12-12 - Just learned via online information that the SNP L1066 has also been found in Viking remains from Oland, Sweden. Apparently 2 additional SNPS under L1066 have also been found to be shared by someone from England, per the information on this page-
https://dna-explained.com/2020/09/18/442-ancient-viking-skeletons-hold-dna-surprises-does-your-y-or-mitochondrial-dna-match-daily-updates-here/ . This information is applicable to all L1066+ males, not just our YCAII 22-23 group. It's important to remember however we have over 20 separate branches under L1066 that are not paternally related in over 3500 years (broad estimation). L1066 was spread out across a large area by the time the Viking age started.
2019-05-03 - After a relatively uneventful 2018 as far as discovering new matches to the 22-23 group, 2019 is off to a much better start with several new matches and a couple of new surnames to add to the group.
2017-05-10 - Ancient remains found at Longniddry, East Lothian Scotland have tested positive for the SNP L1066. The remains found are estimated to be from a period between 1500 - 1300 BCE. It is unknown at this time whether or not this is the point of origin for L1066 however opinions are that the individual found did reside in this area of East Lothian for some time, based upon the type of burial and other factors. The actual study is expected to be published later this year and shortly thereafter additional analysis of the raw data is expected to be performed.