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Dec 2023 Finally pass 200 member target. 148 Big Y. Everyone in this project should do BigY700
Dec 2023 Finally pass 200 member target. 148 Big Y. Everyone in this project should do BigY700
Aug 2022 Now 186 members, 124 Big Y. Firming up the DF63 cluster. First U106 paper Aug 2020 supports pre-Roman, Frisian entry.
Nov 2019 Numbers increasing slowly but we have an extraordinary number of BigY700s -115 of 158. New R1b-U106>>FGC13335 cluster.
The much more reliable BigY700 is making it possible for us to begin an analysis of the clusters, seeing when they formed and if they have a tree structure.
Mar 2019 We now have 154 members, and 84 Big Y 700 - this new test has been very popular.
Short papers have been prepared on L21>Z253, DF27>L617, the Drake cluster, I1 and I2, with E and DF27 overview in preparation. A U106 cluster has been found.
Mar 2018 118 members, 52 Big Y. DF63 cluster (just pre-Roman, 2 branches)
Mar 2017 96 members transferred to the new specialised research project
Half have Y111, a third have Big Y
First pre-Beaker unique line (I2-P??) has been found
April 2016: L21 paper written which suggests SW England was a major point of dispersal for classic British R1b-L21 Y-DNA to the Continent. The new SNP packs have enabled us to show something we have always suspected - that Cornwall is full of ancient rare DNA from the early Bronze period around 2500 BC when Stonehenge was being constructed. In particular we have large amounts of R-DF27, usually regarded as Hispanic - probably demonstrating the presence of an early "Atlantic culture" with heavy trading interchange of metals and grains.
Nov 2015 103 members. New autosomal category under trial, following the lead of DEVON
Sep 2015 Eighteen members order the new R1b Backbone Test, revealing that Cornwall has many unusual lines of DNA, something we had always suspected
Nov 2014 75 members, following the book launch at the Cornish Association of Victoria
Oct 2013 50 members
July 2011 Project starts in collaboration with Debbie Kennett, administrator of DEVON, the first single-county project
Nov 2019 Numbers increasing slowly but we have an extraordinary number of BigY700s -115 of 158. New R1b-U106>>FGC13335 cluster.
The much more reliable BigY700 is making it possible for us to begin an analysis of the clusters, seeing when they formed and if they have a tree structure.
Mar 2019 We now have 154 members, and 84 Big Y 700 - this new test has been very popular.
Short papers have been prepared on L21>Z253, DF27>L617, the Drake cluster, I1 and I2, with E and DF27 overview in preparation. A U106 cluster has been found.
Mar 2018 118 members, 52 Big Y. DF63 cluster (just pre-Roman, 2 branches)
Mar 2017 96 members transferred to the new specialised research project
Half have Y111, a third have Big Y
First pre-Beaker unique line (I2-P??) has been found
April 2016: L21 paper written which suggests SW England was a major point of dispersal for classic British R1b-L21 Y-DNA to the Continent. The new SNP packs have enabled us to show something we have always suspected - that Cornwall is full of ancient rare DNA from the early Bronze period around 2500 BC when Stonehenge was being constructed. In particular we have large amounts of R-DF27, usually regarded as Hispanic - probably demonstrating the presence of an early "Atlantic culture" with heavy trading interchange of metals and grains.
Nov 2015 103 members. New autosomal category under trial, following the lead of DEVON
Sep 2015 Eighteen members order the new R1b Backbone Test, revealing that Cornwall has many unusual lines of DNA, something we had always suspected
Nov 2014 75 members, following the book launch at the Cornish Association of Victoria
Oct 2013 50 members
July 2011 Project starts in collaboration with Debbie Kennett, administrator of DEVON, the first single-county project