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Current Status of Membership: Status 21 Members with 20 Kits Returned
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Lineage 1 has at present, eleven family trees that share a common ancestor.
Lineage 1 is a part of the Haplogroup R1b - the most common in Europe. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe as humans re-colonized after the last glacial maximum 10-12 thousand years ago. About 40% of all men who trace their orgins to Europe are R1b.
The test results indicate the seven members of these Parkison and Parkinson lines shared a common ancestor. Most likely in Ireland as we know from our genealogy research, the two lines came to the United States over a hundred years apart. Members of the group are descendants of the sons William and Margaret Parkison of Carlisle, Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Richard Parkeson of Lancaster County Pennsylvania, Edward and Maria Parkison of York County Pennsylvania, and Edward Parkinson of Inch, County Down, Ireland.
The earliest known ancestor of the Parkinson family in Lineage 1, is Edward Parkinson, b. c. 1693, Inch, Down, Ireland. The Parkison families, William Parkison, d. 1802, of Pennsylvania, Edward Parkison, d. 1755, York, Pennsylvania, Richard Parkeson d. 1744, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and John Parkison, b. c. 1770 of Warren County, Ohio.
From our genealogy research it appears that it is likely our common ancestor was an Ulster Scot. Our Parkison ancestors came to the United States some time prior to the middle 1700's, and the Parkinson line, over a hundred years later. Possibly Edward Parkinson of Ireland is the shared common ancestor, although nothing is certain at this point in time.
Lineage 2 is a part of the Haplogroup I1. This Haplogroup migrated to the Scandinavin Peninsula after the Ice Age. The ancestors of this group may have been Vikings that raided into the British Isles.
The earliest known ancestor of this group, John Franklyn Parkinson came to South Carolina from Ireland in the early to mid 1700s. The descendants of his son Dennis, at some point began to use Parkerson as their surname. ( Thanks to Tom Parkinson for his research into this line)
In The Unmatched R1b2 Group, is a descendant of James Parkinson, born 1754 in St.Michaels on Wyre, Lancashire, England and another of Edward Parkinson (1718-1831) of Digberth, Birmingham, England.
We have a total of six unmatched members in the project. These appear to be a unrelated to Lineages 1 and 2
Note from the Lab
It is obvious from our observation of 10's of 1000's of samples that some markers change or mutate at a faster rate than others. Therefore not all markers should be treated the same for evaluation purposes.
The markers in red have shown a faster mutation rate then the average, and therefore these markers are very helpful at splitting lineages into sub sets, or branches, within your family tree.
Explained another way, if you match exactly on all of the markers except for one or a few of the markers we have determined mutate more quickly, then despite the mutation this mismatch only slightly decreases the probability of two people in your surname group who match 11/12 or even 23/25 of not sharing a recent common ancestor.
Three of the of Lineage 1 members mutation mismatches are in markers in with a faster than normal mutation rate. CDYb, 449 & 456.
We have four unmatched and one unassigned members of the project. These appear to be a unrelated to Lineage 1. Hopefully a matches will be soon be found.
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SCHEDULE & INFO ON FTDNA PROCESSING
Once your Kit has been received, members can follow the progress of your testing by logging in at the FTDNA homepage using your Kit # and password. It is recommended members record the kit number and password in a safe place. NOTE:Kits received MUST BE PAID IN FULL PRIOR TO SHIPMENT TO LAB
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The next step is the processing of member’s sample at the lab. When the lab has completed the process, members will be notified via email by FTDNA
FTDNA tests meet the highest standard for precision and reliability, which require individual verification by very skilled professionals. Therefore, typical times between the time when the kit goes to the lab for processing and the availability of results is:
12 Marker Y-DNA - 4 weeks
37 Marker Y-DNA – 6 weeks
67 Marker Y-DNA – 6 weeks
13-37 Marker Y-DNA Upgrade – 4 weeks
13-67 Marker Y-DNA Upgrade – 6 Weeks
mtDNA Tests – 5 Weeks
Kits go to the lab in BATCHES every week (Current BATCH #’s & Kits within each BATCH are shown within section entitled UNRECEIVED Y-DNA LAB RESULTS.
The Above time frames are for tests that have a successful outcome from the first run at the lab. Approximately 85% of the first runs are successful. The tests are rerun on the other 15% until a good result is obtained. Unfortunately, each rerun adds two weeks to the process. We understand that the delay is frustrating to participants. When a delay occurs, your kit is being rerun as many times as it takes to achieve a successful result.
It is highly recommended that you join the International Society of Genetic Genealogy at www.isogg.org (copy/paste the URL). Membership is free and it is an excellent resource.
During your waiting period, it is highly suggested that you not only read all pages of the Parkison Project, join the ISOGG site, and go to the FTDNA homepage at www.familytreedna.com to gain as much knowledge regarding the varied aspects of DNA possible. By doing so, you will be prepared to understand your results along with the additional information given within your Personal Page when the results have been completed.
Once your results are in, take benefit of ALL links and symbols shown within your personal page. These links give you pertinent data and clues for further research regarding your ancestry. Should you match a SURNAME other than Parkison, to back to the Parkison Project GOALS page and review the possibilities, found to date, as to how this may have occurred.
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