About us
This is a specialist group for members of the newly discovered haplogroup R-Y61244 and derivatives such as R-FTD90752.
Is your paternal line from Caithness, the most northern county in mainland Scotland?
Is your surname Auld, Begg, Henderson, Old, Rosie, Ross or something similar?
If so, this group may be for you:
How to apply to join this group:
If you would like to be considered for membership of group, please be sure to include your kit number, haplogroup and any known details of your direct male-line links to Caithness.
At least Limited administrator access to the kit is also required as without this the volunteer admins are working completely in the dark and cannot help or advise the kit owner.
Variants:
Old and Rosie have a variant in common - FTD64696.
Meanwhile Rosie and Ross have three variants in common - FTD90327, FTD90752 and MF603025.
R-FTD90752 has been defined as a new haplogroup.
The man who is the most recent common ancestor of the R-Y61244 line is estimated to have been born around 1227 CE.
The man who is the most recent common ancestor of the R-FTD90752 line is estimated to have been born around 1367 CE.
Our detailed haplogroup path is:
R-M207>R-M173(R1)>R-M343(R1b)>R-L754>R-L761>R-L389>R-P297>R-M269>R-L23>R-L51>R-P310>R-L151>R-P312.>R-Z46516>R-ZZ11>R-DF27>R-Z195>R-Z198>R-CTS4188>R-S14445>R-Z29704>R-S11121>R-PH3239>R-FT103345>R-FT100094>R-Y62074>R-Y60581>R-Y61244(>R-FTD90752)