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The over 50 results that have be returned are from 14 (possibly 15) different families.
The 14 families are not related.
The Y-DNA testing has provided the following information not available from the paper records
The family codes and Wxxx ID numbers are from the main web site here:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jswdna/waldenresults.html
Family R-A is NOT related to family R-D as suspected from the common first names and the location of Middlesex County Virginia circa 1750.
Family R-D is related to the Henry Kiddd family of Middlesex Co VA but is not realted to another Kidd line of Middlesex County.
W020 is NOT related to family R-B as documented in a family letter dated 1854.
All of the branches of Family R-A are related.
Family R-A does come from England per the match with W021, Joseph Waldron.
The William ancestor of W020, Family R-A, and William ancestor of W023, Family R-F, cannot be the same man.
All the braches of Family R-F are related.
Family R-A is NOT related to Family R-F as suspected by tie to the same county of Virginia circa 1730.
All the braches of Family R-B are probably related [An expansion of the 12 marker tests to 25 markers should be done.]
The two braches of Family I-A are related.
The two braches of Family I-M are related. This was “suspected” because the lived it the same county of TN.
Family I-B is not related to Family R-C. This is a somewhat “unexpected” result as they all lived near each other circa 1840.
X001 an adopted man is related to Family R-A. His birth fathers name may have been Waldron or Walden or a related name.
E001 an adopted man is related to Family R-A. His birth fathers name may have been Waldron or Walden or a related name.
W030 is not of the same male ancestry as the Walden families of the GA county where they lived. The current thinking is that he took his unmarried mother’s name.
W049 is not related to any other Walden in the project. This is consistant with the family story that Featherston was adopted
The 14 families are not related.
The Y-DNA testing has provided the following information not available from the paper records
The family codes and Wxxx ID numbers are from the main web site here:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jswdna/waldenresults.html
Family R-A is NOT related to family R-D as suspected from the common first names and the location of Middlesex County Virginia circa 1750.
Family R-D is related to the Henry Kiddd family of Middlesex Co VA but is not realted to another Kidd line of Middlesex County.
W020 is NOT related to family R-B as documented in a family letter dated 1854.
All of the branches of Family R-A are related.
Family R-A does come from England per the match with W021, Joseph Waldron.
The William ancestor of W020, Family R-A, and William ancestor of W023, Family R-F, cannot be the same man.
All the braches of Family R-F are related.
Family R-A is NOT related to Family R-F as suspected by tie to the same county of Virginia circa 1730.
All the braches of Family R-B are probably related [An expansion of the 12 marker tests to 25 markers should be done.]
The two braches of Family I-A are related.
The two braches of Family I-M are related. This was “suspected” because the lived it the same county of TN.
Family I-B is not related to Family R-C. This is a somewhat “unexpected” result as they all lived near each other circa 1840.
X001 an adopted man is related to Family R-A. His birth fathers name may have been Waldron or Walden or a related name.
E001 an adopted man is related to Family R-A. His birth fathers name may have been Waldron or Walden or a related name.
W030 is not of the same male ancestry as the Walden families of the GA county where they lived. The current thinking is that he took his unmarried mother’s name.
W049 is not related to any other Walden in the project. This is consistant with the family story that Featherston was adopted