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UPDATED 10 Dec 2020:
I suggest you opt to share your markers with others who have tested through other labs. Go to https://www.gedmatch.com/ to upload your markers.
Many of our participants have already found y-DNA matches and are comparing their paper trails, leading to new genealogical discoveries for them.
WARD SUBGROUP #1 (Highlighted in yellow on the yDNA chart): yDNA matches indicate these Wards descend from the line of Rev. Andrew Baker. Our markers have been established and will be there as benchmarks for those who continue to search for the Baker/Ward connection in the late 1700s somewhere near the Virginia / North Carolina border. yDNA has shown us where NOT to look for clues and that, in itself, is a very important step in one's research.
WARD / WARDLE / WARDEN / WADLOW / WARDLOW SUBGROUP #2 (Highlighted in purple on the yDNA chart): Members have matching y-DNA showing a connection between the surnames WARD in the United States and WARDLE / WARDEN / WARDLOW & WADLOW in England. The members are busy comparing their research!
WARD SUBGROUP #4 (Highlighted in pink on the yDNA chart): On July 13, 2009 Emily Krause Murphy of FTDNA analyzed the differences in markers of the participants in WARD Subgroup #4 and wrote: "I agree fundamentally with your placement of these individuals in this group. The distinguishing characteristics of the Niall signature, which are also distinguishing characteristics in R1b1b2a1b5b, are a 13 at DYS385b and a 14 at DYS392. A 12 at DYS385b is not a significant difference, but I notice there are several who have the more classic 13 at DYS392 instead of 14. Unless these are confirmed to be R1b1b2a1b5b, they may not fit in this group. However I do note that all four of these individuals also have a 12 at DYS385b, which is unusual for haplogroup R1b. They either make up a subset of this group or, if they are not R1b1b2a1b5b, they make up a related group of their own. Kit #96157 has many differences among the last markers we test, which tend to be faster mutators. It does not seem to share these mutations with others but because it has the DYS385b = 13 and DYS392 = 14 combination, if you continue to define group 4 as those belonging or suspected of belonging to R1b1b2a1b5b, I think this sample should stay in the group. Especially in cases where the known genealogy does not identify or suggest the relationships among these members it is very reasonable to identify subgroups based on these haplogroup branches, and I think that at least until additional evidence that links or refutes a relationship among these men comes to light, it is good to group them together."
WARD SUBGROUP #3 (Highlighted in lime green on the yDNA chart): Initially, two WARD participants had matching y-DNA. They subsequently matched three members of the ASBILL / ASBELL y-DNA group who, much to their surprise, did not match other ASBILLs. They located our WARD SUBGROUP #3 through matching y-DNA. Tracing their ASBILL paper trail back to Margaret ASBILL of Bertie County, NC, they had earlier discovered bastardy references and apprenticeship records linking her to a Thomas WARD of Bertie County, NC. When their y-DNA matched the WARD participants in WARD Subgroup #3, they were delighted! Their matching y-DNA proves they are either descended from Thomas WARD of Bertie County, NC or from a WARD male who is closely related to this Thomas WARD. These results also help the other WARD participants in Subgroup #3, as the findings of these ASBILLs lead them, also, to Bertie County, NC. This is the science of y-DNA at its best!
Be sure to see our y-DNA chart (classic view) to see the names of our earliest-proven ancestors and where they lived.
I suggest you opt to share your markers with others who have tested through other labs. Go to https://www.gedmatch.com/ to upload your markers.
Many of our participants have already found y-DNA matches and are comparing their paper trails, leading to new genealogical discoveries for them.
WARD SUBGROUP #1 (Highlighted in yellow on the yDNA chart): yDNA matches indicate these Wards descend from the line of Rev. Andrew Baker. Our markers have been established and will be there as benchmarks for those who continue to search for the Baker/Ward connection in the late 1700s somewhere near the Virginia / North Carolina border. yDNA has shown us where NOT to look for clues and that, in itself, is a very important step in one's research.
WARD / WARDLE / WARDEN / WADLOW / WARDLOW SUBGROUP #2 (Highlighted in purple on the yDNA chart): Members have matching y-DNA showing a connection between the surnames WARD in the United States and WARDLE / WARDEN / WARDLOW & WADLOW in England. The members are busy comparing their research!
WARD SUBGROUP #4 (Highlighted in pink on the yDNA chart): On July 13, 2009 Emily Krause Murphy of FTDNA analyzed the differences in markers of the participants in WARD Subgroup #4 and wrote: "I agree fundamentally with your placement of these individuals in this group. The distinguishing characteristics of the Niall signature, which are also distinguishing characteristics in R1b1b2a1b5b, are a 13 at DYS385b and a 14 at DYS392. A 12 at DYS385b is not a significant difference, but I notice there are several who have the more classic 13 at DYS392 instead of 14. Unless these are confirmed to be R1b1b2a1b5b, they may not fit in this group. However I do note that all four of these individuals also have a 12 at DYS385b, which is unusual for haplogroup R1b. They either make up a subset of this group or, if they are not R1b1b2a1b5b, they make up a related group of their own. Kit #96157 has many differences among the last markers we test, which tend to be faster mutators. It does not seem to share these mutations with others but because it has the DYS385b = 13 and DYS392 = 14 combination, if you continue to define group 4 as those belonging or suspected of belonging to R1b1b2a1b5b, I think this sample should stay in the group. Especially in cases where the known genealogy does not identify or suggest the relationships among these members it is very reasonable to identify subgroups based on these haplogroup branches, and I think that at least until additional evidence that links or refutes a relationship among these men comes to light, it is good to group them together."
WARD SUBGROUP #3 (Highlighted in lime green on the yDNA chart): Initially, two WARD participants had matching y-DNA. They subsequently matched three members of the ASBILL / ASBELL y-DNA group who, much to their surprise, did not match other ASBILLs. They located our WARD SUBGROUP #3 through matching y-DNA. Tracing their ASBILL paper trail back to Margaret ASBILL of Bertie County, NC, they had earlier discovered bastardy references and apprenticeship records linking her to a Thomas WARD of Bertie County, NC. When their y-DNA matched the WARD participants in WARD Subgroup #3, they were delighted! Their matching y-DNA proves they are either descended from Thomas WARD of Bertie County, NC or from a WARD male who is closely related to this Thomas WARD. These results also help the other WARD participants in Subgroup #3, as the findings of these ASBILLs lead them, also, to Bertie County, NC. This is the science of y-DNA at its best!
Be sure to see our y-DNA chart (classic view) to see the names of our earliest-proven ancestors and where they lived.