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THIS FIRST PART WAS WRITTEN BY ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 5 TESTERS:
Another cousin and I have worked off and on over the years on the Whitlows and were dead ended with Major Whitlow in 1840 in Warren Co NC. When we were in Houston at their library we found a book from Pontotoc Co. MS and it said Major's father was James…. I contacted the cousins in MS and we went by there to see them…only to discover that none of the information on the older Whitlows was really documented.
After distributing 5 test kits, the Y37 test proved an exact match between 176715 and 176719, while 176718 and 176716 were both off by one marker. Kit 176715 and 176719 were also a perfect match at 67 markers. Therefore, Nathaniel and Major were proven to be half brothers, and sons of James Whitlow Sr of Mecklenburg Co., VA. These results were received in August 2010.
There were a couple people who submitted their DNA , last name was Whitlow, but they did not match Whitlow DNA. One poor old guy [176717] was in his 80s and had no idea he was not a Whitlow. I think George stalled him, and I don't know if he ever told him.
Now, fifteen years later, it can be said that the “poor old guy” was the only tester out of the 5 original testers to be related to William Whitlow Sr. b. 1669. Since then, several more testers have proven to also descend from him and belong to the haplogroup L20.
The ancestors of Major Whitlow and his half brother Nathaniel Whitlow are still a mystery since their haplogroup is DF89.
After distributing 5 test kits, the Y37 test proved an exact match between 176715 and 176719, while 176718 and 176716 were both off by one marker. Kit 176715 and 176719 were also a perfect match at 67 markers. Therefore, Nathaniel and Major were proven to be half brothers, and sons of James Whitlow Sr of Mecklenburg Co., VA. These results were received in August 2010.
There were a couple people who submitted their DNA , last name was Whitlow, but they did not match Whitlow DNA. One poor old guy [176717] was in his 80s and had no idea he was not a Whitlow. I think George stalled him, and I don't know if he ever told him.
Now, fifteen years later, it can be said that the “poor old guy” was the only tester out of the 5 original testers to be related to William Whitlow Sr. b. 1669. Since then, several more testers have proven to also descend from him and belong to the haplogroup L20.
The ancestors of Major Whitlow and his half brother Nathaniel Whitlow are still a mystery since their haplogroup is DF89.
One of our hopes is to determine the relationship of the Whitlows of Virginia to the Whitlows that remained in England.
The project seeks male Whitlows/Whitlaws/Whitloes/Whitlos (and all variant spellings) for Y-DNA testing. Females who would like to discover their direct paternal line, should find a male with the Whitlow surname and ask them to order a Y-DNA test.
Females can also order a Family Finder test for themselves and participate, or upload their DNA data from another company.