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Arterburn

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About us

 The ARTERBURN  Family in America was previously researched and the branches and several generations 
of descendants identified and first published  in  The  Arterburn  Cousins  (1977).  Our primary goal in DNA 
testing has been to determine our  Y-Haplogroup  (Y-SNP),  which would confirm the human population of 
our ancient ancestral roots and therewith disclose the  Old World origin prior to the arrival in America of our  
earliest patrilineal ancestor, which had not been discovered by the authors of  The  Arterburn  Cousins ; both
Y-SNP  and  Y-Haplotype  (Y-STR, DYS#)  results are displayed.   We welcome the interest of descendants 
in every facet of genetic  genealogy, and some of our members  have  utilized  Family  Finder  (atDNA)  and
mitochondrial  DNA  (mtDNA)  testing.  Autosomal  DNA  (atDNA)  and  mtDNA  test results are useful for
specific purposes (see  ISOGG, below) but  have  negligible  applicability  for  this  Y-DNA  project.  Family
Tree  DNA  (FTDNA)  provides  personal pages and other tools and projects that are designed  for  members
to explore their  atDNA  and  mtDNA  test  results.   (NOTE:   Autosomal  DNA  (atDNA)  test  results of an
ARTERBURN  descendant  might possibly reveal meaningful chromosomal matching with the test results of
a confirmed descendant(s) of  John and Jane Williams  in the future.  Family Tree DNA  does not display the  
test results of  Family  Finder  (atDNA) on this platform, but if such match results should ever occur, it could 
be  reported  here.     A  positive  Y-DNA  match  with  a  patrilineal  descendant  of  John  Williams  remains 
a possibility as  well ;  such  results  would  be  reported  similarly  by  FTDNA  in  the  personal accounts of   
project members who have had  their  Y-DNA  tested.  If  either  of  these  possibilities  should  occur  in  the  
future for any of our members, please follow-up with one of the project Administrators.)

Our primary goal was effectively achieved through BIG Y (500) SNP testing in 2018  (members may log-in
to  see  Charts  and  SNPs  at  DNA  Results, on side bar)  that  yielded  our  current  terminal  Y-SNP  and  
Y-Haplogroup,  R-Y46 a  subclade  of  R-Y47, which identifies our  genetically  most  recent  common 
ancestor  (MRCA).    Our  BIG  Y  test  results  was  matched  by  the  Y-SNP  and  Y-STR  test  results  of  
additional  ARTERBURN  patrilineal descendants who have been confirmed positive for  R-Y47  or  R-Y46.   
The  test   results  of  descendants  who  were  tested  for  R-Y47  but  not  R-Y46  match  our   Y-Haplotype  
(Y-STR,  DYS#)--the genetic profile shared  by  all  ARTERBURN  male  patrilineal  descendants;  this  fact 
coupled with our  BIG  Y  test  results imply that all would necessarily  be  positive  for  Y-SNP,  R-Y46. The 
same applies for our descendant for whom  Y-SNP,  R-Z94,  an older parent clade of  R-Y46,  is displayed as 
his confirmed  Y-Haplogroup; he also would necessarily be positive for  Y-SNP,  R-Y46.  (NOTE:  Although
Peter  Arterburn  and  his  family  may  have had some physical characteristics in common with Melungeons,
ARTERBURN  descendants  have never been identified as such, and have never been associated with any of 
the Melungeon communities of  Virginia,  Tennessee, or  Kentucky. All of the Y-Haplogroups that have been 
identified in the test results of the families  represented  in  the  Melungeon  Core  DNA  Project  at  FTDNA  
are on branches of the Y-Haplogroup Tree that diverged from our branch thousands of years ago.) 

Our   Y-Haplogroup   could  change  as  new  subclades  of   R-Y46   are  established  on  our  branch  of  the 
Y-Haplogroup  Tree  as  Y-DNA  testing  continues, if confirmed by positive matching  Y-SNP  test results of 
an  ARTERBURN  male  patrilineal descendant.  (NOTE:  Kit  #67603  was tested for a recently established  
subclade,   R-Y609,   with  negative  results,  which  effectively  eliminated  that  new   Y-Haplogroup   as  a 
possible route of advancing our line of descent.  The intervening subclade,  Y-SNP / Y- Haplogroup, R-Y931, 
was not tested and  thus  remains  a  possible  route  of  descent,  after  R-Y46,  of  our  more  recent  genetic 
ancestors in India.  See also:  SNPs at DNA Results, on side bar ;  The R-Y46 Story, below.

The genetic evidence of our Old World patrilineal origin in India (R-Y46 = R1a1a1b2a2a1b1is conclusive, 
and is corroborated by historical evidence documented in 18th and 19th-century public records of  Maryland,  
Virginia, and Tennessee, as summarized and published in  The  Arterburn  Story  (2023):


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Family Tree DNA (FTDNA):  The R-Y46 Story

International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG):  Y-Chromosome DNA

International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG):  Autosomal DNA (atDNA)

International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG):  Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)

See Also:

Peter Arterburn  (1711-1803)

Sharma, S., Rai, E., Sharma, P. et al. Journal of Human Genetics 54, 47-55 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1038/jhg.2008.2