About us
12/11/10 Update(2):
FTDNA has recently upgraded their Admin software and our mtDNA results are now available for display. These results are sufficiently coarse-grained that we've left the results ungrouped -there are no sharply defined lineages detectable (yet). Searching for recent genetic matches in different surname lineages can now be done with FTDNA's new FamilyFinder, which is an autosomal test, comparing many different chromosomes in addition to Y & mtDNA.
12/11/10 Update:
We now have 75 members, 64 members with Y-chromosome tests, and 20 distinct lineages. We have continued to merge lineages and find more genealogical ancestors.
Distribution of Ystr Haplogroups:
HG R1b I1 E1b/E3b I2b R1a I2a
Count 37 11 7 6 2 1
percent 57.8 17,2 10.9 9.4 3.3 1.6
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FTDNA is offering a new SNP test, L338, which has the potential to robustly divide HG I1 into subclades.
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Given the lack of SNP's to currently subdivide HG I1 into subclades, Ken Nordvedt has developed a model using haplotypes. This can be found at http://knordtvedt.home.bresnan.net . A calculator to determine your subclade exists at: http://members.bex.net/jtcullen515/haplotest.htm , courtesy Jim Cullen, Doug McDonald, and Ken.
E.G., when I plug in my 67-marker FTDNA test results, I get I1-AS & I1-AS10 as my most likely (Nordtvedt) subclades:
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Y-37 Haplogroup / Sub-Haplogroup or Y-67 Haplo-I Subclade Prediction:
Haplo-I Subclades and probabilities are as follows:
I-M253-AS10 =>32% I-M253-ASgen =>28% I-L22-N =>27% I-M253-ND =>5% I-M253-P =>4% I-L22-uN1 =>2% I-M253-AS1 =>1%
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The calculator predicts probability of 32% for I1-10, which means Anglo-Saxon group 10, and 28% for I1-AS(gen), I1-Anglo-Saxon Generic. The haplotype definitions for the subclades are defined in Ken's website, and there's a theoretical geographical migration scenario for each subclade, based on currently available information.
5/7/09 Update:
Our Ystr results table now has 13 family or haplogroup clusters and a total of 52 members tested. The E1b group now has 6 members, and all but one are descendants of Jonas Humphrey of Wendover, Bucks, 1585. We have 62 members, some of whom have tested mtDNA only.
We continue to merge family trees and resolve paternity puzzles as results become available. In some cases this has paved the way to merging family trees and adding several generations to genealogies.
Updated 3/25/07:
We have 48 members, 39 with test results in 6 Haplogroups, indicating the generality of our surname. Our single J2 member was reclassified as E3b, after more detailed testing by FTDNA.
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*** To be Updated soon ***
R1b 20/32 = 62.5%
I1a 6/32 = 18.5%
R1a 1/32 = 3.13%
I1b 1/32 = 3.13%
I1c 1/32 = 3.13%
E3b 3/32 = 9.39%
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I1a* Humphrey 5
Peet 1
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I1a Total = 6 Nordic genetic origins
R1b Humphries/ 10
Humphreys
Humphrey 6
Thomas 1
Nelson 1
Roberts 1
Connelly 1
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R1b Total = 20 Native Briton/
Celtic origins
E3b Humphrey 5
R1a Humphreys 1
I1b Humphrey 1
I1c Humphrey 2
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Other HG Total = 9
We have 48 members, 39 with results thus far. Five of us are in haplogroup I1a* & we have a common immigrant ancestor, Michael Humphrey, born 1620 in Lyme Regis, Dorset. He came to Connecticut from Lyme Regis in 1640. DNA test results from 3rd & 9th cousins resolved a paternity question, confirming an 11 generation lineage to Lyme Regis, Dorset.
Most of our remaining members are R1b1. We've successfully "merged" some of the R1b lineages, E.G., kits 18304, & 41586, to a common ancestor, David Humphreys, late 1700's in Wales, adding new information to the family tree of our kit 18304 R1b member.
Also 2 R1b members, 33717 & N2194, are a perfect 12/12 match and are comparing their family trees.
About half of our members with surname Humphrey are I1a with likely Scandinavian roots, and most of our members with surname Humphr(ies)(eys) are R1b. Currently, the great majority of those R1b members who can trace ancestry to Europe have immigrant ancestors from Wales or Ireland.
FTDNA has recently upgraded their Admin software and our mtDNA results are now available for display. These results are sufficiently coarse-grained that we've left the results ungrouped -there are no sharply defined lineages detectable (yet). Searching for recent genetic matches in different surname lineages can now be done with FTDNA's new FamilyFinder, which is an autosomal test, comparing many different chromosomes in addition to Y & mtDNA.
12/11/10 Update:
We now have 75 members, 64 members with Y-chromosome tests, and 20 distinct lineages. We have continued to merge lineages and find more genealogical ancestors.
Distribution of Ystr Haplogroups:
HG R1b I1 E1b/E3b I2b R1a I2a
Count 37 11 7 6 2 1
percent 57.8 17,2 10.9 9.4 3.3 1.6
--------------
FTDNA is offering a new SNP test, L338, which has the potential to robustly divide HG I1 into subclades.
------------
Given the lack of SNP's to currently subdivide HG I1 into subclades, Ken Nordvedt has developed a model using haplotypes. This can be found at http://knordtvedt.home.bresnan.net . A calculator to determine your subclade exists at: http://members.bex.net/jtcullen515/haplotest.htm , courtesy Jim Cullen, Doug McDonald, and Ken.
E.G., when I plug in my 67-marker FTDNA test results, I get I1-AS & I1-AS10 as my most likely (Nordtvedt) subclades:
-------
Y-37 Haplogroup / Sub-Haplogroup or Y-67 Haplo-I Subclade Prediction:
Haplo-I Subclades and probabilities are as follows:
I-M253-AS10 =>32% I-M253-ASgen =>28% I-L22-N =>27% I-M253-ND =>5% I-M253-P =>4% I-L22-uN1 =>2% I-M253-AS1 =>1%
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The calculator predicts probability of 32% for I1-10, which means Anglo-Saxon group 10, and 28% for I1-AS(gen), I1-Anglo-Saxon Generic. The haplotype definitions for the subclades are defined in Ken's website, and there's a theoretical geographical migration scenario for each subclade, based on currently available information.
5/7/09 Update:
Our Ystr results table now has 13 family or haplogroup clusters and a total of 52 members tested. The E1b group now has 6 members, and all but one are descendants of Jonas Humphrey of Wendover, Bucks, 1585. We have 62 members, some of whom have tested mtDNA only.
We continue to merge family trees and resolve paternity puzzles as results become available. In some cases this has paved the way to merging family trees and adding several generations to genealogies.
Updated 3/25/07:
We have 48 members, 39 with test results in 6 Haplogroups, indicating the generality of our surname. Our single J2 member was reclassified as E3b, after more detailed testing by FTDNA.
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*** To be Updated soon ***
R1b 20/32 = 62.5%
I1a 6/32 = 18.5%
R1a 1/32 = 3.13%
I1b 1/32 = 3.13%
I1c 1/32 = 3.13%
E3b 3/32 = 9.39%
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I1a* Humphrey 5
Peet 1
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I1a Total = 6 Nordic genetic origins
R1b Humphries/ 10
Humphreys
Humphrey 6
Thomas 1
Nelson 1
Roberts 1
Connelly 1
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R1b Total = 20 Native Briton/
Celtic origins
E3b Humphrey 5
R1a Humphreys 1
I1b Humphrey 1
I1c Humphrey 2
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Other HG Total = 9
We have 48 members, 39 with results thus far. Five of us are in haplogroup I1a* & we have a common immigrant ancestor, Michael Humphrey, born 1620 in Lyme Regis, Dorset. He came to Connecticut from Lyme Regis in 1640. DNA test results from 3rd & 9th cousins resolved a paternity question, confirming an 11 generation lineage to Lyme Regis, Dorset.
Most of our remaining members are R1b1. We've successfully "merged" some of the R1b lineages, E.G., kits 18304, & 41586, to a common ancestor, David Humphreys, late 1700's in Wales, adding new information to the family tree of our kit 18304 R1b member.
Also 2 R1b members, 33717 & N2194, are a perfect 12/12 match and are comparing their family trees.
About half of our members with surname Humphrey are I1a with likely Scandinavian roots, and most of our members with surname Humphr(ies)(eys) are R1b. Currently, the great majority of those R1b members who can trace ancestry to Europe have immigrant ancestors from Wales or Ireland.