Hello List,
Bonnie Schrack, admin for the Haplogroup Y-DNA-J project at FTDNA, posted this
message (backquoted below) to the GENEALOGY-DNA mailing list. With her
permission, I am re-posting it here. I thought you would be interested (please
see especially last paragraph). Project link is:
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Y-DNA_J/
Diana
-----Original Message-----
From: genealogy-dna-bounces(a)rootsweb.com On Behalf Of Bonnie Schrack
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 11:29 AM
To: Genealogy-DNA-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [DNA] rare J2 haplotype in CARRICO Surname Project
Just thought I should thank Al, John and Vince very kindly for their
recommendations of our project! That's very gratifying. I only wish I
could manage to post more analyses and diagrams on the site, but you
wouldn't believe how much time I spend corresponding with individual
members and doing analyses for them.
We have had some exciting developments in the project recently, for
example there is now a member who belongs to the ultra-rare J1b clade,
as well as one belonging to the similarly rare J2a* (that is, NOT
J2a1). There are any number of tests on order that will help us
understand who else might belong to J2a*, and sort out several mystery
haplotypes that don't easily go into the current categories. These
cases on the margins are some of the most helpful in illuminating
obscure areas of the phylogenetic tree.
The categories on our results table are based on those currently
recognized by the ISOGG, but they break down the clades into various
clusters, especially in J1, where there are few real clades. These
classifications are not set in stone, but grow and evolve as we learn
more, somewhat like Ken Nordtvedt's classifications of the I
haplogroup.
Just last night, a crop of advanced marker test results came in that
we've been waiting for for months, and they're most revealing. I want
to discuss them a little with Whit and others before publicly stating
what I think they might mean, but it's a really interesting development
in our study of J2a1k.
We are always eager for new members, particularly those who have strange
and puzzling haplotypes! Those who are willing to order 67 markers or
advanced tests are especially helpful to the research. And if, by any
chance, you are a J1 or J2 who has received SNP results indicating an
unusual sub-clade, or you have someone like that in your project, PLEASE
get in touch!
Bonnie