Mike,
I'm sorry if I discouraged you in any way. I am not an expert in this
field. Hopefully someone else will provide an answer that will give
you more information which can provide hope for you.
Since we are the first generation using DNA for genealogy, we are
really building a framework which researchers of the future can use
for identifying their roots. If you haven't yet identified a close
relative, you may soon, but even if you don't find one in your
lifetime, that record will be invaluable for someone in the future.
So thanks for sending the DNA sample.
It would be more helpful in the future if we each uploaded a pedigree
of just the Carroll lineage with our haplotype at
YSearch.com - of
course not including any living person. I haven't done that yet for
my cousin.
Lura Southard
List Administrator,
CARROLL-DNA(a)rootsweb.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Carrroll" <mike(a)beltlink.com>
To: <carroll(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: [CARROLL] Britton Carroll SC, Ga
: Thanks for the explanation.
: Unfortuately, you put more doubt into my present belief system.
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: gc-gateway(a)rootsweb.com wrote:
: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing
list.
: >
: > Author: southard
: > Surnames: CARROLL
: > Classification: queries
: >
: > Message Board URL:
: >
: >
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.carroll/7146.1.1.1.1.1.1.3.1.2.1.1/mb...
: >
: > Message Board Post:
: >
: > Mike,
: >
: > I believe that your kit # 31491 is shown in the chart where it is
because the lines are listed by the order of the numbers. Yours
begins 13-23 and the men in orange begin 13-24.
: >
: > You were wise to compare with the lines in the orange group which
seemed to indicate an average. We don't know which of those was most
like the ancestor, since each lineage may have mutated in a different
direction. With only one exception, those men have not had a common
ancestor in about 200 years, so some mutation could be expected in
that period of time.
: >
: > I read somewhere, but can't find it right now that those DYS
numbers shown in RED at the top of the chart designated alleles which
were more apt to mutate than the ones shown in black. I think where
the mismatch occurs may make a small amount of difference in the
percent of probability that two men shared a common ancestor somewhere
in the past. That is why it is difficult to say exactly how two men
are related just by comparing the numbers.
: >
: > At
http://www.familytreedna.com/GDRules_37.html there is a chart
that gives the approximate relatedness based on comparing the numbers.
For a 31/37 match it says:
: >
: > "31/37 is too far off to be considered related, unless you can
find an "in-betweener' as for determining 'Only Possibly Related,'
above. It is important to determine what set of results most typifies
the largest number members of the group you are 'close' to matching.
You may be 31/37 with an individual, but 34/37 with the center of the
group, and your potential relatedness to him is through the center of
the group."
: >
: > Your best way to learn to whom you are related is by using the
personal web page provided for you by FamilyTreeDNA when they received
your kit. You need to be sure to set your preferences for that
display to include all Surnames and not just the Carroll surname. A
few men have discovered that they did not match a man of the same
surname at all, but they did match men of a surname which had lived
near their ancestors. Comparisons shown on that personal page should
take into consideration which markers are different between two men.
: >
: > We have three of the orange men who are extending the number of
alleles to 67. My cousin's kit # 32061 is due back about October 23.
You might want to consider extending yours to see if more of the
markers match in those 30 more alleles.
: >
: > Hope this answered your questions.
: >
: > Lura Southard
: > List Administrator,
: > CARROLL-DNA(a)rootsweb.com
: >
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