News 20080311
This is partly to let people know that I have been ill, including while I was away from home, so am far behind with e-mails owed. Tomorrow I go on another family visit (and further rest!)and I hope to catch up next week. Unfortunately, I shall be without a computer while away, though I hope to pick up e-mails once or twice.
The next Y-DNA results seem slow coming through but no doubt will be here soon.
I thought this is a good time for those with results impending or through already to dig a bit more deeply. If you Google Haplogroup I1a (that’s capital I, numeral 1 and a) it throws up a great deal of more specialised research, together with a few sites which aim to explain simply.
- This is a page from Family Tree DNA but you may have missed it - it helps narrow down the sub-group (I have printed it off to study while away).
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/yDNA_I1a/
- Notes on Y-Chromosome Haplogroup I - this quotes widely from and gives references to the work of Ken Nordtvedt. To quote, “If [your haplogroup is] I1a and 22 at DYS390 then more likely [you have] Saxon origin.” All three with results published have DYS390 = 22. (My response is to keep reading more and more widely to see if others agree.)
http://home.comcast.net/~libpjr1/haplogroupI.htm
- This site focuses on Y-DNA results where DYS19 = 16. Two of our participants so far have this result, so should find it of real interest:
http://home.comcast.net/~philgoff/deepancestry.htm
- This is an interesting thread, with a down-to-earth, chatty story about Norse ancestry and which markers to watch out for:
http://genforum.genealogy.com/dna/messages/1132.html
- Wikipedia is strong on this sort of subject.