Greetings,
My last name is Hatfield and my ancestry is confirmed by DNA back seven generations. We are from Haplogroup J1.
However, our branch of Hatfields does not match the DNA of any of the five main families of Hatfields in America.
Since the J1 DNA is rooted in the Middle East, can anyone offer a hypothesis as to how our ancestor may have wound up in one of the storied families of American lore?
Our earliest known ancestor first appears in the 1830 census of Indiana. Beyond that, we have run out of ideas of where he could have come from, since there is no connection with the other known branches of Hatfields.
Does anyone else share the J1 Haplotype with a American or Anglicized family name?
Thanks in advance for any help.
My last name is Hatfield and my ancestry is confirmed by DNA back seven generations. We are from Haplogroup J1.
However, our branch of Hatfields does not match the DNA of any of the five main families of Hatfields in America.
Since the J1 DNA is rooted in the Middle East, can anyone offer a hypothesis as to how our ancestor may have wound up in one of the storied families of American lore?
Our earliest known ancestor first appears in the 1830 census of Indiana. Beyond that, we have run out of ideas of where he could have come from, since there is no connection with the other known branches of Hatfields.
Does anyone else share the J1 Haplotype with a American or Anglicized family name?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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