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My Uncle a Stephens/Stevens has results posted for the 37 marker Y-chromosone tests at www.ysearch.org. There are 3 other separate line Stephens males being compared there that we knew of and results show matching of 23 of 25 or higher and 34 of 37 or higher leading the surname administrator to indicate that close relatonships are present here in all 4. My Uncles Stephens/Stevens line is documented back to 1725. The surprising thing that I am writing about here is that he at marker level 37 is matching very closely to surnames Vaughn, Davis and Hooper. This confused our group of researchers as to what this may mean. We don't know our immigrant or his country of origin. We have been notified by FTDNA that he is definately of group R1b.
My Uncle's mother told him that we are of Scotch-Irish origin but the groups genealogical research indicates we may be from English origin.
I would much appreciate some comments on the above situation and any suggestions as how to proceed. I am especially interested on comments as to why we closely match 4 different surnames when we compare my Uncles ID and after we asked at ysearch.org for a report that shows close matches to him at 37 marker level and 25 marker levels.
My Mother is my Uncles sister.
Ed Martin
My Uncle's mother told him that we are of Scotch-Irish origin but the groups genealogical research indicates we may be from English origin.
I would much appreciate some comments on the above situation and any suggestions as how to proceed. I am especially interested on comments as to why we closely match 4 different surnames when we compare my Uncles ID and after we asked at ysearch.org for a report that shows close matches to him at 37 marker level and 25 marker levels.
My Mother is my Uncles sister.
Ed Martin
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