• Y-DNA of 3 male donors has been analyzed to the 111-marker level.
• Donor #1's pedigree chart traces his surname to a Hicks (c. 1760- 1801).
• Donor #2 is an adoptee.
• Donor #3’s pedigree chart traces his surname to a Carter (c. 1675-1715).
• Donor #2's AncesryDNA matches strongly support my claim that Donor #2 is a descendant of my father's maternal grandparents. Consequently, the Adoptee Donor #2 is either a Hicks (Scenario 1) or a Byrne (Scenario 2).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vNm...ew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vy-...ew?usp=sharing
• Donor #1 has two matches who have tested to the 111-marker level.
(i) Carter Donor #3 – 109/111 markers; Gen. Distance: 2
(ii) Adoptee Donor #2 – 108/111 markers; Gen. Distance: 4
• Donor #2 has two matches who have tested to the 111-marker level.
(i) Carter Donor #3 – 109/111 markers; Gen. Distance – 2.
(ii) Hicks Donor #1 – 108/111 markers; Gen. Distance – 4.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cjX...ew?usp=sharing
• Donor #1 has five Carter-surname matches who have tested to the 67-marker level.
(i) Gen. Distance between Hicks Donor #1 and three Carter-surname donors – 3.
(ii) Gen. Distance between Hicks Donor #1 and two Carter-surname donors – 4.
• Donor #1 has two Carter-surname matches who have tested to the 37-marker level.
(i) Gen. Distance between Hicks Donor #1 and one Carter-surname donor – 3.
(ii) Gen. Distance between Hicks Donor #1 and one Carter-surname donor – 4.
• Donor #2 has five Carter-surname matches who have tested to the 67-marker level.
(i) Gen. Distance between Adoptee Donor #2 and two Carter-surname donors – 2.
(ii) Gen. Distance between Adoptee Donor #2 and two Carter-surname donors – 3.
(iii) Gen. Distance between Adoptee Donor #2 and one Carter-surname donor – 4.
• Donor #2 has two Carter-surname matches and one Cockbill-surname match who have tested to the 37-marker level.
(i) Gen. Distance between Adoptee Donor #2 and one Carter-surname donor – 2.
(ii) Gen. Distance between Adoptee Donor #2 and one Carter-surname donor – 3.
(iii) Gen. Distance between Adoptee Donor #2 and one Cockbill-surname donor – 4.
Conclusion #1: Scenario 1 correctly places Adoptee Donor #1 among Hicks descendants of the Most Recent Common Ancestors, i.e. Donor #1 is a Hicks, not a Byrne.
Conclusion #2: Hicks descendants of the MRCAs are Carters, not Hicks.
Questions: When Y-DNA markers undergo mutations, do the number of STRs associated with a marker increase or decrease? Do the changes in the number of STRs associated with a marker tell me which DNA Donor has the oldest DNA?
--Terry Sampson
• Donor #1's pedigree chart traces his surname to a Hicks (c. 1760- 1801).
• Donor #2 is an adoptee.
• Donor #3’s pedigree chart traces his surname to a Carter (c. 1675-1715).
• Donor #2's AncesryDNA matches strongly support my claim that Donor #2 is a descendant of my father's maternal grandparents. Consequently, the Adoptee Donor #2 is either a Hicks (Scenario 1) or a Byrne (Scenario 2).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vNm...ew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vy-...ew?usp=sharing
• Donor #1 has two matches who have tested to the 111-marker level.
(i) Carter Donor #3 – 109/111 markers; Gen. Distance: 2
(ii) Adoptee Donor #2 – 108/111 markers; Gen. Distance: 4
• Donor #2 has two matches who have tested to the 111-marker level.
(i) Carter Donor #3 – 109/111 markers; Gen. Distance – 2.
(ii) Hicks Donor #1 – 108/111 markers; Gen. Distance – 4.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cjX...ew?usp=sharing
• Donor #1 has five Carter-surname matches who have tested to the 67-marker level.
(i) Gen. Distance between Hicks Donor #1 and three Carter-surname donors – 3.
(ii) Gen. Distance between Hicks Donor #1 and two Carter-surname donors – 4.
• Donor #1 has two Carter-surname matches who have tested to the 37-marker level.
(i) Gen. Distance between Hicks Donor #1 and one Carter-surname donor – 3.
(ii) Gen. Distance between Hicks Donor #1 and one Carter-surname donor – 4.
• Donor #2 has five Carter-surname matches who have tested to the 67-marker level.
(i) Gen. Distance between Adoptee Donor #2 and two Carter-surname donors – 2.
(ii) Gen. Distance between Adoptee Donor #2 and two Carter-surname donors – 3.
(iii) Gen. Distance between Adoptee Donor #2 and one Carter-surname donor – 4.
• Donor #2 has two Carter-surname matches and one Cockbill-surname match who have tested to the 37-marker level.
(i) Gen. Distance between Adoptee Donor #2 and one Carter-surname donor – 2.
(ii) Gen. Distance between Adoptee Donor #2 and one Carter-surname donor – 3.
(iii) Gen. Distance between Adoptee Donor #2 and one Cockbill-surname donor – 4.
Conclusion #1: Scenario 1 correctly places Adoptee Donor #1 among Hicks descendants of the Most Recent Common Ancestors, i.e. Donor #1 is a Hicks, not a Byrne.
Conclusion #2: Hicks descendants of the MRCAs are Carters, not Hicks.
Questions: When Y-DNA markers undergo mutations, do the number of STRs associated with a marker increase or decrease? Do the changes in the number of STRs associated with a marker tell me which DNA Donor has the oldest DNA?
--Terry Sampson
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