Hi James,
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I had a few questions. I¡¯ll number/bold them just because I need to give a little background.
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Looking at A6518 Walker/Fullers (Under A212), it looks like you only have data for three individuals from Group 39 (Walker FTDNA project/groups), and none from my group 58 who should also be A6518
1)?would that be correct??Is that because you need a Big-Y test in order to get the BAM raw data?
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Unfortunately I'm not in a place where I'll be getting the big Y test upgrade from Y67 (or the extra $100 for a BAM raw file!) anytime soon, 2 other members only have Y-12 kits, and the other member who is listed (there is one more with a Y67 kit who never replies to messages and isn't listed in the group) has passed away and had a Y67 kit.
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2) Would this skew the TMRCA of A6518 as we know for sure that there are two separate A6518 groups, but there is only one of them being tested? Or would it be that the ¡°other Walkers¡± (group 58) would poss form a different subclaude, between/just after the A212-A6518 split?
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- I'm aware digging on the internet that the "Irish" Walker/mac Si¨²la¨ª actually only traces his ancestry to Indiana/Missouri c1830s and puts Ireland/mac Si¨²la¨ª because of his Y-DNA test results rather than the other other way round
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- I¡¯m not sure if the Fuller was one that used to be in group 39 and no longer is there. You have a date of the 1798 in USA wheras they at one point had their most recent ancestor as b. 1836 Canada, d. 1904 Elba, MI¡ maybe they managed to get further back.
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A long time ago I found a website that suggested that a descendant of one of the frequent ¡°founders¡±/furthest back people in one of the two groups (I can¡¯t recall which) fled to Canada/North and changed their name to Fuller as they had loyalist sympathies, I wonder if it might be that person but obvo can't prove anything.
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3) Is there anyway of knowing/guessing if these 3 people, and indeed the whole of group 39, likely descends from Richard Walker, Jr., b. 6 Jan 1636/7?
Would this be increased because I match all of them (I think I got them correctly) exactly the same amount percentage wise?*
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I would suspect so given that they are all (North) American, and this Richard looks like he was the one immigrating.
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4) Is there any way of you (or the CTS4466/Walker FTDNA admins) having a better idea of the TMRCA between groups 39 and 58 now you¡¯ve calculated the TMRCA of A6518 (in reality group 39) at a later date than previously?
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It¡¯s worth pointing out that it looks as though everyone who has ever been in my group 58- and I along with others have left (in my case temperately) the group poss due to privacy issues- descends from Philip Walker b ca 1628 and his mother the well known ¡°Widow Walker¡± of Rehoboth, MA¡ all except for me, whose ancestors remained on this side of the pond.
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My time predictor on FTDNA with the other 67 match in group 58 predicts generations of within; 16- 94.88%, 20- 98.79%, 24-99.75%
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* The match between myself and three (current and former) members of group 39 (who I only match with 25 markers) who are Y500/700 tested are 22- 87.71%, 23- 89.44%, 24-90.95%
Thanks
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