Greetings
If you have logged on to your FTDNA account recently you may have noticed a new tab in the Y-DNA Results section of the Home page.? This is the new 'Discover' tool which presents information on the branching SNPs in the Y-DNA tree including date estimates for when these branches in family lines occurred.??
In the attached .pdf I have extracted the data for our line of descent for the last 4,450 years:?
- I start with R-Z39589, 'son' of R-DF13, who lived early in the European Bronze Age.
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- The next branching SNP FGC59881 is new discovery since our Yahoo Group ceased to exist in late 2019.
- Our S16264 is one of 3 known surviving descendants of FGC59881.
- BigY testing in the last 3 years has found early branches in the S16264 family which were previously unknown - see the .pdf for details.
- I will try to find more information on the people whose BigY's discovered those branches as they may provide more clues on the ancient geographic origins of S16264 (which I still believe is likely to be northwest France, in Bronze Age Armorica).
- Rod Mann's line, R-Z16861, is estimated to have split from the line leading to the R-L679 family c.200 BCE i.e. in the Pre-Roman Iron Age
- The R-L679 families [Turner/Hammond] and [Bond/Brett/Schultz] split c.1450 CE
- The R-A7314 Turner-Hammonds split c.1650, consistent with known history
- The R-F110 families Bond-Brett-Schultz split c.1800.? My paternal ancestry and that of the Schultz line is unknown at this date.? Larry Brett's ancestor Samuel Brett was born in Dorset, England in 1806 and by 1826 was in Newfoundland.? I hope Wendy doesn't mind me asking but might both Bond and Schultz be descended from Samuel and/or one of his close relatives?
- Bob Hawk's R-BY42718 line split from that leading to his closest BigY match c.650 CE.? Bob - have you been able to find out more about this distant cousin?
Please let me know if you have comments or questions.
All the best
Nigel
