A 2023 Yates DNA Story

March 13, 2023

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Hi,

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My name is Dave A.

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At one point in the 1700’s my surname was Idesen, sometimes spelled as Ydes, Ydese or Idese.

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Because of many misspellings during that time, I often wondered if the John Yates or Hendrick Yates were somehow related to me. My family was from Belleville, NJ. I have different DNA results if you’d be interested in comparing some for Yates. Regards, Dave

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March 13, 2023

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Hello Dave, pleased to hear from you. Yes, I would be excited to do this comparison. I specifically have a study underway to do exactly what you enquired about doing. Here is a webpage that details some of the work being done. Perhaps we could make some headway for you as well. Here is the link: https://yates.one-name.net/gengen/index-page2.htm

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Do you know how to share your ancestry DNA matches with me using the share functionality? If so, please share them with me at the “collaborator” level so I am best-use the sorting function. If you have not used the share function previously, here is a guide I created:

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https://yates.one-name.net/images/shareDNAmatches.pdf

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Take care, Ron Yates

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March 13, 2023

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Hi Ron,

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I took a look at your instructions for sharing my Ancestry dna. I will go ahead and do that. My email address is xxx. I also have my paternal line Y -DNA over on Familytreedna.com. I’ll start now with the your Ancestry comparison.

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Dave

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March 13, 2023

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The most important thing to say is your suspicions as to a Yates connection seems to make sense as the very first match I reviewed using my search process is a clear cousin of yours who is also connected to a well-researched Yates line.

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This is the match:

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R.B., Managed by clifton bryant, 4th – 6th Cousin, 23 cM | < 1% shared DNA, Maternal side, Public linked tree, 2,410 People

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This match, who is a DNA cousin of yours connects to a Yates line related to:

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REBECCA RAGSDALE B:01 Nov 1758 Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, VA, USA D:19 Aug 1844 /November 1844 Different Cross Plains, Robertson County, TN.

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Remember, this approach ponders the question, if I have many confirmed DNA cousins who connect via Yates DNA, doesn’t that suggest it is likely that you, Dave also connect to this line someplace, somehow.? I think the answer is yes.

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It is also worth remembering that Gates is likely the root surname for Yates.? Here are more variations: https://yates.one-name.net/

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You mentioned John and Hendrick Yates as suspected relations to you.? I have many listings for both of those names, can you send me any details about these men?

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I have also made you a user on my TNG website; the TNG ID number in the database I attached are the ID numbers found in this TNG system so you can review any match you wish. I hope you are finding this helpful.

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With kind regards, Ron Yates

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March 13, 2023

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Ron,

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Attached is a screen shot from my tree.? John Yates Sr? d 1782 was married to Margreitje Vreeland b1758.?? Margreitje’s father, Hendrick Vreeland 1721-1772 was the brother of Doreitje Vreeland who married into my paternal line, Cornelius Ideson 1717-1771. ??So the 2 marriages would create a cousin connection between the Ideson children, and the yates children, John and Hendrick.

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I did enter my ydna into the Yates Project on FTDNA.? I see some similarity in the first columns of the results, but that’s all I checked.? my Kit number is 285683, only one with Addison name in the project listing

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Cornelis and the Yates lived in second River, Belleville NJ during the Rev war.

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Dave