Re: 23andMe

From: The Cooleys <lvcooley5_at_cox.net>
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:08:46 -0700

I'm sorry to hear that the results, so far, are not what you had hoped
for, but I appreciate your
taking a chance on it. Like you said, only time will tell but if the
last few years are any
indication it won't be long before another recalculation and the compass
points us in a new
direction. Has the CFAA been involved in any new discoveries or
projects? Would there
be any interest in coordinating a search of Cooley descendants in
Yorkshire or southern
Scotland? Perhaps there would be a better response generated if the
CFAA got behind the
effort . ;-)

Thanks,
Jim


On 4/8/2013 6:25 PM, Michael Cooley wrote:
> The Y-DNA SNP called M198, which is about 6,000 years old, appears to be
> the best resolution we can get for now. M417, which I tested negatively
> for, is the only known subclade of M198. (I had hoped for its presence
> since it breaks off into a number of branches.) Instead, we're in a sort
> "everything else" bucket. So, we're definitely not of the haplogroup
> R1a1a1--just R1a1a. There will probably be an R1a1a2, etc discovered one
> day, but we're not there yet.
>
> I did a search in Family Finder for several of my surnames, but only one
> has come up--the only one that is designated as a possible 2nd cousin--and
> the designation makes sense. Hopefully, I'll make contact with the
> individual.
>
> So far, I find 23andMe a mixed bag. It has provided no new information on
> the Y and, despite 991 "cousins," there appears to be little benefit in FF
> (that could change as I explore it), and there was little in the medical
> stuff that I found of interest. However, the mtDNA upgrade pretty much
> made the $99 worth it.
>
> I'll transfer the test results to FTDNA.
>
> -Michael
>
>
>> Most, but not all, of my 23andMe results are in. It lists 991 "cousins!"
>> It's going to take a long time to go through.
>>
>> My Y haplogroup is given as R1a1a, which is what we already know. I have
>> to look further, but presence of the M417 mutation would make us R1a1a1,
>> so I'm guessing it wasn't present. The test I'm waiting for at
>> FTDNA--presence of the L448 marker ("New Scandinavian")--then should also
>> turn up negative since it's downstream of M417.
>>
>> I did get better resolution of my mtDNA--H1a1.
>>
>> More as I comprehend it.
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>
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