For example, that Mike Cooley (Joseph--Mary's husband) has an "index" of
three means nothing. Specific rates of mutation can randomly vary along
specific lines and are only an indication of the degree of relatedness.
I also listed my dad's lineage because we have a difference of one
mutation. Curiously, the index remained the same. I'm not sure what that
means except that the higher the index the lower the rate of mutation.
Nine mutations over nine generations would give an index of 0.
-Michael
On Sun, August 31, 2014 6:39 pm, Michael Cooley wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
>
> I created this some months ago and then forgot about it. It lists several
> of our Y lineages to the tester, the number of generations each is
> removed from John, and an "index."
>
> Surprisingly, Aaron Cooley's descendant has the smallest mutation rate
> (considering that he's eight generations in descent).
>
>
> I don't know that it's statistically sound, but I simply subtracted the
> number of mutations from the number of generations to get the index. It
> seems to work. Of course, this is no indication of "Cooley purity," if
> you will. :) Apart from it being interesting, I'm not sure that it serves
> any purpose. But that could be said of my entire life. :)
>
> http://ancestraldata.com/DNA/Y-STR/Cooley/CF01/Reports/frequency.html
>
>
> -Michael
>
>
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Received on Sun Aug 31 2014 - 18:48:59 CDT