I'm very interested in taking the Big Y test - I'm just waiting for the
price to drop below $400 - even better under $300. At $525 it is still too
high. However, I'll do any Y-DNA SNP test downstream from our YP355 that is
discovered immediately. Just let me know if you hear of one.
I'm a little frustrated with finding anything new about our Cooleys. I've
had much better luck with just about every other family line - especially
on my Mom's side. I've proven Mark Twain is my 3rd cousin, 5 times removed.
And I've found many DNA matches to cousins which has filled in gaps in my
family tree and given me more confidence of some questionable ancestors.
I'm about to start my 35th year at SRI International (use to be Stanford
Research Institute) where I work as a Senior Research Physicist.
Finally, I'd like to give Michael my special thanks for all the hard work
he has done in uncovering the history of our Cooleys. I'm so sorry to hear
of your health issues. I send you my best wishes.
I wish all of you good health and happy holidays.
Don Cooley
Elmo Franklin Cooley
Daniel Iven Cooley
Timothy Goode "Tink" Cooley
James Cooley
John Cooley
On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
wrote:
>
> I certainly haven't lost sight of the grand prize: John Cooley's wife and
> parents. But whether we will ever make that discovery is almost
> immaterial. The journey has yielded a number of surprises (I'm thinking
> right about John's probable son Edmund), dispelled some misconceptions,
> and confirmed what seemed probable--Perrin Sr's children, for example.
>
> But I don't have anything new to share at this time. The genetic component
> seems to be stalled until one of us finds the means to take the Big Y
> test. (If 20 of us contributed $25 we'd be there.) Also, a couple of
> well-chosen autosomal tests might help narrow the placement of Perrin C
> Cooley. We should also be on the outlook for any matrilineal descendants
> of the early Cooleys. Meaningful matches are rare but it's all about
> numbers.
>
> One of the Benjamin Cooley descendants is waiting for Big Y results. That
> test will not, of course, have any significance for us but it will be a
> great learning experience for me.
>
> Since we're in a lull and because it's the holiday season, I think it
> would be appropriate to share anything personal going on. And I'll start.
> :)
>
> It's been a rough year for me. You may remember that I was in the hospital
> last June for 100% blockage of my right coronary artery. I now have five
> stents fortifying it. Unlike eight years ago, the chest pain continued for
> months afterwards. but I now feel great. About the same time, I broke out
> in a rash that covered my whole body. After six months, it's clearing up.
> And two months ago I tweaked my back resulting in debilitating sciatica. I
> had to drop the human genetics class at HSU because I couldn't walk to
> campus from my car and I cancelled the history seminar I was to teach for
> OLLI this month. It's suspected that I have a herniated disk, which would
> also be a repeat of eight years ago. I'm to call tomorrow to schedule an
> MRI. And, finally, as you may remember, I had a rift with another board
> member of the CFAA. I felt it was irreparable and resigned my position.
> The CFAA is, of course, Benjamin-centric. My experience with it over the
> last three years has convinced me that it will always be that way.
>
> So, I've ejected a n umber of stressors from my life. I'm not to the point
> of being bored (I can always find a project to work on) but my blood
> pressure is down to 96/60. I'm calm and relaxed. :)
>
> Please remind me if there was something I promised to do that you're still
> waiting for. I expect to start working again with ernest on the book.
>
> I did make one small change to my page for John Cooley at
> http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/ . Previously I had a distribution
> map for L448, the Y chromosome "Young Scandinavian" SNP. We have confirmed
> that our male Cooleys have the YP355 SNP, which is downstream of L448 and
> is, therefore, our current terminal SNP. The distribution map now on the
> page was created last spring. Certainly, many more people have since
> tested positive for it. Like its parent, L448, its found throughout
> Britain and Scandinavia. What we're looking for is a SNP that is
> characteristically Scottish or British. With enough data, SNPs can be
> dated. The SNP we want *is* there in the DNA of all male Cooleys--myself,
> Jim, Don, Jack, etc. We *will* ferret it out, and eventually population
> geneticists will get a fix on its age. Once done, we'll have an idea on
> what era our guy (who certainly possessed a name other than Cooley)
> crossed the North Sea. He might have been a Viking, he might have crossed
> in an earlier migration, and he might have crossed during the modern era
> of trade between the two regions. (I have a British ancestor who went to
> Sweden and served for Queen Christina. Presumably he died in battle and
> his four orphaned children were sent to New Sweden, located in what is now
> parts of NJ, DE and PA.)
>
> Surprises are on the horizon!
>
> Happy Holidays,
> Michael
>
> (I didn't proof read. Sorry for any glaring typos!)
>
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