Ugh. Poorly re-edited 2nd sentence and some typos. If anyone needs
clarification, just let me know.
-Michael
On Tue, August 5, 2014 2:55 pm, Michael Cooley wrote:
> Yes, I've also heard that the Big Y results are difficult to interpret.
> No
> other male Cooley has taken it, but I think a Benjamin descendant is going
> to do so soon. This is what I'd say about taking the test is that the
> R1a
> subclade group at FTDNA seems very motivated. They might recognize
> something of interest right away. And recall that when you first tested
> at FTDNA you had no matches. Look now at what we have! It the results seem
> to be a bust at first, we still have future testers to look forward to.
>
> As far as YP355 goes, I haven't found any info about it. I've been
> wanting to query some key figures, but just haven't had time.
>
> Be sure to inform the R1a admins that you're positive for YP355. Also
> update the line on your EKA in CF01.
>
> -Michael
>
>
> On Tue, August 5, 2014 1:45 pm, Cooley wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the meeting summary Michael. I'm glad you had a good time.
>> Thanks for the links.
>>
>>
>>
>> BTW, my latest Y-DNA SNP result came back from FTDNA last week - I
>> tested positive for YP355 - no surprise as you did too. But now we know
>> with certainty our Cooleys are on the R1a-YP355 branch. We're geetting
>> closer to recent times. I wonder where YP355 mutation took place. In
>> what is now Norway (like L448) or the British Isles? And when exactly?
>>
>>
>>
>> Now that the BigY test at FTDNA has dropped $100, I'm considering
>> taking it. (Although it's still rather expensive.) Do you think it's
>> worth it, or should I wait a year or two and let it drop another one or
>> two hundred dollars? Have any other male Cooleys taken this test yet?
>> Would we learn
>> anything really useful beyond our current SNP by SNP approach? I've
>> heard it's hard to make sense of the massive flood of data it yields -
>> FTDNA
>> gives no help what-so-ever to understanding it. And if only one Cooley
>> takes it I've heard its almost useless. (As the mutations they find
>> could be mine and mine alone - even my dad maybe wouldn't have them.)
>> Anyway,
>> I'd like to hear opinions on this.
>>
>>
>>
>> -Don
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> We had a great time in Salt Lake City. The weather was *perfect*.
>>> Everyone
>>> stayed at the Plaza Hotel next to the Family History Library. We went
>>> to a rehearsal of the Tabernacle Choir Thursday evening. Because the
>>> sister-in-law of the CFAA president sang with it for 17-plus years
>>> (she
>>> retired last spring) we were able to meet the choir's director
>>> beforehand. The rehearsal took place in the 21,000-seat Convention
>>> Center, just two
>>> blocks away from the hotel.
>>>
>>> Greg Parker, the other admin of the DNA project, and I had lunch
>>> together twice and sat next to one another during the banquet. I
>>> enjoyed immensely, as I did two years ago, talking with him. Friday
>>> night, David Cooley, the
>>> former president, Patty Cooley of San Mateo, a descendant of the
>>> Cooley-Lippincott line (who *loved* the new DNA findings), and I
>>> spent the evening in a wine bar. (Whoopee!)
>>>
>>> At the business meeting Saturday, I was promoted from 2nd VP to VP,
>>> David
>>> Cooley and Patty Cooley were voted into the new "at-large" board
>>> positions, and Randy Smith was given the new board position of Past
>>> President.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It's customary every ten years for the CFAA to meet in Longmeadow, MA
>>> where immigrant Benjamin Cooley lived. I suggested two years ago
>>> that we meet on the West Coast. That was discussed lightly during the
>>> business meeting but I *think* there's a broad consensus that it's a
>>> good idea for 2018. I'll suggest to Patty--the San Mateo
>>> resident--that we begin researching soon so that we can make a strong
>>> recommendation for it in two years.
>>>
>>> Most of the attendees this year were descendants of not only Benjamin
>>> Cooley but of Andrew Wood Cooley, an early immigrant to Utah. In
>>> fact, the Cooley/Lippincott descendant (and the spouses) and I were
>>> the only non-Benjamin Cooleys there. Because the Longmeadow meeting
>>> will also tend to be strongly Benjamin-biased, I suggested that its
>>> location might be a good opportunity to appeal to some of the Southern
>>> (and other)
>>> Cooley
>>> clans to attend. We'll see how that goes. (BTW, one does not need to
>>> be a member to attend the reunions.)
>>>
>>> Although it might not make a great deal of sense without the audio
>>> part of my presentation, here are the slides from it (by far best
>>> viewed with Chrome):
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://ancestraldata.com/Presentations/cfaa2014/slides/title.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Here is the handout:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://ancestraldata.com/Presentations/cfaa2014/cfaa2014_successes.pd
>>> f
>>>
>>>
>>> I had a blast!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -Michael
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> VP, the Cooley Family Association of America
>>> Administrator, the Akins DNA Project
>>> Administrator, the Ashenhurst DNA Project
>>> Administrator, the Bishop DNA Project
>>> Administrator, the Eldridge DNA Project
>>> Administrator, the Fisk DNA Project
>>> Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
>>> Co-Administrator, the Cooley DNA Project
>>> Co-Administrator, the McDougall DNA Project
>>> Co-Administrator, the Pickens DNA Project
>>> Co-Administrator, the Strother DNA Project
>>> Instructor, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
>>> B.A. Humboldt State University, History
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
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VP, the Cooley Family Association of America
Administrator, the Akins DNA Project
Administrator, the Ashenhurst DNA Project
Administrator, the Bishop DNA Project
Administrator, the Eldridge DNA Project
Administrator, the Fisk DNA Project
Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the Cooley DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the McDougall DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the Pickens DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the Strother DNA Project
Instructor, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
B.A. Humboldt State University, History
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