Family Finder Results
| We are still in the
process of verifying the connections that seem matched
in Family Finder. The DNA connections were hoped to find
others from the Marshall, Doyle and Dyer families.
The historical record that we have listed here has been
verified. We still have a major missing link with
the Marshall family and can't get back passed Sarah
Marshall (b. abt 1785-1790). We expected the research to be go back to England and Scotland. The line of Dwyer to Todd to Browning to Berkeley seems confirmed. We have several matches to others of the Todd family. Since the families of Browning and Berkeley are over ten generations deep a clear DNA link is much harder. According to familytreedna.com Cheryl's DNA is 76% from England, Wales and and Scotland. Cheryl's mother and brothers (R-M269 and R1b) are 100% European with only 37% British Isles, 27% central Europe, 16% Scandinavian, 11%West Slavic, 9% Baltic and <1% Greece % Balkans. We're still unsure where some of this DNA links up to the historical record since the analysis can go back 88 generations. We expect that the 37% British Isles is filled with Marshall families from Scotland as well as the Browning/Berkeley Gloucester lines. The 20% Scandinavian connection was a surprise with no known historical connection. We have no known Scandinavian families but do have Scottish and Irish lines that may carry the gene. We know that the Doyle family, in particular, was a Danish Viking family name. Doyle name has roots in Denmark. Viking settlements in Britain, Scotland, Ireland and Normandy were regional trade and raiding centers. York, for one, had many Scandinavian and Danish kings from the early 876 to the late 954. Viking Kings ruled Dublin from 852 to 1111. The Danish invaders were known in Ireland as Ó Dubhghaill (dark foreigner). After establishing colonies it eventually changes to become the family names of Doyle and MacDougall. The "fair foreigner" Fionnghoill of Ireland was used to describe the Vikings or Norwegian invaders perhaps of the Bohulan tribe into Ireland a few hundred years later. Fionnghoill was later associated with the invading Scots who also had a Viking heritage. The 4% Greece & Balkans could also have a Scandinavian traders connection. Cheryl's autosomol match uses both her father and mother's DNA has now given some other interesting information. The HVR1, HVR2 mtDNA is the line of DNA that stretches back through 33,000 years to the beginning of womanhood to Eve, at least in theory. It is the female DNA from her mother, from her mother, from her mother, from her mother etc. It is little changed through time so migration patterns can be followed as the women had children who made their homes in various places and generations continued to live there. Consequently Cheryl's mtDNA is related to about 40% of Western European lineage. She has connections to Russia, most of the Baltic countries, some folks in North Africa, Sicily and Spain as well as all of the British Isles and Scandinavia. These connections also show a small percentage of Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews scattered through various countries, usually less than 1% but up to 8%. She is also related to a few Palestinians and Bedouins. She is also connected to 21 folks who are Native Americans. There doesn't seem to be any Pacific Islanders and only one each from China and India, who are probably European heritage. As confusing as this is nevertheless it shows how related we all are but perhaps 100 generations or more in the past. Source: FamilyTree DNA. - familytreedna.com May 27, 2021 mtDNA testing for Cheryl Christenson - HVR1, HVR2 yDNA testing for Gary Grubb, and Brad Grubb (R-M269 or sometimes R1b) |
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