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From: "Ron Bartlett" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA-HG-I] Interpretation of YCA II test results
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:12:52 -0700
References: <005c01c83adf$624de810$6252d048@Ron1><006201c83ae2$a92986b0$6400a8c0@Ken1>


Ken the following are the SNP test results from FTDNA:
M170+M253+M258+M307+P19+P30+P38+
M161-M21-M223-M227-M26-M72-P37.2-
Were I to win the lottery, which SNPs would you recommend testing and in what order of priority?
Thanks
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Nordtvedt" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [DNA-HG-I] Interpretation of YCA II test results


> There are not enough YCAII = 20-20 haplotypes in I1a to even try to see a
> geographic concentration. But there are some; it could occur by two
> one-step mutations. The 20-20 does not seem to be concentrated in a clade
> either, but rather looks like the results of random mutations here and
> there.
>
> You have other rare markers for I1a --- 12 at 393 and
> 12 at 385a. Considering that the Tree branch leading to G was about the
> last to
> leave the branch leading to IJ (which quickly became separate I and J
> haplogroups) your oddity of haplotype suggests testing for all nine SNPs
> which define I1a in order to see if you are possibly negative for one or
> more of them. This is an expensive proposition, but it could be
> interesting. If any haplotype turns out positive for just some of the nine
> SNps and negative for others, that means a new haplogroup would be
> discovered which branched off before the prolific common ancestor to the
> normal I1a population existed.
>
>
> Were you confirmed I1a by FTDNA SNP test? If so, there are less than 9 left
> to test --- isn't that wonderful? But your 8,16,14 at DYS455,437,388
> certainly shows normal I1a. Ken
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Bartlett" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 8:47 PM
> Subject: [DNA-HG-I] Interpretation of YCA II test results
>
>
>>
>> I've had a 37 marker and SNP tests done at FTDNA (YSearch User ID
>> "RQD7Y"). My Haplogroup is I1a.
>> My question relates to the significance of my YCAII ab results which are
>> 20,20. Wish my eyesight still was!
>> I've scanned many online databases and have discovered that virtually no
>> one in Haplogroup I or it's sub groups has these results. Maybe more
>> surprising to me, a true neophyte in understanding DNA results, is that
>> virtually all results that I found that match mine are in Haplogroup G or
>> G2.
>> Does my result, 20,20, provide any clues as to geographic origins, etc.
>>
>>
>> Ron Bartlett
>>
>>
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