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DNA and
Ancestry Research
I am privileged to have
a role in the
DNA testing programme of Clan Sinclair which is being led by
Steve
St Clair and Stan St Clair in the USA. The the results
so far have been interesting to say the least. Many of us
have been determined to be
Haplogroup R1b (distant origin) by
Family Tree DNA. Stan St Clair has come across a site
which allows data to be entered to
predict the
Haplogroup. Many of us have founded we have
a high return on
Type Q (see my
results) which has a strong association with our
Norse
Ancestry according to
Dr
David Faux (30%
of Norway is R1b)
though he advises that only
R1a and Q are exclusively Norse. Scandinavian Ancestry
is also indicated by
R1a (about 30%) and I (about 35%).
A paper in the European Journal of Human Genetics"Different
Genetic Components in the Norwegian population revealed by the
mtDNA and Y Chromosome Polymorphisms" is very useful.
I have found two pictures which comment on
our most distant ancestry which goes back to the Ice Age, which
is reproduced from the website of the
Payne Family. It shows where our
ancestral group was to be found at the time of the
Ice Age, and how populations
moved at its end.
Movements 11,000 BP*
Movements 30-35,000
BP*
Family Tree DNA
Your Genetic Journey - The Genographic Project - National
Geographic
Ysearch - the
number one Y-DNA public database
YBase DNA
Link
Laird Group on FamilyTreeDNA.com
Associated
Laird Family Research Website
Laird Family Genealogy
- Ulster Northern Ireland Londonderry & Letterkenny
Laird DNA Results
* "The first
radiocarbon dates reported had their ages calculated to the
nearest year, expressed in years before present (BP). It was
soon apparent that the meaning of BP would change every year and
that one would need to know the date of the analysis in order to
understand the age of the sample. To avoid confusion, an
international convention established that the year A.D. 1950
would be adopted as the reference point for the expression BP.
Thus, BP means years before A.D. 1950."
Ref:
http://www.canadianarchaeology.ca/radiocarbon/card/bp.htm
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