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The results
below show the ethnic origin for our project members, broken
down into "Exact", "1 Step"and "2
Step" matches.
These results are from
the database at FTDna, submitted by each individual as they
submit their sample for testing. These individuals provide
information as to paternal country of origin, to the best
of their knowledge.
In some cases, the individuals
are not sure of their paternal ethnic origins, so enter "Unknown
Origin". I have excluded the "unknowns" for
a "clearer" picture of the DNA matches of our project
members. What these results and charts represent are the matches
our project members had with those who have listed their paternal
country of origin, broken down by those countries.
The information below is
quoted from FTDna's site, for a further explanation of Ethnic
Origin Results:
"Over the span
of generations people tend to move, as do borders, so nationality
or ethnicticity becomes subjective. For example, testees may
enter Germany for ethnic origin, because the land of their
ancestors is Germany today, but the land could have been held
by Denmark for many centuries.
Exact matches show people
who are the closest to you genetically. The Ethnic origin
shows where they have reported to have lived. Since many persons
migrated over the past few centuries, you will typically see
matches in more than one country."
I have compiled the results
of all of our project members and have created the charts
below to help give a "visual" on how the DNA matches
for country of origin change with each step. I enjoy viewing
the change in percentages as you go back from one step to
the next.
It's also interesting to
note that in some instances there have been very few samples
submitted to FTDna from a specific country For example, Shetland
has only 144 members in the database listing Shetland as paternal
country of origin. Several members of our project match those
samples;
- 14 exact matches
- 243 repeats matching
going "back" a step show a large increase in matches
- 261 match going back
yet another step show a leveling off between the 1st &
2nd "step" distances.
I'm sure that as time passes
and more individuals register and others change or correct
paternal country of origin we may see a far more concise picture
evolve for the migration of our ancestors.
I hope you find these charts
of interest too.
The numbers in (brackets)
on the legend of each chart indicates the number of individuals
in the FTDna database that our project members were compared
to.
CJMS
Please click
on the thumbnails for the full sized charts.
Exact Matches
One Step Matches
Two Step matches
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