Giver
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- Ethnic group
- Anglo-American
- Y-DNA haplogroup
- R1b-P312
- mtDNA haplogroup
- K1a (+195C)
I'm DF27+, and I've taken Geno 2.0 and am waiting for results. But in the meantime, in my impatience, I got curious and started comparing my 67 STRs with the subclade modals (at the FTDNA R1b-DF27 project page). I noticed a weird thing that I don't understand.
My strongest STR-to-subclade-modal match is Z209 (57 of 67 markers). Then it drops down at Z220 to 53 of 67 markers. Still a pretty dern close match. Here's what's odd, though: The match goes back up at M153: 55 of 67 markers.
Now, this strikes me as weird because a) I would expect there to be a linear increase in matches the further down the SNPs I travel, but the dip at Z220 breaks that pattern, and b) my family is anciently from England, not Spain.
What gives? Might I actually be M153? I'm sure this whole methodology is oversimplifying things. Just want some commentary from more knowledgeable folks than I.
Geno 2.0 should clear this up, but again, I'm impatient. :grin:
My strongest STR-to-subclade-modal match is Z209 (57 of 67 markers). Then it drops down at Z220 to 53 of 67 markers. Still a pretty dern close match. Here's what's odd, though: The match goes back up at M153: 55 of 67 markers.
Now, this strikes me as weird because a) I would expect there to be a linear increase in matches the further down the SNPs I travel, but the dip at Z220 breaks that pattern, and b) my family is anciently from England, not Spain.
What gives? Might I actually be M153? I'm sure this whole methodology is oversimplifying things. Just want some commentary from more knowledgeable folks than I.
Geno 2.0 should clear this up, but again, I'm impatient. :grin: