KCarnley
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- Location
- Texas
- Ethnic group
- Polish/Ukrainian with some German, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Choctaw for extra seasoning
- Y-DNA haplogroup
- R1b1a2a1a1, R-P310
After months of getting pushed back for further testing my deep clade results are in. I am R1b1a2a1a1, R-P310 (L11*). Unfortunately Family Tree DNA does a poor job explaining the outcome. (I'm not exactly feeling like I'm getting my moneys worth if you know what I mean.) So what does this tell me about my genetic lineage? I don't fall into the subgroups. Why is that? There seems to be little information available that gives detail on P310. Everything seems to focus on the subgroups but that is of little help when they apparenty don't apply to me.
So, for a little background. Family lore is that we come from Ireland. I can only assume this was because of the spelling of the last name, even though it doesn't appear in any known records relating to Ireland. Genealogical evidence seems to point to my paternal ancestors originating in southwest Germany, specifically the area of Baden. As was often the case with the illiterate, we believe the name mutated over time as it became "Americanized". The point of having the DNA research done was to help shed some light on what was most likely... did we come from Ireland? or... did we come from Germany?
Now good people of the forum, how do I interpret these results?
So, for a little background. Family lore is that we come from Ireland. I can only assume this was because of the spelling of the last name, even though it doesn't appear in any known records relating to Ireland. Genealogical evidence seems to point to my paternal ancestors originating in southwest Germany, specifically the area of Baden. As was often the case with the illiterate, we believe the name mutated over time as it became "Americanized". The point of having the DNA research done was to help shed some light on what was most likely... did we come from Ireland? or... did we come from Germany?
Now good people of the forum, how do I interpret these results?