E-Y14891 (AB-005) Project

Hello all, Many thanks to all E-Y17357 members as well as the other admins in their help with this initiative. Last month we sent out a survey to all confirmed or predicted E-Y17357 members on FTDNA, asking for genealogical and geographical information on their paternal lines. Our goals included wanting to get a better sense of the geographic spread of the subclade, as well as trying to see if we could identify where the Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA) lived based on the spread of his descendants.  As stated in the email sent to E-Y17357 members, this subclade makes up 16.5% (107/649) of the whole lineage on FTDNA, yet is only 450 years old according to YFull. This means the MRCA and his descendants were very reproductively successful in a relatively short amount of time, founding many surviving subclades. Here is the map with results from the census, along with the pertinent numbers for context.  Important things to keep in mind: 1) This is a map of ancestor locations, mos...

We are happy to announce the acceptance of a new subclade by YFull! The new subclade is E-FT34550, and it is downstream E-FT33868.  Many thanks to the two Big Y testers whose kits are now defining the new subclade for their patience and support of the project! It is a single SNP subclade, defined by the mutation FT34550. YFull's estimate for the Time to Most Recent Common Ancestor (TMRCA) of this subclade is only 50 years, based on the fact that neither kit has any novel SNPs. We have the benefit of having trees back into the late 1700s for these two lines, with genealogical no connection in sight. It's likely that FT34550 occurred sometime in the early to mid 1700s, with these two lines branching off before any genealogically pertinent information could be saved.  This subclade is associated with groups C01  in the Y-DNA results page  here , along with its siblings in the E-FT33868 subclade.  The geographic situation for this subclade is an interesting one. As ...

We are very excited to announce the recognition of new subclade by YFull! The subclade is called E-FT33868, and it is downstream E-Y17357. This subclade has been on FTDNA for sometime as E-A20849. However, because YFull did not accept A20849 or its phyloequivalent SNPs, the subclade was never added to YFull's haplotree. After multiple E-A20849 members upgraded to the Big Y-700, we discovered that there was another phyloequivalent SNP to the subclade: FT33868. This SNP was accepted by YFull and thus it is a single SNP subclade, defined only by FT33868. With a total of 5 kits, YFull's age estimate for the TMRCA of this subclade is approximately 425 years ago. This is a well-dated subclade and is only slightly younger than its parent E-Y17357. The five kits at E-Y17357~ on YFull are likely in E-FT33868 as well but do not have the Big Y-700 and thus do not have positive reads for the SNP.  This subclade is primarily associated with group C02  and C11  in the Y-DNA ...

We are extremely happy to announce the recognition of another subclade by YFull! The subclade is called E-FT41690, and it has split multiple subclades downstream E-Y18621.  E-FT41690 is a subclade unlike all the others because it is defined by a SNP that was not found by Family Tree DNA's old Big Y and Big Y-500 tests, but rather in its new Big Y-700 test. That means that all Big Y tests before Big Y-700 did not even look at the location where the SNP FT41690 exists. What E-FT41690 has done has split around half of the subclades that were under E-Y18621. See here what E-Y18621 looked like before the E-FT41690 split. Now, see how E-FT41690 changes E-Y18621. Subclades E-Y135415, E-A18889, E-A16692, and E-A12255 have now been found to be downstream E-FT41690, and we have also identified someone who is E-FT41690*. The age estimate for E-FT41690 is the same as its parent E-Y18621: 1050 years before present, or 950 CE. This is a well-tested date within E-Y14891/AB-005...

We are proud to announce the recognition of another subclade by YFull! The subclade is called E-A21058, and it is downstream E-Y18621. Many thanks to our three Big Y testers whose kits are now defining the new subclade at YFull. Thanks also to another researcher who helped confirm the SNP A21058 at YFull.  It is a one SNP subclade defined by the mutation A21058.  YFull's age estimate with these three kits is 500 ybp. This appears to be a good estimate as the three kits all have similar numbers of novel SNPs.  This subclade is primarily associated with group  D63  in the Y-DNA results page  here . If your kit is in this group, and you would like to confirm that you are positive for the SNPs defining this subclade, please send an admin an email.  Looking at the geographic spread of members in E-A21058, this subclade seems to be centered around Poland and Ukraine. There is also someone with a paternal origin in Hungary. Its age and cur...