Tim Janzen wrote: snip >This approach only works if the group of people you are testing do not come >from an endogamous population. You can't take a similar approach with groups >such as Low German Mennonitesor Jews since there are simply too many >shared genealogical connections in the background that skew the results. The line I am working with are Palatines is this group considered endogamous? They came to Pennsylvania in the early to mid 1700's. Then migrated to Maryland then to Kentucky. My 4th great grandfather was probably born in Maryland he and his brother moved to Kentucky about 1792. My 4th great grandfather married a Catholic. Ann G

Dear Ann, The people from the Palatines (such as Swiss Mennonites) aren't as endogamous as the Low German Mennonites or Ashkenazi Jews, but certainly approach that. This boils down to the percentage of your DNA that comes from a single endogamous group. If you (and your relatives who are being tested) only have one 4th great grandfather who was from the Palatines then you can definitely use the technique I described in my Youngman project. However, you need to exercise caution in the interpretation of your results since the possible genealogical connection is significantly further back in time (6th cousin once removed in your case) than in my case with the Youngman project (1/2 third cousin). Sincerely, Tim -----Original Message----- From: autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:autosomal-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of AGilchrest@aol.com Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 4:08 PM To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] 4th-remote cousin how close The line I am working with are Palatines is this group considered endogamous? They came to Pennsylvania in the early to mid 1700's. Then migrated to Maryland then to Kentucky. My 4th great grandfather was probably born in Maryland he and his brother moved to Kentucky about 1792. My 4th great grandfather married a Catholic. Ann G