I don't think so...seems there are other R1a1s that didn't match our group....look at the markers not the Haplo...my group descends from William and Frances in SC for sure, the problem is John we don't know what happened to the John and James related to this group...possible your James Robert is a son of one of them ... we just don't have enough info about what happened to that John and James in SC to know....:( Char On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 2:49 PM, John Coats <jwcoats@htc.net> wrote: > Can I assume with any certainty that everyone who tested as R1a1 DNA > descended from James Robert Coats and or John Webster Coats? That would > make the James Robert Coats family completely separate from Gentleman > John, Marmaduke, and James of Edgefield. > > John W. Coats > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- A shameless plug for my web activities: Support Authentic Cherokee Art - look for the Cherokee Authentication tag - that insures they are a tribal citizen Indian Arts and Craft Act: http://nativeamericanlawus.blogspot.com Freedmen vs Cherokee Nation: http://freedmenvscherokeenation.blogspot.com/ Cherokee Basket Weaver's Association: http://cherokeebasketweaversassociation.org/ Cherokee Basket Weaving Books: http://www.lulu.com/groups/indianbasketweaving Cherokee Artists Association http://www.cherokeeartistsassociation.org Coats Archive: http://www.coatsarchive.us Pages Through Time http://www.pagesthroughtime.us