My markers are Sorenson not ftdna - I've emailed Susan a copy, if anyone else is interested drop me a line offlist. Iain > Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 15:16:05 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [R-M222] Chromo2 downloads/results > > I agree, it is indeed going to be interesting to see whether or not the > actual clade modal is indicative of anything specific or merely a > cumulative signature guideline to the clade at large. It is becoming > more and more clear that there are convergence issues which until the > down stream SNPs were known we were clueless about beyond the individual > surname lineages themselves. > > The df85 positive results are nearly on modal, and clearly df85 is down > stream from the M222 founder; I think it remains to be seen which SNPs > will actually equate as ancestral and which are brothers or uncles, sons > or nephews yet. The sample size for positives coming out of Chromo2 is > yet very small and undoubtedly there will be clarifications as the > testing continues. > > Congratulations Robert McBride and Iain Kennedy. Iain will you be > sharing your haplotype with us?