I agree with Jim on this. I think that we are going to have a tough time linking phased autosomal segments to ancestors born prior to 1500. If we were test every living person, get all their genealogies, and as well as successfully test ancestors who have been buried in marked graves then we would have a shot at linking some phased autosomal segments to ancestors born prior to 1500. However, I don't think that this is very realistic. The relatively easy ground to cover is shared ancestors in the 1800s. Confirming shared ancestors in the 1700s and 1600s is going to be really tough due to a lack of genealogical records in many areas. Confirming relationships in the 1750 to 1800 time period is the next frontier for autosomal genetic genealogy from my standpoint. Sincerely, Tim Janzen -----Original Message----- From: GENEALOGY-DNA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Bartlett Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 11:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DNA] Every person project I'd say no, IMO! Because of all the endogamy involved. Without some genealogical records, we could never sort it out. Jim Bartlett - atDNA blog: www.segmentology.org

For the most part I agree with Jim and Tim. Re 1750-1800, though, I would say that the success rate will depend a lot on whether one's recent ancestors came from different populations. In other words, I feel more optimistic about the chances of my identifying segments from some of my ancestors than others from that period. A sixth cousin of mine was able to figure out her hitherto unknown Norwegian connection to me (her grandfather proved to be Norwegian), but we don't know the exact route the segment took to my family as it could have come down several ways due to endogamy in Telemark. <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> Karla Huebner calypsospots AT gmail.com On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 2:02 AM, Tim Janzen <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with Jim on this. I think that we are going to have a tough time > linking phased autosomal segments to ancestors born prior to 1500. If we > were test every living person, get all their genealogies, and as well as > successfully test ancestors who have been buried in marked graves then we > would have a shot at linking some phased autosomal segments to ancestors > born prior to 1500. However, I don't think that this is very realistic. > The relatively easy ground to cover is shared ancestors in the 1800s. > Confirming shared ancestors in the 1700s and 1600s is going to be really > tough due to a lack of genealogical records in many areas. Confirming > relationships in the 1750 to 1800 time period is the next frontier for > autosomal genetic genealogy from my standpoint. > Sincerely, > Tim Janzen > > -----Original Message----- > From: GENEALOGY-DNA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of > Jim Bartlett > Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 11:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [DNA] Every person project > > I'd say no, IMO! Because of all the endogamy involved. Without some > genealogical records, we could never sort it out. > > Jim Bartlett - atDNA blog: www.segmentology.org > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >