This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: hoydia Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lewis/12087/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Of my twenty-two DNA matches at 12 markers there are six surname Lewis (and maybe 7 if Lacey is somehow a Lewis). Lewis is the most frequent surname of the twenty-two. These matches are so old as to be insignificant in my family history. However it is probably evidence for a Lewis connection anciently. Probably there was once a Philip ap Lewis (in Wales?) who gave rise to the surname Philip which evolved to Phillips. The question: in your research have you found a Philip ap Lewis? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
12/12 markers is probably a good indicator for a relation at 1000+ years ago based on surname (different surname) alone. If you can match a cluster of a surname up at the 25/25 marker level, then you have something to work off of. Coincidentally, I have a dozen or so matches to the surname Elliott at 25/25 markers and have yet to find a match of Lewis ap Elliott or Elliott ap Lewis. I think that level of Y-DNA resolution puts me at 500 years or so to around 1450 AD plus or minus 150 years or so. I'm guessing the locale as Northern Ireland or Wales. > From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com > To: LEWIS@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 15:09:23 +0000 > Subject: [LEWIS] Philip ap Lewis > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: hoydia > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lewis/12087/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Of my twenty-two DNA matches at 12 markers there are six surname Lewis (and maybe 7 if Lacey is somehow a Lewis). Lewis is the most frequent surname of the twenty-two. These matches are so old as to be insignificant in my family history. However it is probably evidence for a Lewis connection anciently. > > Probably there was once a Philip ap Lewis (in Wales?) who gave rise to the surname Philip which evolved to Phillips. > > The question: in your research have you found a Philip ap Lewis? > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEWIS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009