Hi Folks, We have for some time known the DNA type of Richard Newton of Sudbury, Massachusetts (c. 1605 - 1701). He is well represented by the node J participants in the Project. We now have a sample from a participant who descends from his son, John Newton. This DNA unsurprisingly agrees very well with what we had established already, but differs slightly in the first 12 markers, so it gets a new Node, which, since I ran out of letters, is going to be called 'Node "27"'. Thus the original Richard is now represented by the composite node called "J/27". We now have samples from descendants of 3 of Richard Newton's sons. While it is unlikely that the mutation which changed the node from J to 27 happened between Richard and John himself (that is only one of 11 "begats") it is possible that this DNA type will lead to a litmus test for descent from John Newton, son of Richard. In any case, this mutation allows for the parsing of the internal structure of the descent tree provided any other descendant of John Newton ever tests. Moreover, it demonstrates that any descendant tree can be parsed - in principle - provided enough people test enough markers. The Project homepage is here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gbonner/newtondna/ Cheers, Gregg Bonner NEWTON Surname DNA Project Group Administrator P.S. We still have 6 samples with data, but which lack descent information AND/OR consent to release data.

Why does the link provided - take me to the results page - that reads 'last updated 10/24/06.". Is this true? I sent in my DNA kit a few weeks ago - will the 'results' just show up? and how can I get the latest? Monty Newton, P.G. Technical Coordinator Site Remediation >>> Gregg Bonner <greggbonner@yahoo.com> 6/5/2009 9:14 PM >>> Hi Folks, We have for some time known the DNA type of Richard Newton of Sudbury, Massachusetts (c. 1605 - 1701). He is well represented by the node J participants in the Project. We now have a sample from a participant who descends from his son, John Newton. This DNA unsurprisingly agrees very well with what we had established already, but differs slightly in the first 12 markers, so it gets a new Node, which, since I ran out of letters, is going to be called 'Node "27"'. Thus the original Richard is now represented by the composite node called "J/27". We now have samples from descendants of 3 of Richard Newton's sons. While it is unlikely that the mutation which changed the node from J to 27 happened between Richard and John himself (that is only one of 11 "begats") it is possible that this DNA type will lead to a litmus test for descent from John Newton, son of Richard. In any case, this mutation allows for the parsing of the internal structure of the descent tree provided any other descendant of John Newton ever tests. Moreover, it demonstrates that any descendant tree can be parsed - in principle - provided enough people test enough markers. The Project homepage is here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gbonner/newtondna/ Cheers, Gregg Bonner NEWTON Surname DNA Project Group Administrator P.S. We still have 6 samples with data, but which lack descent information AND/OR consent to release data. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEWTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message