Hi, I see all of these posts about what a help that being tested for Y - DNA is. Yet, in my case,there is a lot of information but nothing conclusive. I have a couple of cousins with surname Peak who have had their YDNA tested. One of them has an oral history that our Peak ancestor was Scotch-Irish and came from Ulster to Charleston about 1730. We have 8 generations in America. My cousin is halotype R1b1b2a1a4 which is pretty definitive. Yet, the country of origin is not really defined. Am I missing something? Ed O'Brien
Ed - One of the Lineage Groups that has emerged in our Polk/Pollock/Pogue/Poke/Poak, etc y-DNA project is haplogroup R1b1b2a1a4. I belong to this line myself. You can see the results chart at the WorldFamilies Polk-Pollock Project website - http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/polk I have seen many variations in the spelling of our family name, but have never had a Peak so far that I could connect to the other lines. All the same, I would certainly not rule out your Peak being one such. Our family generally has roots in Ulster, but some lines go directly back to Scotland. The latter are generally connected with the spelling "Pollock". I would be curious to see your cousin's test results to see how well they match our lineage group. Please contact me off line if you want to pursue this. John Polk Maryland USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edwin O'Brien" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 20:45 Subject: [S-I] Y-DNA > Hi, > > I see all of these posts about what a help that being tested for Y - > DNA is. Yet, in my case,there is a lot of information but nothing > conclusive. I have a couple of cousins with surname Peak who have had > their YDNA tested. One of them has an oral history that our Peak > ancestor was Scotch-Irish and came from Ulster to Charleston about > 1730. We have 8 generations in America. My cousin is halotype > R1b1b2a1a4 which is pretty definitive. Yet, the country of origin is > not really defined. Am I missing something? > > Ed O'Brien > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >