Thanks for the site, Pat. I think we of group #06 and lineage...are all following this....The Indus valley is not in India now but Pakistan. At least the river runs right down the middle of it. That could mean, at one time, it was all India...I need to get more information on Dr.Spencer Wells study in that area...3300 BC findings have been noted in the area..Not that this means anything genealogical at this time...but it is fun to speculate..DYS#394 (12.15) means we are special....Carolann On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:39:44 -0700 "Patricia Straube" <straube@earthlink.net> writes: > This is a very interesting turn of events, Raymond. I've been trying > to > educate myself on its significance especially since I have to write > an > article for the The Aaron Wells Family Association newsletter > explaining it > all. I did find an informational website: > > Welcome to the Y Haplogroup G Web Site > http://home.comcast.net/~whitathey/indexg.htm > > Looking at some of the strictly scientific sites, it seems that > there are > subgroups of G. Were you given any information about this? Our Wells > family > group is full of surprises. Has anyone ever explained the > significance of > 12,15 at DYS#394? This double number appears to be unique. > > Patricia > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wells" <wellsr@insightbb.com> > To: <WELLS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 11:41 AM > Subject: [WELLS-L] National Geographic Genographic Project > > > >I participated in the Genographic Project with National Geographic > at > > https://www5.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/. It is very > interesting > > that the males in my family branch descend from the M201 lineage, > referred > > to as haplogroup G, and which is rarely present in population > frequencies > > at > > greater than a few percent. The line "first appeared in northern > India's > > Indus Valley, on the M89 lineage, and subsequently dispersed > during the > > past > > 10,000 to 20,000 years." "Currently, little else is known of > haplogroup > > G's > > origin or history. Learning more about such unusual lineages is a > primary > > goal of the Genographic Project." > > > > > > > > I was wondering if any other Wells families have participated in > this > > project. And if so, what the results have been. > > > > > > > > Raymond R. Wells > > > > ID #186 > > > > Family w016d > > > > Branch w122 > > > > > > > > ==== WELLS Mailing List ==== > > To contact Listowner, > > Send email to: > > dwells@zekes.com > > > > > > > > ==== WELLS Mailing List ==== > Please Support Rootsweb > > >

The website has excerpts from Dr. Spencer Wells' book. Though Haplogroup G seems to have originated in the Indus Valley, what I found interesting was how the percentages differ in different parts of Europe. While "Across northwestern Europe, G haplotypes occur at a low frequency, 1-3%. In the Republic of Georgia (Caucasus Mountains south of Russia, north of Turkey) members of G make up as much as 30% of the population. There are 14% on the island of Sardinia, 10% in north central Italy, 8% in northern Spain, almost 7% in Turkey, and lesser percentages in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Ukraine, Lebanon, Greece, Hungary, Albania, Croatia, and Ethiopia. G is still represented in the Middle East--some of these are Arab, some are Jews, many are neither." Perhaps our original Wells ancestor was a Roman legionnaire stationed in Britain during the short time it was part of the Roman Empire. Nice theory, too bad there's no way to prove it. :-) Patricia ----- Original Message ----- From: <seawillie1@juno.com> To: <WELLS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [WELLS-L] National Geographic Genographic Project > Thanks for the site, Pat. I think we of group #06 and lineage...are all > following this....The Indus valley is not in India now but Pakistan. At > least the river runs right down the middle of it. That could mean, at > one time, it was all India...I need to get more information on Dr.Spencer > Wells study in that area...3300 BC findings have been noted in the > area..Not that this means anything genealogical at this time...but it is > fun to speculate..DYS#394 (12.15) means we are special....Carolann > > > On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:39:44 -0700 "Patricia Straube" > <straube@earthlink.net> writes: >> This is a very interesting turn of events, Raymond. I've been trying >> to >> educate myself on its significance especially since I have to write >> an >> article for the The Aaron Wells Family Association newsletter >> explaining it >> all. I did find an informational website: >> >> Welcome to the Y Haplogroup G Web Site >> http://home.comcast.net/~whitathey/indexg.htm >> >> Looking at some of the strictly scientific sites, it seems that >> there are >> subgroups of G. Were you given any information about this? Our Wells >> family >> group is full of surprises. Has anyone ever explained the >> significance of >> 12,15 at DYS#394? This double number appears to be unique. >> >> Patricia >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Wells" <wellsr@insightbb.com> >> To: <WELLS-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 11:41 AM >> Subject: [WELLS-L] National Geographic Genographic Project >> >> >> >I participated in the Genographic Project with National Geographic >> at >> > https://www5.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/. It is very >> interesting >> > that the males in my family branch descend from the M201 lineage, >> referred >> > to as haplogroup G, and which is rarely present in population >> frequencies >> > at >> > greater than a few percent. The line "first appeared in northern >> India's >> > Indus Valley, on the M89 lineage, and subsequently dispersed >> during the >> > past >> > 10,000 to 20,000 years." "Currently, little else is known of >> haplogroup >> > G's >> > origin or history. Learning more about such unusual lineages is a >> primary >> > goal of the Genographic Project." >> > >> > >> > >> > I was wondering if any other Wells families have participated in >> this >> > project. And if so, what the results have been. >> > >> > >> > >> > Raymond R. Wells >> > >> > ID #186 >> > >> > Family w016d >> > >> > Branch w122 >> > >> > >> > >> > ==== WELLS Mailing List ==== >> > To contact Listowner, >> > Send email to: >> > dwells@zekes.com >> > >> > >> >> >> >> ==== WELLS Mailing List ==== >> Please Support Rootsweb >> >> >> > > > ==== WELLS Mailing List ==== > Please Support Rootsweb > >