Thanks, Ken! I'll let him know your recommendation that an upgrade to 111 STRs would serve him best. Sean On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Kenneth Nordtvedt <knordtvedt@bresnan.net>wrote: > Considering that AS1 L338+ is only about 2000 years back to its MRCA, that > reduces probability of finding a new snp to divide AS1 as there are fewer > generations in his tree branch within that 2000 years. > > Personally, I think there would be more bang for the buck expanding > haplotype to 111 STRs. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sean Staats > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 7:37 AM > To: y-dna-haplogroup-i@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [yDNAhgI] I1 Test Recommendation Please > > Thanks for the information, Ken and Terry. I'll pass this information on > to him as he'll greatly appreciate it - particularly since he already knows > that his oldest-found ancestor was born in the Belgium/Netherlands area in > the 1500s. He was simply interested to learn about the latest I1 > haplogroup branches and where he falls in. I'll let him know he has a very > high probability of being L338+ and may want to wait for further downstream > SNPs to be discovered. Based on his background, do you think there would > be any benefit to I1 research for him to buy a WTY test? > > Sean > > > On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Terry <tdrobb@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Also also from > > http://www.goggo.com/cgi-bin/branchFind.cgi?Kit=59297 > > the suggestion to test L338 would be the same. In fact, the prediction is > > that you would be L338+. > > > > The geographic frequency map shown at that link, indicates that > > Belgium/Netherlands followed by Scotland and then the Czech Republic, are > > the most frequent locations of ancestral origin claimed by other branch > > members. So you'd possibly also have one of those places as your own > > location of ancestral origin. Plenty of exceptions, of course. > > > > Terry > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Kenneth Nordtvedt > > <knordtvedt@bresnan.net>wrote: > > > > > If the haplotype looks AS1 then most downstream snp is L338, and next > > most > > > downstream snp is Z140. > > > > > > You could test for them, with higher priority being L338. > > > > > > What exactly do you want to prove or confirm? 67 markers are > sufficient > > to > > > show AS1 unless he is real outlier. > > > > > > kit 59297 is basically a perfect example of an AS1 member. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Sean Staats > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 8:46 AM > > > To: Y-DNA Haplogroup I > > > Subject: [yDNAhgI] I1 Test Recommendation Please > > > > > > FTDNA Kit# 59297 (Y67) is I1 and grouped with AS1. He is interested in > > > ordering a test to try and find his most downstream SNP. > > > His current SNP results are: P38+ P30+ P19+ M307+ M258+ M253+ M170+ > > P37.2- > > > M72- M26- M227- M223- M21- M161- L211- > > > So that rules him out of I1a, I1b and I1e while leaving I1c, I1d and > I1f > > as > > > possibilities. Are there any of the 67 STRs that can be examined to > > > help > > > narrow down which SNP he should test next? If not, what would be the > > best > > > guess? > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > Sean > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > Y-DNA-HAPLOGROUP-I-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > > without > > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > Y-DNA-HAPLOGROUP-I-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > Y-DNA-HAPLOGROUP-I-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > Y-DNA-HAPLOGROUP-I-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > Y-DNA-HAPLOGROUP-I-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >