Wow! No, if more than one member of this family group tested A1, I'd say that confirms it. A1 is subsaharan Africa. Quite alot is genetically out of place in Yorkshire - especially around the city of York. It was founded by the Romans, who settled great numbers of soldiers there as payment for their services, and to help control the natives. The majority came from southwestern Asia/ southeast Europe, but by no means all of them. Dora On 3/18/2012 4:04 PM, John Spivey wrote: So it’s likely that he was haplogroup A1. The original Spiveys were from Yorkshire& arrived in the colony of Virginia about 1640. Most of the Spiveys tested at FTDNA, about 10 of us, are A1& all have the fairly unusual allele of 9 at DYS 391. This includes me although my branch of the family remained in Yorkshire. Any action required? John Spivey