Hello, Having introduced myself, I would like to share an analysis I developed for Group 1 in the Stark Family Y-DNA Project entitled, "Aaron Stark's (1608-1685) Ancestral Roots; A Theory." This analysis can be found at URL http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~clovis/y-dnag1starkhobbs.htm Following is an abstract from the Analysis: ================================ At the time this theory was prepared for publication, twenty-six men with the surname Stark or Starks have - genetically and genealogically - been proven to share Aaron Stark (1608-1685) as a common ancestor. Seven were a perfect 37 Marker match to each other over the H37 Haplotype (Markers 1 through 37). In Parts I & II, the triangulation method devised by Charles F. Kerchner, Jr. was employed to define the H37 Ancestral Haplotype of Aaron Stark (1608-1685). In the genetic literature, a Modal Haplotype is composed of the most common Allele values observed at each marker over a specific haplotype. The H37 Ancestral Haplotype and the H37 Modal Haplotype of Aaron Stark's descendants has been observed to be identical. One descendant of Aaron Stark (Kit #N17289) has been confirmed to be a member of Haplogroup R1b1b2a1a* - this result predicting all of the descendants of Aaron genetically tested will be members of the same Haplogroup (FTDNA's shorthand notation is R-U106).[1] The purpose of this article will be to compare the Modal Haplotype of Aaron's descendants to persons in the FTDNA database genetically confirmed to be members of Haplogroup R-U106 - none of whom will have the surname Stark. In particular, the focus will be on participants reporting the geographical location of their earliest known ancestor in the British Isles or Western Europe. The combination of geographical information and genetic comparisons will then be analyzed to attempt to determine Aaron's ancestral roots. [In the publication that follows, the H37 Modal Haplotype of Aaron's descendants will be designated as the Aaron Stark Modal Haplotype (shorthand notation will be ASMH).] ================================= Within this article is a Genetic & Historical Timeline I developed based on my observations of Aaron's direct male descendants that may or may not be of interest to the List. The average time span of a generation within Group 1, for example, was 34 years, which was then used to calculate calendar years based on the TMRCA generational calculations. In this case, the calendar years were compared to historical events related to the early western Germanic Tribes in Europe. Once I developed a Lineage Chart for this Group, it became obvious the generalized 25 Year generation time span quoted in much of the literature did not fit the observed genealogy over 10 to 12 generations --- for this group. Would be interested in the List's review and comments on this subject. Please be gentle with your criticism!!:<) Clovis LaFleur Fredericksburg, Texas