Hello Steve, I'm curious where you got a 31 marker test? I'm not familiar with a lab offering that number of markers. Diana > -----Original Message----- > From: y-dna-projects-bounces@rootsweb.com On Behalf Of Stephen Medley > Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 8:56 PM > To: Y-DNA-PROJECTS@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Y-DNA-projects] Medley Family DNA > > Hi Everyone, > My names is Steve Medley, last year I had a 31 Marker test done > along with a suspected extremely distant relative, Peter, who had a > know variation of the family name, and to our great delight we had a > match at 27 markers ( not too bad considering it was around 700 years > since the last common ancestro,.We can trace our family tree back to > the Early Norman era.) > Our Haploroup is I2b1a, and as Peter had a larger numbers of markers > done it indicates we are members of the M284 Subclade. We have our > own DNA site with 30 members ( but only 5 sets of DNA) and I would > happily welcome anyone who wished to join. > > It has been suggested that the John Medley that went to Maryland in > 1635 was related to our branch of the family in Elland in Yorkshire , > however sadly we are unable to find any member of that family with > matching DNA. > If anyone has any suggestions as to how we can further our research , > or any ideas to further our cause it would be apprected. > Regards > Steve Medley >

Hi Diana Sorry about the confusion my poor typing skills were to blame, it should be 33 not 31! The tests were done through Ancestry. Steve