Hi, Can anyone give me an opinion on the reliability of a 66/67 match of a different surname for a predicted R1b1b2? Thanks, CeCe

In my opinion, there is a near certainty that the DNA match is genuine and one of these individuals has an NPE in his line: http://dgmweb.net/DNA/General/NPE_Resolutions.shtml Yes, as Raymond indicated, the closer they match the R1b1b2 modal haplotype, the greater the possibility that the match could be a coincidence, but I have yet to hear of a confirmed coincidental match closer than 60/67 (or 61/67, I forget which). I have found FTDNA's interpretations of genetic distance to be consistent with my experience, at least so far: http://www.familytreedna.com/genetic-distance-markers.aspx?testtype=67 Diana -----Original Message----- From: y-dna-projects-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:y-dna-projects-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of CeCe Moore Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 4:15 AM To: y-dna-projects@rootsweb.com Subject: [Y-DNA-projects] R1b1b2 and 66/67 match Hi, Can anyone give me an opinion on the reliability of a 66/67 match of a different surname for a predicted R1b1b2? Thanks, CeCe

Using my quirky system of a 500 to 1 chance of a mutation taking place: A 66/67 match would have occurred between 4 and 12 generations ago. *But* With parallel mutations, which I think can occur more often than is thought, and also back mutations. You only want one of these to bring the possibility to between 8 and 16 generations. Then of course this is R1b1b and anything could have happened! My guess and a lot of this is guess work 95 per cent chance in the last 20 generations. Peter. ----- Original Message ----- From: "CeCe Moore" <cecemoore@hotmail.com> To: <y-dna-projects@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 9:15 AM Subject: [Y-DNA-projects] R1b1b2 and 66/67 match > > Hi, > Can anyone give me an opinion on the reliability of a 66/67 match of a > different surname for a predicted R1b1b2? > Thanks, > CeCe > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > Y-DNA-PROJECTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >