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Major update reorganizes entire haplogroup I2 tree

Monday, September 24, 2018

Another branch for the Lindsay family: updated I-L233 tree

Click here to download our September 23, 2018 draft tree for I-L233

This tree shows the new I-BY111085 branch. The Lindsay family now has 5 known branches, and the common ancestor of these Lindsays lived approximately 1000 years ago. Even the more specific branches like I-BY111085 are hundreds of years old.


Click here to find our previous tree for I-L233

Saturday, September 22, 2018

2018-09-21 draft tree for I-CTS10228

Click here to download our 2018-09-21 draft tree for I-CTS10228

I-CTS10228 (more specifically I-YP196/I-S20602 ) has four named branches:
I-Y18331 which contains the better known I-A2512 branch
I-Z17855
I-Y4460
I-S17250

For more than a year, we have shown I-S17250 in its own tree (click here)
With this update, we have now created a new tree specifically for I-Y4460 (click here)

Now our I-CTS10228 tree gives details only about the I-Y18331 and I-Z17855 branches, and the I-CTS10228* and I-YP196*/I-S20602* samples.

This update also shows a new Big Y result in I-Z17855, it's closely related to a previous result, they belong to the new I-BY66632 branch. This update also shows some new SNP details in various branches.

Click here to find our previous tree for I-CTS10228

first tree specifically for the I-Y4460 haplogroup

Click here to download our first draft tree that's specific to I-Y4460

I-Y4460 is a major branch of I-CTS10228 "Dinaric". I-Y4460 prevails in eastern and northeastern Europe (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Baltic countries). All persons from this haplogroup are in the Dinaric North cluster. We now have created a new tree specifically for I-Y4460.

This update shows a major new branch called I-Y128456, the two known members are from Lithuania and Ukraine. This branch is not shown at FTDNA or YFull. Maybe FTDNA or YFull will chose another name for this branch.

This update also shows a new branch which FTDNA calls I-BY88077, part of I-SK1241. It's not on the YFull tree.

Click here to see our previous tree for I-CTS10228 which included I-Y4460. In the future our I-CTS10228 trees will not include details about I-Y4460

A fourth named branch of I-S17250: 2018-09-10 draft tree

Click here to download our September 10, 2018 tree for I-S17250

The I-S17250 branch is the most numerious branch below I-CTS10228. It prevails in the "Dinarics" from Central Europe (Poland, Hungary, Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic, part of Ukraine) and Southeastern Europe. This haplogroup encompasses a part of Dinaric North cluster and the whole Dinaric South cluster.

The I-PH908 branch is equivalent to the Dinaric South cluster, and we recently created a tree specifically for I-PH908 (click here)

With this update we have now created a new tree specifically for the I-Y4882 branch, click here. Everyone in I-Y4882 belongs to Dinaric North.

This update shows a major new branch of I-CTS10228 I-S17250 which FTDNA calls I-BY142076, maybe YFull will choose a new name. The two known members have ancestry from Belarus. They are not closely related, probably their common ancestor lived more than 800 years ago.

This tree also shows a new branch which FTDNA calls I-Y83661 (part of I-BY128), the two members are very closely related.

To summarize, I-S17250 contains the following known branches:
-an unnamed I-S17250* branch (Dinaric North) which contains a single person with ancestry from a Croatian island
-the I-BY142076 branch (Dinaric North) which contains two men from Belarus.
-the I-BY128 branch (Dinaric North) which is large and prevails in Central Europe
the I-Y4882 branch (Dinaric North) which is large and prevails in Central Europe (shown on the more specific I-Y4882 tree)
-the I-PH908 branch (Dinaric South) which is very large and prevails in Southeastern Europe (shown on the more specific I-PH908 tree

Click here to find our previous tree for I-S17250

first tree for the specific I-Y4882 haplogroup

Click here to download our first tree that's specific to I-Y4882

Previously I-Y4882 was shown on the I-S17250 tree, but now we have created a tree specifically for I-Y4882. This group is part of Dinaric North and it prevails in Central Europe.

This update doesn't show any new Big Y results, but it shows new SNP information for many branches.

Click here to find our previous tree for I-S17250 which included I-Y4882

Saturday, September 15, 2018

2 Big Y results and 3 more in progress: 2018-09-10 tree for I-F1295

Click here to download our 2018-09-10 tree for I-F1295

This update shows a new I-F1295* branch, thanks to a Big Y for an English-ancestry man. A second Big Y for this branch is in progress, and we will be able to name this branch soon. There are now 3 basic branches of I-F1295:
--the small new I-F1295* English branch
--the I-Y131800 branch (called I-Y131770 by YFull and called I-BY63857 by FTDNA) which contains a single French Canadian family
--the large I-PF6950 branch (called I-Y21970 by YFull) which contains people from Greece, Sardinia, Sicily, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Germany, etc.

All known I-F1295 men belong to one of these 3 branches.

This tree also shows a new Big Y result for a German-American, he belongs to a new I-PH1671* branch (part of I-PF6950). There are 2 additional Big Ys in progress for I-PF6950 men, one has ancestry from Sicily and the other has ancestry from southern Italy.

Click here to find our previous tree for I-F1295

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Third Big Y for an Isles-B3 family: updated I-L161 tree

Click here to download our 2018-09-12 tree for I-L161

This tree shows a third Big Y result for an American family with roots in colonial Virginia. Two of the men share two SNPs that are absent in the third man. Probably further Big Y tests, and SNP testing by other men, could sort the family into several branches and help find a branch for their STR matches of other surnames, or their matches who lack good information about their ancestors

This family belongs to I-Y24829 (also called I-A8611). This is Ken Nordtvedt's Isles-B3 cluster which has some distinctive marker values including DYS392=12. I think all known members of I-Y24829 have British or Irish paternal ancestry. YFull calls this branch I-BY1236 and only 2 of the 7 Big Ys for this branch are on the YFull tree.

Click here to find our previous tree for I-L161