Abraham Taylor's Y-DNA

The following is the Y-DNA haplotype as established by STR testing for direct male descendants of a certain Abraham Taylor whose sons went from Baltimore County, Maryland to Craven County, North Carolina in 1729. The Abraham Taylor who went to Craven in 1729 died in 1751, but he passed his Y-DNA down to still-living descendants.

The results may also be said to describe the haplotype of that Abraham's father & grandfather (also named Abraham) who immigrated to Virginia from Cheshire, England in 1654.

Note: By disclosing here the modal Y-DNA values we are not disclosing the information for any specific person. Individuals may vary from these values.

Family Tree DNA Taylor Group 07

Members = 4 (An additional number in Ancestry DNA project and more at www.ysearch.org.)
Haplogroup = R1b1b2

Modal Values:

Markers #s 1-12
{8 data points*}

DYS 385a = 11
DYS 385b = 14
DYS 388 = 12
DYS 388 = 12
DYS 389|1 = 13
DYS 389|2 = 29
DYS 390 = 24
DYS 391 = 10
DYS 392 = 13
DYS 393 = 13
DYS "19", or 394 = 14
DYS 426 = 12
DYS 439 = 11

Markers #s 13-25:
{7 data points*}

DYS 437 = 15
DYS 447 = 25
DYS 448 = 19
DYS 449 = 29
DYS 458 = 16
DYS 454 = 11
DYS 455 = 11
DYS 459a = 9
DYS 459b = 9
DYS 464a = 15
DYS 464b = 15
DYS 464c = 15
DYS 464d = 15

Markers #s 26-37
{3 data points*}

DYS 438 = 12
DYS 442 = 12
DYS 456 = 16
DYS 460 = 11
DYS 570 = 17
DYS 576 = 18/19**
DYS 607 = 15
Y GATA H4 = 10
YCA II a = 19
YCA II b = 23
DYS CDY a = 36
DYS CDY b = 37

** = modal value indefinite.

Markers # 38-43
{2 data points*}

DYS 395S1a = 15
DYS 395S1b = 16
DYS 531 = 11
DYS 537 = 10
DYS 578 = 9
DYS 590 = 8

Markers # 44-55
{1 data point*}

DYS 406S1 = 10
DYS 413a = 23
DYS 413b = 23
DYS 425 = 12
DYS 436 = 12
DYS 534 = 16
DYS 557 = 16
DYS 594 = 10
DYS 594 = 10
DYS 641 = 10

Markers # 56-67
{1 data point*}

DYS 444 = 13
DYS 446 = 13
DYS 450 = 8
DYS 481 = 22
DYS 487 = 13
DYS 492 = 12
DYS 520 = 20
DYS 565 = 13
DYS 568 = 11
DYS 572 = 11
DYS 617 = 12
DYS 640 = 11

Tested by other labs

DYS 461 = 12
DYS 462 = 11
DYS 635 = 23
GGAAT1B07 = 10

Y-GATA-A10 = 15
Y-GAT-H4.1 = 21

* A "data point" is a result for a particular marker. The numbers of data points per marker differ because not all markers were tested for all participants.

Mode:

The mode is a statistical measure of central tendency, the most frequent value in a group; it is neither the mean (average) nor median (halfway between high & low). A modal value is suspect as a central tendency measure under the following conditions:

There are less than two values (data points) in the group.
No value occurs more frequently than others.
There is more than one equally frequent value, e.g., DYS576.

Notes:

While there is some overlap between the markers tested by Sorenson Genomics for Ancestry DNA & by FTDNA, there are also differences which render a direct comparison difficult. To see the results for one individual who has publicly disclosed his results, see here.
Do not bother contacting the author if you match only on the first 12 markers (#s 1-12, left column). This indicates a low level of confidence that any common male ancestor could be less than 30 generations in the past (~750 years), when surnames were in common use. To be reasonably sure the match is not a "false positive", you will need a perfect match on the first 12 plus at least a 11 of 13 match on the following 13 (#s 13-25, middle column).
- If your surname is Taylor, if you are in the R1b haplogroup and have tested only 12 markers -- we recommend that you upgrade your Y-DNA test to at least 37 markers.
If you do match on at least 23 of 25 markers & wish to discuss it, contact the author at the e-mail address below