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DNA Study Note #14:
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The subject of this note is a discussion of certain aspects
of the DNA Study as it relates to "The York County Pennsylvania Strongs”
and their possible relationships to “The Strange of Balcaskie” and the
descendants of Samuel Strong of
Refer to: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/dnaresults.htm for presentation of DNA data relating to the Kits discussed here, and refer to http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/dnanote#11.htm
for further background discussion. See also the references found on the chart at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/17527.htm
For many years there has been on-going discussion amongst
many researchers concerning the origins of the lineage known as the “
Through the cooperation of two DNA project participants,
Kits #17527 and #17528, from amongst the
descendants of one of James Strong’s grandsons, Jacob Strong, we now have DNA
evidence which tends to support the hypothesis that he was either from
Scotland, or possible of Scots-Irish descent and from Ulster. Our participants are members of The Jacob
Strong Family Organization, of
The haplotype results for Kits #17527 and #17528 closely
match the “Assumed Strange of Balcaskie Haplotype”. This Assumed Haplotype is inferred from
study of the DYS marker values accumulated from Kits #8881, 6680, 16001, and
the addition of these latest kits. Kit
#8881 represents the Chief of Strange of Balcaskie; his lineage has been
recognized as accurate by the Lord Lyon of
Kit #8881 represents the longest lineage in the group, Clan
Strange of Balcaskie, with some 22 generations. Kits #6680 and #16001 represent lines
descending from a single known common ancestor, Samuel Strong of Mifflin Co.,
The modal difference at DYS389ii minus DYS389i =16 for R1b haplotypes. Thus Kits #6680 and #17527 are right on at {(DYS389ii=30 minus DYS389i=14)=16}. Kits #8881 and #16001 are each off by one step with values resulting in 17. Anecdotally, it appears that the differential between the two markers tends to mutate from time to time, but with subsequent mutation trends back toward a resultant value of 16. One can infer that the existence of mutations around these two markers with resultant values of 16+/-1 is not hugely significant in evaluating the possibility of a Common Ancestor. Further, with regard to differences at DYS449, that marker is noted as a “rapidly mutating” marker. Again, one can infer that the existence of a one step difference at DYS449 where the lines in question may have split at any time in the last 150 to 1000 years is not particularly disturbing in evaluating the possibility of a Common Ancestor.
Intriguingly, one might speculate that the Samuel Strong
line of
We cannot, based on DNA evidence alone, conclude the
relationship of the York County Pennsylvania Strong lineage to The Strange of
Balcaskie lineage, nor to that of Samuel Strong of
David
B. Strong (Click for contact information).
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Book I: RESEARCHING STRONG(E) AND STRANG(E)
IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/contents.htm
Database and manuscript. See especially Chap. 13,
entitled "Lineages"; and Chapt. 15,
"DNA Study"
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/dnastudy.htm
&
Book II: THE DONEGAL STRONG PUZZLE:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/indxdrft.htm
Research and study of Counties Donegal and Fermanagh Strongs
and
related families.
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