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Haplogroup T

The results for Kit #65009 were originally posted at FTDNA as Haplogroup K2 but are now showing as Haplogroup T.   The donors for Kits 65009 and 163777 have a 97.5% chance of sharing a common ancestor within the past twenty-four generations.

East Haddam, CT

Simon Drake

T

ENGLAND - R1a

The England group and the Captain Francis Drake group both belong to the R1a haplogroup and thus share a common heritage.  However, the closest match between the two groups differs by 10 genetic mutations.  The FTDNA Time Predictor estimates a 96.55% probability that the donors share a common ancestor withing 48 generations, indicating that the common ancestor likely lived before the year 1000AD.

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GERMANY - R1a

This kit currently has a 70% chance of sharing a common ancestor with Kit #6849, EKA Samuel A. Drake b. 1805 of Somerset, NJ.  I do not know the name of this donor's EKA or even if the donor's last name is Drake.  I only have the donor's initials and his last name does not appears to start with a D.  He tested with FamilyTreeDNA's European affiliate and apparently lives in Germany. I have sent an email tho both the donor and the European DNA company (they will need to translate) reqesting his EKA information and to find out if he can upgrade to 67 markers.  I suspect that after we see the 67 marker results, we may find that the US, UK and German donors all share an ancestor around/before the year 1000 AD.

CAPTAIN FRANCIS DRAKE - R1a

Captain Francis Drake is the earliest of the EKAs in the R1a, American Continent, grouping and may be the common ancestor of this entire group.  The two descendant donors for Captain Drake used two different companies to process their samples: FamilyTreeDNA(FTDNA) for kit #7895 and DNA Heritage(DNAH) for kit #YSC1835.  Since the two companies examine different markers, we can only compare on 32 markers and the two donors match on 31 out of the 32.  Kit# 7895 (FTDNA) has a one step mutation on DYS 447 (26 rather than 25 which is more common among this group).  This mutation my be recent like the mutation on DYS 389-2 for Kit #2859, Elijah Drake in the Tennessee group below, and therefore insignificant.  If so, then we may get more meaningful results if we use the DNAH kit (YSC1835), but that result is missing the five markers indicated by dashes in the result table below.  If we make the assumption that those five markers match the FTDNA results, then using the DNAH test yields perfect 37/37 matches for Abraham Drake of Tennessee (2855), William Drake of Maryland (21915) and Lewis Drake (38531) & Benjamin Drake (17904) both of Virginia.  Using this 37/37 match, the FTDNA Time Predictor estimates that there is a 99.33% chance that the donors for the kits listed share a common ancestor within 12 generations.  That probability drops to 97.45% if we include the one-step mutation on Kit #7895.  Note: The donor for FTDNA Kit#7895 and Cpt. Francis Drake are separated by 12 generations.

Except for Samuel Drake of Mifflin Co., PA, John A. Drake of Alabama and Benjamin Drake of Davidson Co., TN, the EKAs provided in this section are all sons of Benjamin Drake who died in Carter County, TN in 1827.  Notice the mutations on DYS 389-2.  Since documentation exists supporting each donors descent from the EKAs given, we can be reasonably certain that the mutations are recent and therefore insignificant.  Since the results for Kit #2855, EKA Abraham Drake, do not contain any of the recent mutations, we are using this test to compare Benjamin Drake's line with the other R1a subgroups.  John A Drake is the great grandson of Abraham Drake.

Although contemporaries, we do not know if Benjamin Drake of Carter Co., TN and Benjamin Drake of Davidson Co., TN were related.  The 12 marker DNA results do tell us that the descendant donors for both men have a 55.88% chance of sharing a common ancestor within the previous eight generations.

Samuel Drake of Mifflin Co., PA may be a close relative to the family of Benjamin Drake of Carter Co., TN.  Both families lived in the same area of Pennsylvania in the mid to late 1700s.  However, we need to see results from a higher resolution test to strengthen that possibility.  Again, there is a 55.88% probability of a common ancestor within eight generations.

Abraham Drake

Abraham Drake

Samuel A. Drake, Kit#6849, has a genetic distance of 3 mutations from Cpt. Francis Drake (FTDNA) Kit#7895.  This yields a probability of 79.21% that the donors share a common ancestor within the past 12 generations.  That probability rises to 91.28% when compared with DNAH Kit #YSC1835, using the assumptions mentioned above regarding Captain Francis Drake.

There is likely a relationship between John Drake, Kit#44879 and Cpt. Francis Drake but we need a higher resolution result to strengthen that assumption.

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James Drake

New Jersey

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Joel Drake

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Virginia

Both of the results currently in this subgroup are perfect 37/37 matches with Abraham Drake, Kit# 2855, in the TN/PA subgroup and 36/37 matches with Cpt. Francis Drake Kit#7895.  Please see the heading for the Captain Francis Drake - R1a Group for a discussion of the likely relationship with the other subgroups.

 Maryland

Both of the results currently in this subgroup are perfect 37/37 matches with Abraham Drake, Kit# 2855, in the TN/PA subgroup and 36/37 matches with Cpt. Francis Drake Kit#7895.  Please see the heading for the Captain Francis Drake - R1a Group for a discussion of the likely relationship with the other subgroups.  We have 67 marker results for William Drake, Kit# 21915 and are awaiting other upgrades from the R1a group for comparison.

The donors in this group have no close matches thus far with anyone in our database, even at the 12 marker resolution.  Kit#43605, EKA Michael Drake, matches the pattern attributed to Niall of the Nine Hostages.  Niall established a dynasty of powerful chieftains that dominated the land presently known as Ireland for six centuries.  For more information see: http://www.familytreedna.com/matchnialltest.html The DNA samples for kit #10577 below and kit# 174539 in the Dutch Drake group were taken from the same individual. The lab is re-running the extraction for kit# 10577 to determine why the same donor received different results.  10 June2010.  FTDNA's retest of  Kit# 10577 came back matching Kit# 174539.  The first vial was contaminated so they retested using the second vial.

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