5 September 2006
In order to answer the questions I have received and to help refine the definition of how the DNA test results can be grouped I have chosen to use two ways to group the test results to determine the relationship to other tests.
The first grouping is the Haplogroup.
The Haplogroup is a way of describing groups of people, where they came from and when their DNA signature came into being. So far the projects results show two groups represented by I1c and R1b in the results. See the description in the notes of 27 July 2006.
The group I1c is now defined as I1a2b (we will have to get used to things being redefined as new data is received).
The second grouping compares the values of the DNA markers.
For this project a group is defined when three or less markers match the others in the selected (base) haplotype. This grouping can be thought of as a DNA family or a Haplotype. The results can now be grouped into 3 haplotypes.
I had originally set it up into 4 DNA families but was bothered by the comparison of our paper trail to the DNA results. After talking with several people who have been analyzing the results a lot longer than I have, I decided not to include the markers for 464 a through f. I was told that most DNA Project Managers did not use this marker when comparing the tests. So for now I am not going to use it in our test results.
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The CAOA DNA Project is open to any person who is a direct descendant of any Castor...Custer ancestor.
If you are interested in participating contact the DNA Project Coordinator
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