DNA Information

For anyone who understands the terminology and who wants to find a link between themselves and the Fifehead Newmans, the following listing of 37 Y-DNA markers may be helpful. They are supplied by Family Tree DNA and relate to myself (Chris Newman):

    DYS#    
  393  
  390  
19/394
    391    
 385a 
 385b 
  426  
  388  
  439  

 389-1 

  392  
 389-2 
Allele
13
23
15
11
11
14
12
12
13
14
13
30
DYS#
458
459a
459b
455
454
447
437
448
449
464a
464b
464c
464d
Allele
17
9
10
11
11
24
15
19
30
15
15
15
15
DYS#
460
H4
YCA IIa
YCA IIb
456
607
576
570
CDYa
CDYb
442
438
Allele
11
10
19
23
16
15
18
17
37
39
12
12

Y-DNA are only passed from father to son, thus tracing the paternal line of descent. Hence there should be a degree of commonality between the Y-DNA markers of all males descended from past generations of Fifehead Newmans. Male descendants of the Fifehead Newmans will not necessarily have identical DNA markers to the above, however the general rule is that closer the match the more recent will be the common ancestor.

The following table provides an indication of how someone else's MRCA (Most Recent Common Ancestor) may be estimated from the above list of Y-DNA loci::

Number of Matching Markers
50% probability that the MRCA lived no longer ago than the following number of generations :
90% probability that the MRCA lived no longer ago than the following number of generations :
95% probability that the MRCA lived no longer ago than the following number of generations :
37 of 37
2
5
7
36 of 37
4
8
10
35 of 37
6
12
14

Further information concerning the pros and cons of various DNA and ancestry services can be found at the "Guide to Finding the Best DNA Ancestry Test" website at https://www.innerbody.com/dna-testing/best-dna-ancestry-test as recommended by Olivia G.

See also The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide To Genealogy as recommended by Maria Jones which contains a wealth of easy-to-understand information on DNA analysis.


Page uodated: 31 Jun 2020 - link to "The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide To Genealogy" website added
Page uodated: 20 Jun 2019 - link to "Guide to Finding the Best DNA Ancestry Test" website added
Page created: 14 Nov 2015