FTDNA Haplogroup U8a1
HRV1: 16146G 16260T 16342C
HRV2: 73G 150T 263G 282C 315.1C
Scots/Irish from Butler Co PA: (County Donegal, Lough Erne, Ulster, Ireland)
Link: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~merle/Butler/index.htm
A recent study in Spain by Gonzalez et al was published for peer review in May of 2006 and found a rare sub-clade of Haplogroup U in the Basques regions of Spain and France dating back to Paleolithic times. (Haplogroup U8a)
In the study they identified the CRS difference which make our test results so unique:
When only RFLPs and/or partial sequence data are available, U8a haplotypes in general can be identified by the -7055 Alu I RFLP or the 73, 282 HVSII motif, and the majority of U8a1 derivates in particular by the 16146, 16342 HVSI motif. In turn, U8b can be classified by the 16189, 16234 HVSI motif. From a total of 20,563 sequences studied 10,677 could be, unequivocally, U8a analyzed (see 1) and referenced (see 2). For the remaining (9,886), in general, only their U8a1 assignation was possible. Analysis of 19,133 Eurasian, and 1,430 North African published and unpublished RFLP/HVSI/HVSII sequences showed a scattered but widespread U8a/1 distribution that is restricted to Europe. Its frequency (See 1 for the European distribution of subhaplogroup U8a, and 2 for references) ranges from 0 in the majority of samples to 8% (although with a 95% coefficient range around 2.9–21.4) in the region of Var in Southeast France [22]. In spite of its moderate sample size an important characteristic of this region is its high U8a polymorphism as all the three lineages detected are different.
The presence of U8a was tested in published sequences by the 16146 16342 HVSI motif and/or the 73 282 HVSII motif, and U8b by the 16189 16234 motif. 19,133 Eurasian and 1,430 North-African published and unpublished HVSI/HVSII sequences were analyzed.
Full Text Report:
Link: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/7/124
Bases on the sequences 16146, 16342, 73 and 282 this family appear to be Haplogroup U8a?
mtDNA line
Carol Knierman b. 1925 Crawford Co PA
Ethel M. Moore b. 1901 d. 1988 Crawford Co PA
Clara I. Sheakley b. 1870 d. 1946 Butler Co PA
Louisa E. Campbell b. 1848 d. 1924 Butler Co PA
Sarah J. Hindman ? b. 1818 d. 1875 Butler/Armstrong Co PA
Continued based on Ancestry.com (One World Tree)
Nancy HAll b. 1794 Slate Lick, Armstrong Co PA
Jane Jackson b. 1765 Carrickfergus, Antrim, Ireland (Home Town Andrew Jackson Sr.)
David Boyett
(Boyette, Langston and Hooks DNA Surname Projects)
http://bellsouthpwp.net/B/o/Boyt-Boyett/Page.htm
