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1 Meek DNA Project Group B Ancestral Signature The purpose of this paper is to explore the method and logic used by the author in establishing the Y-DNA ancestral signature for The Meek DNA Project Group B as well as the various subgroups and branches. This is possible due to the number of test results available for analysis. However, more data is need to increase the level of confidence for some conclusions. Some of the conclusions presented here may change as more data becomes available. Background A Y-DNA test has two components. A common STR 1 marker test, such as the 37 marker test from Family Tree DNA. This test looks at the paternal linage back through genealogical time frames. These are useful for surname studies. The other component is the haplogroup 2 or SNP 3 test. SNPs look at the paternal line back to the beginning of modern human existence, obviously well before genealogical time frames. These can also be useful for genealogy where there are few if any surname matches or one wants to explore the early origins of the family. Advanced testing may extend into genealogical time frames. Some haplogroups can be predicted by examining STR haplotype 4 but can only be confirmed by a special SNP test. Generally speaking the modal haplotype 5 for many haplogroups is known. Meek Project Group B is in the R1b 6 haplogroup. Specifically, a branch headed by the SNP R-P Three kits in Group B, representing three subgroups, have tested positive for R-BY This is in the S1194 branch of R-P311. The path is R-P311>S1194>CTS4528>S14328>A8469>ZS5789>BY13029>S16939>BY25610>BY Analysis of STR markers involves a process of looking at the pattern of marker values for a group of related people or a group of people thought to be related. The ancestral signature 8 is a deduced haplotype for a group or subgroup. It is determined by calculating the statistical mode for each marker and taking into consideration individual or subgroup differences. Therefore it is not a modal haplotype. The level of confidence of such calculations is dependent on the number of test results involved and their distribution within the different branches of a group of related people. Defining markers are a sub-set of markers, taken from the ancestral signature, whose values, taken as a group, are unique in the general population of men in the same haplogroup. The set of defining markers for Group B is those markers that deviate from R1b modal values. Several of the Group B values for these markers are infrequently observed. Subgroups also have defining markers indicated by the deviations from the ancestral signature or higher level subgroup. 1 STR=Short tandem repeat 2 Haplogroup: A group of similar haplotypes that share a common ancestor with a SNP mutation. (ISOGG glossary) 3 SNP= Single nucleotide polymorphism 4 Haplotype: The term for the set of numbers that consists of your Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA results. Haplotypes are also known as genetic signatures. (ISOGG glossary) 5 A modal haplotype is the most commonly occurring haplotype (a set of STR marker values) derived from the DNA test results of a specific group of people. The modal haplotype does not necessarily correspond with the ancestral haplotype - the haplotype of the most recent common ancestor. (ISOGG glossary)- Most recent common ancestor (MRCA): The most recent ancestor from whom a group of individuals share descent. (ISOGG glossary) 6 R1b is a misnomer generally refers to the haplogroup R-M269 and its subclades. 7 P311 also known as L151, P310 & L11 8 Ancestral haplotype: The haplotype of a MRCA deduced by comparing descendants' haplotypes and eliminating mutations. (ISOGG glossary) Page 1
2 The issues around this method involve the data set used to establish the R1b modal values. P311 originally had two major branches, P312 and U106. The data from these two larger groups have been studied for years and was used to establish the Atlantic Modal Haplotype. Recently two additional branches of P311 have been discovered and it was found that the Group B falls in the S1194 haplogroup, a branch of P311. Previously Meek Group B as well as other unrelated family groups were tested as being negative for P312 and U106 and were considered a small undefined part of P311. It is this writer s observation that the P311 modal values still generally applies to the Meek Group B through the first 67 markers. However, the P311 modal values for the marker panel has never been clearly established. In addition there is some indication that the figures that are available may not apply to people in the S1194 branch of P311. Having said all of this, the Meek Group B defining values for the first 67 markers is sufficient to distinguish a small group including primarily the men in Group B from other R1b groups. The Group B ancestral signature appears to be quite old. Each of the defining markers mutated at different times during the process. It is probably impossible to date these changes. Other surname groups branched off before most of the markers settled on the value they have today. Table 1 represents what may be the core defining markers for Pre-Group B population sometime before the use of surnames. This of course is speculative and not essential to determining what the Group B ancestral signature actually is. Table 1 DYS439 DYS389-2 DYS464a DYS464b DYS442 DYS438 DYS461 R1b Pre Gp B As time moved towards the present additional markers changed their values. The markers values, as they exist today, when taken together as a set of markers, became the unique Meek Group B signature. This culminated before the time of the Group B ultimate progenitor (common ancestor). Table 2 shows the defining markers for Group B within the 37 marker ancestral signature. Table 2 DYS439 DYS389 DYS392 DYS458 DYS447 DYS464a DYS464b GATA H4 DYS576 DYS570 CDY DYS442 DYS438 R1b Gp B There are additional markers in this hyplotype which are not always available for comparison. DYS534=16 in the 67 marker panel and DYS533=11, DYS575=11 and DYS461=13 in the 111 marker panel are part of the Group B signature. Additional changes have occurred which define some subgroup. Some mutations in individual results today will define the subgroups of the future. The final concept to explore is the term match as it relates to Y-DNA tests. Testing companies have specific definitions for this term although it is not always easy to understand. In fact each company may have different definitions. Many people use the term with little understanding what the term means or switch from one definition to another. This writer will attempt to avoid the term wherever possible. Page 2
3 Two Y-DNA tests may have the same values for each marker and this would be considered a match. That does not mean that there is a genealogical significant relationship between the two people tested. There may not even be a genetic connection. All mutations are random. Whatever science tells us about DNA mutations it only applies generally to large groups. Mutations occur at different rates for different groups and even different branches of the same known family. It is not necessary for all members of a group or subgroup to have the same value in all defining markers. Mutations can occur anywhere along the line of descent and on any marker. When a mutation occurred is just as important as the fact that it occurred at all. When a mutation is observed, tests from other descendants of other sons or branches of the same ancestor may show what the ancestral value for the common ancestor should be. This is a process known as triangulation 9. Meek project Group B has a fairly large number of defining markers. While not true for all groups, any two men in the R1b haplogroup who have the same values in most of the Group B defining markers likely share a common ancestor. If their surname is Meek, Thomas or Roberts, or variations thereof, it is almost certain that they share a common ancestor since the use of surnames was implemented in England in the thirteenth century. It has long been observed that some men with different surnames have Y-DNA signatures close to that of the Group B signature. Some of these may have a break in their surname line (NPE) and descend from a man named Meek. Some may connect to the Meek line before the use of surnames. One is known to connect at the time of the Group B SNP BY13029 which could be 1000 to 2000 years old. Some may have no genetic connection at all. Experience has shown that genealogically significant connections with the Meek surname will have DYS447=26 rather than 25. Subgroup Structure of Group B Even in the early days of the Meek Project (12 years ago) it was apparent that there were two distinct branches to Group B. They were eventually named subgroups B1b and B3b. Members of each branch would receive the same list of matches as new members joined the project albeit at different genetic distances. However, genetic distance alone did not show a new member without a connecting genealogy which branch of Group B he belonged to. It was still necessary to look at the pattern of marker values to determine which matches the new member should focus on. As the membership of Group B grew there appeared to be other subgroups as well as branches within subgroups. In some cases genealogy assisted in defining branches but in others they have been determined solely on the basis of genetics. In the end, changes in a relatively small number of markers defined the major subgroups and branch subgroups. The ancestral signature for subgroup B1 was established by reviewing forty 37 marker test results. They included descendants of multiple sons of eight ancestors in the subgroup. In the case of subgroup B1, it is believed that there are three genetic branches. As a starting point the markers that distinguish it from subgroup B3 are DYS576, DYS570 Table 3 CDY DYS570 DYS576 DYS439 R1b Gp B SG B SG B1a SG B1b SG B1c Triangulation: A method of determining the ancestral haplotype of an ancestor using the DNA results of direct line descendants. (ISOGG glossary) Page 3
4 and CDY. Subgroup B1 is remarkable for DYS576=20. This value does not occur in subgroup B3. However, the first change is thought to be a mutation at CDYa. The common ancestor of subgroup B1 carried CDY= This was determined due to the fact that most of the member have those values which are not seen in other subgroups. Subgroup B1a continues with the Group B signature particularly DYS570=18 and DYS576=20. A point of contention is whether the mutation DYS570=18 developed before or after the B1 common ancestor was born. The three members of subgroup B1a descend from three ancestors born between 1808 and The hypothesis is that the Maryland ancestors had a common ancestor who carried DYS570=18 and who lived very near the time that the earliest B1b ancestors from Washington Co., PA lived. Therefore the common ancestor of the Maryland and S. W. PA families carried DYS570=18. There is minimal proof that the Washington Co., PA Meek families came from Maryland and it has been speculated widely in old genealogies. In addition the common ancestor of subgroup B3 as well as the Thomas family appear to have carried DYS570=18. The subgroup B1b ancestor Isaac Meek carried DYS570=18 based on a single test. Some of the earliest genealogies of the B1 Meek family claim without proof that Isaac Meek came from Anne Arundel Co., MD. This author has been reluctant to move Isaac Meek to the subgroup B1a due to the single test and unverified genealogical information. However, if Isaac Meek did in fact carry DYS570=18 it would support the hypothesis above. The father of Isaac Meek may have been the common ancestor of subgroup B1a. Subgroup B1b started with a descendant of the B1 ancestor who first carried DYS570=17 in addition to CDY=37-37 and the other marker values brought down from the B1 ancestor. The earliest known ancestors were born in the mid-1700s and moved along separate migration routes. Five or more men went to Washington Co., PA and their descendants moved into Ohio. The other group of three ancestors, including John Roberts, moved through South Carolina to East Tennessee. They moved to Arkansas and eventually Texas. They all appear to have come from a large extended family that may or may not have originated in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. The one marker difference between subgroups B1a and B1b does not preclude a close connection between the two branches of subgroup B1. Subgroup B1c is something of a mystery. This group is made up of descendants from multiple sons of Jacob Meek born about 1760 who died in Henry Co., TN in 1824 as well as a couple of men who are thought to have descended from him but have not proven the connection. The results are remarkable because Jacob had two mutations from the subgroup B1b values. They are DYS439=14 and the all-important DYS576=19. As there is no indication genealogically that they had a connection to subgroup B3, DYS576=19 is apparently a parallel 10 mutation. Jacob was born about the same time as the early B1b ancestors and there is some data to suggest that he came from Washington Co., PA. If true, Jacob likely could not have been a brother or possibly not even a first cousin to the other men who lived in Washington County in the later part of the 1700 s due to these two markers that trace back to him. Subgroup B1c appears to descend from the B1b common ancestor but not one of the earliest known ancestors because of Jacob s date of birth and the number of mutations. 10 Parallel mutation: The same mutation occurring coincidentally in another line of descent from the MRCA. (ISOGG glossary) Page 4
5 The original subgroup B3 is now referred to a as subgroup B3b. The ancestral signature for subgroup B3 was established by reviewing fourteen 37 marker test results. The common ancestor of subgroup B3 carried DYS576=19. It split when subgroup B3b developed DYS389a=14 and/or CDYb=38. Table 4 DYS576 DYS389 CDYa CDYb DYS570 DYS572 R1b Gp B SG B SG B3a SG B3b Subgroup B3a was included in subgroup 3 based on the strength of DYS576=19 and CDYa=36. These markers would not fit subgroup B1 not to mention their unique mutation at DYS572. This subgroup does not have the notable DYS389=14-29 of subgroup B3b. In addition it has DYS572=10 exclusively. However, placement in subgroup B3 seems problematic because it involves two descendants of two Baltimore, MD ancestors born 1785 and 1810 who seem more likely to be related to subgroup B1 based on proximity. The problem is that if subgroup B3a were moved to subgroup B1 or represented a separate subgroup it would mean that there was a third parallel mutation for DYS576=19. Subgroup B3b is remarkable for DYS389-1=14. Members of this subgroup, in addition to DYS576=19, have DYS389= This is a single mutation due to the unusual nature of DYS389. Any insertion or deletion from DYS389-1 is also reflected in DYS However, the opposite is not true. This subgroup also had CDY= This subgroup includes descendants of John Meeks born about 1710 and who lived in Pitt Co., NC. Unfortunately, connections to his supposed sons are not well documented. Five members have DYS570=17 and five members have DYS570=18. Of the former, 3 are descended from Charles Meeks born 1797, son of Francis son of Francis Meeks born However, two other sons of Francis born 1747 and one brother, John born 1740 had DYS570=18. The remaining kits were either unconnected or did not have results for that marker. Therefore, the conclusion is that John Meek born 1710 and consequently subgroup B3b had DYS570=18. Those members in this subgroup with the value 17 can be reasonably sure that this is a mutation that began with Charles Meeks born DYS570=17 does not reflect the ancestor s value for that marker. Subgroup B2 is provisional because it is based on a single sample. An ancestral signature cannot be determined with only one sample. It may be part of either subgroup B1 or B3. It is listed as a separate subgroup because the earliest known ancestor was born about 1680 and lived in New York City rather than Maryland. He may have been one of the earliest member of the Group B Meek family to come to the United States. Therefore, its position on the Group B tree is uncertain. Subgroup B4-Thomas is based on five members who descend from one or more men who came to the United States and settled in Virginia and North Carolina in the 1700s. Most descend from Benjamin Thomas born about 1756 who lived in Anson Co., NC. The ancestral signature is a perfect match to the putative ancestral signature of the common ancestor of Group B. There are no genetic subgroups apparent based on the samples available. As will be seen in the next section there is reason to believe that subgroup B4 does descend from a man named Meek. Page 5
6 Grouping the Subgroups Recently, more results became available in the 111 marker panel. It appears that two markers in this panel may indicate an additional level of grouping. Additional data is desirable to increase the level of confidence. Neither R1b model values nor the data available provide for a valid calculation for all defining markers of the Group B ancestral signature. The R1b model values are based on a smaller pool of data than other STR panels and work on modal values for this panel has not advanced to the same extent as the others. In addition there is some indication they do not apply to the S1194 branch of R-P311. Meek Group B has five kits with 111 markers that are available for subgroup B1, one for subgroup B2, three for subgroup B3 and two for subgroup B4-Thomas. Subgroup B1 has DYS710=37 and DYS 556=12. Subgroup B2 has DYS710=36 and DYS 556=12. Subgroups B3 and B4 have DYS710=36 and DYS 556=11. This indicates that there is an early split in the Group B line and subgroups B3 and B4 are more closely related to each other than either is to subgroup B1. The two markers together provide a fairly high level of confidence of the two branches labeled B-A and B-B. The position of subgroup B2 is uncertain. It could be part of either branch or be a separate branch, B-C. However, the ancestral signature for these two markers is uncertain. The only indication from the previous discussion that supports this split is the CDY marker. Subgroup B1 has CDYa=37 rather than 36 while Subgroups B2, B3 and B4 have CDYa=36. But this is not much support standing alone because CDY is so variable. It may be a coincidence but CDYa=37 appears to belong with DYS710=37. The ancestral signature for each subgroup B1 through B4 uses the defining markers noted above. Each subgroup deviates slightly using a subset of the defining markers as a base. They are DYS576, DYS570 and CDY in addition to the markers DYS389, DYS439 and DYS572 for secondary branches. A point of contention is that many knowledgeable people think that DYS576, DYS570 and CDY mutate too often to be reliable. However, this writer believes that is precisely why they are included and when used properly are quite useful. This has proven to be true in other groups within the Meek project as well. Table 5 shows the mutations from the ancestral signature of all subgroups. Table 6 shows the mutations of just the major subgroups B1 through B4. The common ancestor of subgroup B1 carried DYS570=18 rather than the more common DYS570=17 because the subgroup B1a had DYS570=18 as did subgroup B3 and B4-Thomas. Likewise the common ancestor of subgroup B3 carried DYS389=13-28 rather than the Table 5 DYS389 DYS439 DYS576 DYS570 CDYa CDYb DYS572 DYS710 DYS556 R1b Gp B ?? SG B SG B1a SG B1b SG B1c SG B SG B SG B3a SG B3b Thomas more common DYS389=14-29 because the subgroup B3a had DYS389=13-28 as did subgroup B1 and B4-Thomas. Page 6
7 DYS576=20 is the ancestral value because subgroups B1, B2, and B4 have that value while only subgroup B3 has DYS576=19. CDYa=37 is only present in subgroup B1 while other subgroups have CDYa=36. CDYb seems important to subgroup B3b. Even where a pattern exists some individuals have recent mutations (since the time of the subgroup common ancestor). In fact any individual can have a mutation (in any marker) that does not go back very far in time. Other mutations in table 5 are only present in or important to an individual subgroup. Summary Meek DNA Project Group B has over 40 members which allow for identification of a unique ancestral signature that distinguishes it from other R1b groups and surname families. Based on advanced SNP testing it belongs to a little studies R haplogroup S1194 a branch of P311. Through genealogy and genetics four major subgroups have been identified. Each subgroup and its subordinate subgroup have their own ancestral signature and defining markers that make it unique within Group B. There is no known genealogical connection between the four subgroups. An early split in Group B, before the major subgroups came to be, places subgroup B1 on one side of the Group B tree and subgroups B3 and B4 on the other. There is insufficient data to be sure of the position of subgroup B2. The Thomas member in subgroup B4 are more closely related to members in subgroup B3 than they are to members in subgroup B1 regardless of genetic distance. The common ancestors of each major subgroup were unknown men who lived in an unknown time more recent than the Common Ancestor of all Group B and before the earliest known ancestor of their subgroups. All four were part of an extended family that lived in an unknown place, probably in England. Page 7
8 It is not known how many generations there are between the Common Ancestor of Group B and the common ancestors of each major subgroup. These latter four men did not necessarily live in the same time period. It is not known how many generations there are between the subgroup common ancestors and each respective earliest known ancestor. Not being able to deduce the ancestral value for DYS710 and DYS556 leaves some uncertainty about the Group B tree. However, whichever scenario one uses to figure where the two mutations occurred one still has an additional level that separates subgroup B1 from subgroups B3 and B4. It is probable that that the Common Ancestor of Group B had the surname Meek. The subgroup B4 acquired the surname Thomas but descended from a man named Meek. This also means that the Group B common ancestor was born after the introduction to surnames in England. Group B defining markers by subgroup Table 6 DYS439 DYS389 DYS392 DYS458 DYS447 DYS464a DYS464b GATA H4 DYS576 DYS570 CDY DYS442 DYS438 R1b Gp B SG B SG B SG B Thomas Table 6 DYS534 DYS710 DYS556 DYS533 DYS575 DYS461 R1b Gp B SG B SG B SG B Thomas Copyright Christopher A. Meek 3 Dec 2016/Rev 15 Dec 2016/Rev 2 Jan 2017/Rev 20 Jan 2017/Rev 10 February 2017/Rev 26 Nov 2017/Rev 1 Feb 2018/Rev Mar 2018 Page 8
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