The group consists of three members - one Farrell & 2 Ferrell's. Although all three participants are not close matches (they each have a Genetic Distances of 4/37 to each other), they are close enough to warrant grouping together. As a result I have placed them together in a new genetic group (Group 19). You can see this on the Results Page here … https://www.familytreedna.com/public/FARRELL%20DNA%20Project?iframe=ycolorized
This latest group of Farrell's belongs to Haplogroup E, sub-group M132 - we know this because one of the three participants did some SNP testing (many years ago). This group sits on a particularly isolated branch of the Tree of Mankind and you can see it below and here … https://www.familytreedna.com/public/y-dna-haplotree/E;name=E-M13 .
This E-M132 branch is 48,800 years old, so it is quite far “upstream” on the Tree of Mankind. In the diagram below you can see that there are 44 branches below it. We could get further information on which downstream branch the group members all sit if two or more of them were to do the Big Y test.
This branch has probable origins in western Africa. In fact, you can see in the diagram above that the top countries in which it is found are Ghana (10), Mali (8), Gambia (7) & Senegal (3). Only 2 people on this branch report Irish origins. More information about the genetic origins of this particular branch can be found here … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_E-M132
Looking at the matches for these three group members, ancestral locations for their matches include, Tennessee, South Carolina, & Virginia, so the common ancestor for Group 19 probably comes from somewhere in southern USA.
As a general recommendation, all project members should join any relevant Haplogroup or Geographic Projects. There are several reasons for this:
- the Admins of these projects have a wider overview of neighbouring branches of the Tree of Mankind and may have some specific insights that would benefit our project members in their family tree research.
- adding your data to these projects helps the Admins with their analysis. I work closely with a lot of these Admins and they often provide very useful insights to the Farrell DNA Project, including recommendations on further testing for specific subgroups.
Thus, all three members of Group 19 should join the following projects and ask the Admins for any insights or recommendations they may have:
There are also some useful Facebook groups that may be helpful, in particular DNA Tested African Descendants at https://www.facebook.com/groups/DNAAfricans/. This is a great place for asking questions, sharing information, and helping others.
The group members should also swap genealogical information with each other and see if they can spot any clues as to their possible common ancestor (perhaps a common location).
- E1a Project … https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/haplogroup-e-1and-e/about
- E-M96 > M44 Project … https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/e-1a-1/about/background … they may not qualify for this particular project as their marker values for dys391 & dys392 are 10 & 11, whereas the project is focussed on those with 9 & 12 … but there is no harm in asking the Admin for advice in this regard.
The group members should also swap genealogical information with each other and see if they can spot any clues as to their possible common ancestor (perhaps a common location).
Maurice Gleeson
April 2020
