July 31, 2009

July holds Lee lines from FamilyTreeDNA

All Lee lines from FamilyTreeDNA are in this month. This information came from a website called ysearch.org. The site can be used by anyone for free, and it is provided by FamilyTreeDNA. ysearch was used to search for all persons with a surname of lee, and a Genetic Distance Report was created.

July 30, 2009

John Lee, d 1737

A descendant of John Lee had his Y-DNA tested for 37 markers, and his ysearch ID is 38DR7. His genetic distance from Ralph Leigh is 1. His haplogroup is I1. The genetic distance of 1 is a very close relationship and indicates there is very likely a common ancestor for the donor and Ralph Leigh within a genealogical time frame.

If you are interested in further information about John Lee, use ysearch to bring up the donor's record and click the link to email the contact person given on that record. In using ysearch, do a Search for Genetic Matches and enter the ysearch ID for the descendant. Use a value of 2 for the maximum genetic distance, and select a search of any name.