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Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:43:08 -0230 (NDT)
From: David Pike 
To: pike-dna-l@rootsweb.com
Subject: Some New Results



Hi everybody.

This email message discusses three of the new results that have recently 
been reported by FamilyTreeDNA for our project.

I'll begin with kit 143228 (currently an anonymous participant) for whom 
37 markers were tested.  The result ended up being a perfect 25-marker 
match with two of the people in our project's "Group 8".  At 37 markers we 
didn't get a perfect match, but came close with 36 out 37 markers 
matching.  So we've got a new member for "Group 8" for which we've 
previously traced Pike lineages back to the late 1700s in Tennessee, 
Kentucky, and maybe Virginia.

Next on my to-do list is James Pike (kit 140707) who also tested 37 
markers.  James recently passed away, but he found great satisfaction in 
having lived to see the results of his DNA test.  And for the fourth time 
in our project's history we were treated to a perfect 37-marker match, 
this time between James and Drake (kit 70672) in "Group 7".  Drake's Pike 
ancestry goes back to the early 1700s in colonial Maine, whereas James' 
lineage has so far been traced back to a Lewis Pike who was born about 
1745 in Caswell County, South Carolina.  As yet we have not been able to 
determine just how it is that James' and Drake's Pike families connect. 
It may be that the situation here involves two Pike relatives/cousins who 
separately migrated to the USA, with one settling in Maine and the other 
in South Carolina.

The final result that I want to mention in this message involves Alun Pike 
(kit 134124) who tested 67 markers.  Alun's results have left us a bit 
confused, because he closely matches Levi (kit 61279), but not quite 
closely enough for us to be sure if they belong to the same Pike family. 
Levi, who tested 25 markers, is a perfect 12-marker match with Alun.  But 
at 25 markers Alun and Levi have 3 differences, which is enough to raise 
some doubt about whether or not they share common Pike ancestry.

Although Alun lives in Australia, he's been able to trace his Pike 
ancestors back to the village of Glyncorrwg in Wales.  Currently Alun's 
earliest known Pike forefather is Edward Pike, who is listed at Glyncorrwg 
in the 1871 census of Wales and is described as being a 26-year-old 
Bricklayer who was born in Gloucester.  No record of Edward's birth, 
marriage, or death has yet been found, so if anybody is able to locate 
some of these records then please let us know.

Meanwhile, there are a few additional new results that I need to write 
about, so stay tuned for more details in another week or so.

- David.

PS:  My email address has changed from dapike@math.mun.ca to dapike@mun.ca 
The old address should, however, remain valid for some time to come.