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.
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