Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 12:41:53 -0230 (NDT)
From: David Pike 
To: pike-dna-l@rootsweb.com
Subject: Three more results



Hi everybody.

I've been swamped at worked for the past while, so with this message I'll 
try to catch up a bit by providing some brief details about three test 
results.  There are also a few other news items that I'll share towards 
the end of this message.



Peter (kit 284861) did a 37 marker Y-DNA test and was found to not have 
any close matches among the people who had already tested their DNA within 
our project.  Hence it appears that Peter's Pike ancestry represents a 
Pike line that we had not previously encountered.  As yet we have no 
pedigree details for Peter's ancestry.  For the time being, his DNA 
results have been placed within the collection of "Ungrouped Test Results" 
on our project's website.



Kit 252808 (who is currently an anonymous participant in our project) 
tested 37 markers, which were found to perfectly match those of several 
members of our project's "Group 18" cluster.  So far the known lineages of 
the members of this cluster all trace back to a Hugh Pike who was likely 
born in the 1650s and who was present in Massachusetts by the 1670s.



Debra (280053) arranged to test the Y-DNA of a male Pike cousin.  Only 12 
markers have been analysed so far.  The only potential match within our 
project is with kit 262549 who is currently anonymous and with whom 
Debra's cousin matches on 11 out of 12 markers.  Without more information, 
such as pedigree information for 262549 or more Y-DNA markers for Debra's 
cousin, we cannot yet say whether this potential match is of genealogical 
significance.  As for Debra's Pike family history, we can't yet get past 
ancestor John Thomas Pike who was born in Georgia around 1875, and who 
married in 1895 to Mary Eliza McGuirk.



Okay, now for some of the other stuff that I promised.  First there is a 
new book "Genetic Genealogy: The Basics and Beyond" by Emily Aulicino. 
Some of you might recognise Emily's name, as she has steadily blogged 
about genetic genealogy for quite some time.  You can read her blog entry 
about her new book here: 
http://genealem-geneticgenealogy.blogspot.ca/2014/01/genetic-genealogy-basics-and-beyond.html

Next is that Family Tree DNA has been doing some website revisions and 
have developed a new online Learning Center: 
https://www.familytreedna.com/learn/

Especially noteworthy is that the Learning Center includes several free 
webinars about various topics regarding genealogical DNA testing.  These 
webinars can be accessed here: 
https://www.familytreedna.com/learn/ftdna/webinars/

And lastly, I want to let people know that a two-day conference on genetic 
genealogy will be taking place near Washington DC in August.  Full details 
can be viewed at this website:  http://i4gg.org/

The conference will feature a variety of presentations suitable for 
beginners as well as the more experienced.  I've been invited to make a 
presentation on the use of phasing in genetic genealogy (which is 
something that pertains to autosomal DNA results provided by Family Tree 
DNA's "Family Finder" test).



- David.