Romany DNA project web site up
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Re: Romany DNA project web site up
 LOCKEroots
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Posted: 25 Jul 2008 12:26AM GMT |
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Got some interesting news to report. I pushed for a new Deep Clade SNP test back in April 2008 and got my wishes.
15 men in Y Haplo Group H, which included several Romany men, volenteered to pay in advance to have this new Deep Clade SNP test be created. Today some of the test results came in.
The new SNP test was intended to help break down Haplo H in to smaller sub groups, and it did exactly that today. Men from India, Pakistan, England, USA were involved in this trial testing.
The British Romany men who participated in this trial testing, were previously in Y Haplo Group H.
After the Deep Clade SNP test, we are now in Y Haplo H1a.
The Rom surnames involved included Locke, Campbell, Carter, Bailey, and all are in Haplo H1a now.
That is a very important step which will one day help identify which specific people in India and Pakistan the European Roms likely descended from.
The trial testing is now over, and this new Deep Clade SNP test is now available to the general public who are in Y Haplo Group H*. So all future DNA participants who are found to be in this rare DNA group, which is also found among some Romany men, now have the option to order this new test.
Now knowing the proven and suspected Romany descendants are all in Y Haplo H1a, gives us far more information then we had in the past. So regardless our surnames, the Roms who are involved in DNA testing, now know we all share very similar DNA at a much deeper level then we knew about previously. That is very exciting news!
This new SNP test has also helped exclude some men of India, who are now greatly distanced from the British Rom descendants, and at the same time showed us that some men of India and Pakistan are also in H1a. That is a very important piece of the puzzle because the Indian and Pakistani tribal histories of the men in H1a may one day help explain the Romany migration to Europe.
This was but a small step today, but a big leep in our knowledge in Rom male DNA.
Donald Locke
15 men in Y Haplo Group H, which included several Romany men, volenteered to pay in advance to have this new Deep Clade SNP test be created. Today some of the test results came in.
The new SNP test was intended to help break down Haplo H in to smaller sub groups, and it did exactly that today. Men from India, Pakistan, England, USA were involved in this trial testing.
The British Romany men who participated in this trial testing, were previously in Y Haplo Group H.
After the Deep Clade SNP test, we are now in Y Haplo H1a.
The Rom surnames involved included Locke, Campbell, Carter, Bailey, and all are in Haplo H1a now.
That is a very important step which will one day help identify which specific people in India and Pakistan the European Roms likely descended from.
The trial testing is now over, and this new Deep Clade SNP test is now available to the general public who are in Y Haplo Group H*. So all future DNA participants who are found to be in this rare DNA group, which is also found among some Romany men, now have the option to order this new test.
Now knowing the proven and suspected Romany descendants are all in Y Haplo H1a, gives us far more information then we had in the past. So regardless our surnames, the Roms who are involved in DNA testing, now know we all share very similar DNA at a much deeper level then we knew about previously. That is very exciting news!
This new SNP test has also helped exclude some men of India, who are now greatly distanced from the British Rom descendants, and at the same time showed us that some men of India and Pakistan are also in H1a. That is a very important piece of the puzzle because the Indian and Pakistani tribal histories of the men in H1a may one day help explain the Romany migration to Europe.
This was but a small step today, but a big leep in our knowledge in Rom male DNA.
Donald Locke