Project Administrator:
Hal Whitmore / Co-Administrator:
Dave Whitmore
Whitmore Surname Project
Results Page
Our project results are now being reported through the use of DNA PAT (Project Administrator's Toolkit). You may choose to view 1) Results for Matched Groups (below), 2) Results for those participants who as yet have no family groups or 3) Results Pending. As this is a Y-DNA (paternal line) project we will not attempt to discuss mt-DNA results even for those who have tested. We are reporting only the mtDNA haplogroup in the results sections; the mutations upon which these results are based could include medical information, and as the administrators don't know enough to know which might be sensitive we will not report these. (
Please note that the links to pedigrees shown in the ... section to the right are to the old pedigrees on the RootsWeb pages until we have data uploaded to the new program
These results pages report all analyitcal results received through 7 May 2008. We have three kits still at the lab for analysis.
Please note that these results will not display correctly when using IE 7.0 or Safari 2.0.4. The Web Format Printer Friendly version noted below will display the results properly and is easy to use with the number of participants presently involved in the project. If you have a problem with the scroll bars, please try it.
We are always
interested in in any feedback that anyone may have regarding the format. Please let us know if this
works or if you have an idea on how to improve it by contacting Hal Whitmore
or Dave Whitmore. And again, if you are able, please consider donating to the fund.
Current Statistics:
Date of Last Update: 06 Aug 2008
Number of Participants: 35
Number of Unique Families: 9
Number of Matched Groups: 6
Number of Kits Not Yet Returned: 2
Legend:
In the table, there are a number of features. First, click on any of the
underlined ancestor or group names to access their pedigree information. Clicking on the underlined kit number
will allow you to email the owner of that kit! If there is a "Y" in the column entitled "Web",
it means that this participant has a website and you can access it by clicking on the "Y". The DYS numbers in
red are considered fast mutating markers. Finally, Haplogroups that have been confimed by SNP testing are in
bold green text.
Matched Group Results:
This first page of
information details the results for all of the projects matched groups. All of these groups have been
identified by careful analysis of all available data including, number of markers tested, number of
mismatches, which markers were mismatched and existing genealogies. Except in rare occasions, once a
matched group is identified, they are assigned a permanent group number and are referred to in the
future by that number.
Group 1 participants are all descended from Swiss/German ancestors, who came to Pennsylvania and settled in a Moravian community in Lancaster County. Two members of the group, James and Roy, are known to have a common ancestor. Although no common ancestor for these two and Charles has yet been defined, the closely matched haplotype, together with common geography both in Europe and in America indicates that it is very likely that they have one, perhaps as far back as the12th or 14th century. There is no "group" pedigree for this group, but individual pedigrees may be reached by clicking on their names.
Group 2 consists of known descendants of Jacob Whitmore/Witmer(b. 1767, living in Northumberland cty, PA, 1790, d Coshocton cty OH 1835). One member of the group has recently been SNP tested as J2, thus defining this as the haplotype for the entire group. Haplotypes of mebers of the group are identical at 12 and 25 markers. A recent "event" for this line is the discovery of a non surname match at a genetic distance of four on 37 markers with a Swiss/German family. This might indicate a common ancestor in the 12th to 15th century, probably before the time of surnames.
Group 3 consists of descendants of Thomas Wetmore, (b England c 1615, d Middletown, CT 1681). One member of the group has been SNP tested as R1b1c*. The modal haplotype shown is also the triangulated ancestral haplotype. All members of this group have paper trails to the immigrant ancestor. One member of this group tested with Relative Genetics/Ancestry and with Sorenson, and thus has incomplete results for 37 markers. For further discussion of the results for this group, and suggestions for further work, click here
Group 4 participants are known descendants of Francis Whitmore (b 1625 England, d 1685, Cambridge, MA). Two are descended from his eldest son, Lt. Francis Whitmore, who removed to Middletown, CT. One is descended from his son Samuel. Francis was the father of five sons, all of whom left male heirs. We are in serious need of a descendant of another of his sons to begin to establish an ancestral haplotype for Francis himself.
Group 5 participants are descendants of John Whitmore (b. 1767, Lancaster cty, PA). Through connections made through this project, it appears that John Whimore is probably descended from a Whitmer family of Lancaster cty, PA, and is a descendant of yet another Swiss German family. It would be very useful if Keith, who has tested to only 12 markers, would extend to 37 to confirm the relationship which has a probable paper trail to a common ancestor. Work should also be done to confirm the paper trail beyond John Whitmore/Whitmer. We also urge you to try to get a sample from the Oregon connection and to try to locate other distant cousins to test. There does not appear to be any close relationship to James, another R1b1c with a similar background, in our "no match" group.
Group 6 members are descendants of William(?) Whittamore (b c 1540, Hitchin, Herttfordshire). One participant still lives in England, while the others descend from the 17th century American immingrant, Thomas Whittemore of Charlestown and Malden, MA. We know that the ancestors of the two men were two nephews of Thomas Whittamore, Sen. of Hitchin, and that their father was probably his brother William, but the available records from the period do not make the father's name certain, thus the(?) after William's name. We have at least one more descendant of the American line whose results are not yet available.
