Like most families we have many heritage
flags to fly over our house
Genetic Testing is developing
into an important tool in the quest to find our ancestral lineage.
I have had some surprises
and real success!
If you are unaware of the
progress in genetic testing to trace "The Human Journey" please read this :
Since DNA testing began just a few years ago, tests on
millions of samples have been completed and created a database of results.
Each set of sample results can be compared to the others to find matches.
One of the interesting things accomplished is the map which was created by
marking where each sample was obtained to see the "The Human Journey" from
the the very first human in Africa to all of us descendants!
Try this
linkto
see
"The
Human Journey" web page. This is one of the best pages
about DNA and human history!
Use the arrow on the upper right to step through
the time line.
Each step has simple video to explain!
Click on video and turn on your sound to hear the
story of how humans moved through out the world and DNA testing was used
to confirm their journey....
Another source of interesting
educational videos on genetic genealogy is a new internet service called
"Roots Television".
This is a video service with interviews of experts and amateurs about how
DNA testing is impacting their search for ancestors!!!
MY EXPERIENCES:
I used FTDNA to have my paternal
or yDNA tested as well as as my maternal or mtDNA. FTDNA has good customer
service and many technical people participate in the various message boards to
answer questions. Most services have surname and geographic groups with
administrators who act as guides for the process. If you are going to have
your DNA tested, join one of these groups (they give a discount on the cost of
the tests). I used the "British Isles" group to start because they accept
everyone with UK ancestry and have the broadest group of family names to match
with your DNA. Anyone who truly wants to find a common ancestor with
others must have as many markers tested as possible.
Here are several testing services:
Family Tree DNA,
Relative Genetics, and
Sorenson . Each of these has various
testing packages and their pricing is fairly competitive (compare).
Sorenson is free but it will take many months and they provide no service to
contact those you may match! Here are some genetic testing FAQ's
http://www.worldfamilies.net/faqs.html
MY FINDINGS:
I had 67 yDNA markers tested as
well as the complete mtDNA HVR1 and HVR2 marker sets. This provides a
great foundation for comparing my ancestry with others with DNA markers in
similar clusters or Haplogroups.
I can compare my DNA with other individuals who have similar surnames or whose
families were from Germany or Scotland. Or I can use my DNA to find others
with the same genetic makeup!
Paternal:
My Paternal (yDNA) results confirmed that my father's ancient ancestors came
through Europe and the Scandinavian countries before they arrived in the
British Isles. The results of my yDNA was grouped in HaplogroupI1a-AS2which was defined as the I1a Anglo-Saxon modal sub-grouping by
geneticist Ken Nordtvedt. This Haplogroupis believed to be 15 to 20,000 years old. Woden was said to be
the Clan Patriarch of this Germanic/Nordic family who migrated from Norway
to the British Isles in about the 5th century. Below is the migration
map of the different male DNAs over the millennia.
Maternal:
My Maternal (mtDNA) results identified markers which were grouped in HaplogroupU5a1a
which is about 50,000 years old.
These results showed that my
mother's ancient ancestors were descended from
Clan Ursula, one of the Seven
Daughters of Eve,as written by
Bryan Sykes, This is the same maternal lineage as found in the Cheddar Man, who
lived near near Somerset, England about 7150 BC. Below is the
migration map of the different female DNAs over the millennia.
I have connected to several other
individuals and we all share a common male ancestor which we can now work together
trying to find. We now have a Family Surname DNA project that was
initiated by Dwight Hogge. The project is looking for all individuals with
the surname of Hogg or any spelling or phonetic variant.
Dwight's web pages provide
wonderful levels of detail on most of the family lineages we are investigating.
While focused on US lineages we want more lineages from the British Isles to
join us. We also have added our results to web pages on the FTDNA and
World Family Network web pages to help prospective members to join us.
The Hogg Family DNA site
has a page showing the
identified patriarch lineages as well as the
DNA marker results.
If you are interested and have one of these surnames (Surnames:
Hoag, Hoage, Hodge, Hodges, Hoeg, Hoege, Hog, Hogg, Hoggs,
Hooge, Hoge, Hogge, Hoggard, Hoggarth, Hoggatt, Hogsett, Hogman, Hoggman, Hogue,
Hague, Ogg, Ogge, Oge)
join us!!!
The following links are to my family data
on two different well known genealogical sites:
GenCircles.com is a new growing site which is visually easier to use than
WorldConnect.
Take this link to my info! >>
WorldConnect.com is the original and
most comprehensive genealogical site. It contains over 100 million
names and provides great search capabilities :
VirtualCemetery.com
I recently made a trip to Barnesville, Ohio. Many Oggs passed
through this area during their westward journey in the 1800's. I
visited the Gibson's Chapel Cemetery which is northwest of
Barnesville. The cemetery is in very sad state and sits in the
middle of the strip mining area. There are 8 Ogg graves in this
cemetery and I have posted pictures of the stones in the Ancestry.com
Virtual Cemetery. Use this link and enter Ogg in the name search. http://www.genealogy.com/VG/vcem_search.html
Country flags for our house
(shown in the left border) are US, Scotland, Great Britain, France,
Ireland, and Germany.
My father's side is Scottish and French and my
mother's side is English and German.
Joan's ancestors were predominantly from Ireland, England, and Scotland but she
also has ancestors from
Russia.
Genetic Genealogy
