the Appleby DNA project
Results
The Project is still fairly new, but already we have fourteen sets of yDNA results with another set in the pipeline.
As well as thirteen sets of results from men who have tested with Family Tree DNA, this spreadsheet includes results from one Appleby descendant who tested with another company (Ancestry DNA). Because different companies use slightly different ranges of markers to those used by Family Tree DNA, you will need to scroll to the extreme right of the spreadsheet to view the additional markers.
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Details of the lines tested to date
I am very pleased to report that all the lines that we have tested so far that originate in the Northern counties of England fall into one of two groups, which shows that they all share one of just two common ancestors. However, we have not yet identified who they are - the Most Distant Known Ancestor (MDKA) for each line is shown for each line below:
Applebys of Haswell (MDKA John Appleby, born ~1786 Lanchester, Co DurhamApplebys of Embleton (MDKA Thomas Appleby, b ~1817 Long Framlington, NorthumberlandWilliam Appleby of Philadelphia (MDKA William Appleby b~1752 who arrived in America from Ireland in the 1770s) - we have two sets of results from different branches of this line
Northern counties
GROUP ONE
Northern counties
GROUP TWO
Robert Appleby of Thornaby and Eryholme (MDKA Robert Appleby b 1777 Kirkby Malzeard, Yorkshire)James Appleby of Hurworth (MDKA Henry Appleby, mar 1687 Kirkby Malzeard, Yorkshire)Thomas Appleby of Leeds (MDKA Thomas Appleby, mar 1818 Leeds, Yorkshire)Applebys of Framwellgate (MDKA William Appleby, b ~1756, Sunderland, Co Durham) - this descendant tested with a different company so the results are not directly comparable, but appear to match the other three sets of results very closely.
The following sets of results do not match with either of the above groups, or with each other ... I hope that we will soon recruit more testers from these regions to discover if there are connections between lines from similar geographical origins
Lines originating in Essex
James Appleby and Sarah Norman (MDKA James Appleby, mar 1805 Fingringhoe, Essex)Nathaniel Appleby of Langenhoe (MDKA Nathaniel Appleby 1759-1830 Langenhoe, Essex) - we are still waiting for the final batch of results, but it is already clear that there is no match with the Fingringhoe line.George Appleby of Ardleigh (MDKA George Appleby, b~1780 Ardleigh, Essex) - results due in early 2012
Lines originating in Warwickshire
Joseph Applebee of Snitterfield (MDKA Joseph Applebee, b~1823 Snitterfield, Warwickshire)John Appleby trimming maker in London (MDKA John Appleby, b 1744 Coventry, Warwickshire)
Lines originating in Somerset
William Appleby of Kingsdon (MDKA William Appleby, b 1786 Kingsdon, Somerset)
Lines originating in London
Joseph Appleby, tin plate worker (MDKA Joseph Appleby b ~1821 Bethnal Green, London) - NB this set of test results falls into a different haplogroup to all the others - see below
If you are a male Appleby/Applebee from a line that has not yet tested - please contact me today to find out if you qualify for one of our reduced price yDNA test kits - and discover if your ancestors are linked to any of the lines which have already tested!!
Appleby deep ancestral origins
As well as providing evidence of links between different individuals within a genealogical time frame, DNA testing also provides information about a person's Haplogroup. Much scientific research has resulted in an clearer understanding of the routes by which holders of the different Haplogroups migrated from the 'cradle of humanity' in East Africa, and the timing of their likely arrival at the eventual place of settlement.
So far, one of our testers belongs to the E1b1b1 Haplogroup, the rest all belong to the R1b1a2 Haplogroup*. - Haplogroup R1b journeyed into Europe from Central Asia about 25,000 years ago, then spread and multiplied until its lineages can be found throughout Europe where many sat out the last Ice Age in Southern France. It is particularly frequent around the Atlantic coastal areas of Western Europe and the Western parts of Ireland and Britain.Migration map for E1b1b1 Haplogroup - Haplogroup E1b1b had its origins in East Africa where it spread amongst the North and West African populations, then to the Middle East about 20,000 years ago. From there it moved into Europe from the Mediterranean. A small percentage of Britain's population belongs to this group and there are various theories as to how they arrived - see the article on Wikipedia about this haplogroup
* NB - at the beginning of March 2011, Family Tree DNA revised the descriptions of several Haplogroups as a result of expanding the Phylogenic Tree - this affected all our test results which were previously in the R1b1b2 Haplogroup which is now known as R1b1a2 - the Migration map is unchanged.
Surnames covered in our DNA project:APPLEBYAPPLEBEEAPPELBYAPPELBEAPPELBEEAPELBY
plus any other variants
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Appleby Research Organisation
the website for the Appleby One-Name Study
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