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than you originally thought. If you see an error in any tree, you are encouraged to send in corrections, sources, etc or post about it on the forum. These lines represent people's research. What the Smith DNA Project attempts to do in those cases is, with sources or reasoning, get the people together in a given group to discuss and then come to a consensus about the data for updating or correcting. We do not remove information without the people who have the trees,
if possible, being aware through a process
so they can confirm or not, or describe the issue if there is a conflict that cannot be easily resolved. We also cannot know,
nor have unlimited time to look for, places on the internet that have additional information. We rely on people whose trees these are,
as project members, and members of this Smith DNA grouping, or interested passersby providing information that will set a new light on members data.
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Big-Y Group Time Tree Learn More about the FTDNA Time Tree To share your information on tree, Opt In on FTDNA More info on Group Time Tree from Roberta Estes Blog Big Y and SNP generations What is a terminal SNP? Basics Types of Variants Big Y Block Introduction(FTDNA) Big Y Private Variant Guide (FTDNA) Private Variant example from DNA-Explained John Smith b 1765 VA m E Patterson; Joseph Smith b 1788 GA m Nancy Musser; George Washington Smith b 1785 VA m Mary Tyner Group Contact(s) : ![]() |
![]() Have a photo you'd like to share for the group? Send to info@smithsworldwide.org Latest Group Discussion Post ![]() CrossPosting this in discussion forum Was originally posted on the Smith DNA Activity Feed, reposting here because everyone needs to see this. **************** Since about 2014, I have been working to find the connection among several Smith descendants. All had presumed ancestors but none had a paper trail showing a connection among their ancestors who were: John (b. ~ 1760-1776, d. Elbert County. Georgia 1841), George (b. ~ 1785, d. Paulding County, Georgia 1859), Jesse E. (b. ~ 1817 Georgia, d. 1886, Bibb County, Alabama), Joseph (b. ~1788, Georgia, d. after 1864 in Alabama). My own personal research did lead me to conclude that John’s father was another John (d.1813 Elbert County, Georgia) and that Jesse E’s father was Jesse Smith Sr (b. 1784 and d. after 1870). Y111 testing among the seven testers was organized by Deb Harper into Group I-M253-33 and shows a Genetic Distances of 1-3. Deb Harper encouraged me to upgrade as many testers as I could manage financially to the Big Y. After some slow progress at FTDNA, the results were all complete on June 1, 2021. In my attempt to make sense of the results compared to the earlier STR results, I uploaded a txt file of both STRs and SNPs to a site called SAPP, created by David Vance. Entering the data onto the SAPP form is a little bit labor intensive. It require (1) that STR matches of as many people and markers be pasted into a txt document (I tried pasting in all 700+ markers but this created an impossibly complex output document), (2) manually inserting as many SNPs as seem pertinent (I settled on just three SNPS which are found on the Big Y Block Tree), which involves making an entry for each SNP followed by a + or a – to indicate whether each tester is positive or negative for the SNP, (3) manually entering any genealogical data you think pertinent (I chose to enter John as a parent for two testers and a ? for all the rest and no information on any other ancestors for fear of creating confirmation bias). Here is link to the txt file. Notice that each type of entry requires a specific type of notation prior to data entry: /STRDATA, /SNPDATA, or /GENDATA. https://smithsworldwide.org/tng/showmedia.php?mediaID=7779 This is what I got from the submission: https://smithsworldwide.org/tng/showmedia.php?mediaID=7780 This should look somewhat familiar because it shows the same SNPS and Names as are in the Block Tree. It also shows which STRs differ from the others on the line above the Names in the yellow boxes. What is different is a Person called Mode and the fact that none of the Blue SNP boxes have names, just indications of SNP changes. I applied the information I had using this data to create a similar chart. I used LucidChart but Diagram.net can also be used. I am inserting it here. What jumped out at me was that it seemed possible that all of the ancestors MAY have had the same parents unless John Smith Sr had been married twice, to explain John’s birth of 1760 being so distant from the others. Further research showed that John very likely had not been married twice. Further research into John in censuses showed that the 1830 census was more of an outlier and his age was much closer to that of the other men. https://smithsworldwide.org/tng/showmedia.php?mediaID=7781 -From JanesBonny representing the BigY Group here AND here is the link to the SAPP site Comment by smithsworldwide 2021-09-15 20:49:15 Want to comment in this group? Go to Smith Discussion Group Forum |
Group Locations Members List YDNA Tip Report Beginner Guide to Genetic Genealogy Smith DNA Project YDNA Classic Chart (marker comparisons) Understanding YDNA matches Smith DNA Project at FamilyTreeDNA Activity Feed edit Groupings are made based on YDNA matches. Subgroupings are matches on STRs, SNPs or higher levels of markers and/or Big Y.The lineage may or may not be able to connect to another member, but hopefully listing the descent lines will lead to clues to prove the matches by lineage and location. If you believe you would fit into this group, please 1. join the Smith DNA Project at FamilyTreeDNA (Official-All), 2. Send in your direct line that includes the earliest Smith/Schmidt for whom you have a source 3. Register on the smithsworldwide.org big tree site |