Velie/Wiley & Y-Haplogroup G2
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Velie/Wiley & Y-Haplogroup G2
 legacykwst
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Posted: 18 May 2008 11:47PM GMT |
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This is not intended to promote any particular DNA project or service.
As most Velie, Veile, Wiley, Wildey, Wilsey, Wilde researchers may know, the names can be confused confused. This is a particular problem in the Hudson Valley where in early years English speakers, Dutch speakers, French speakers, & German speakers were living cheek by jowl... each spelling everyone else's names as their own language would have heard it.
A new tool has arrisen. It seems that those Wildeys, Wileys, Wildes, etc who are related to Richard Wilday (d. 1689, Flusing, LI) are of Y-Haplogroup G2.
Haplogroups are the markers of our ancient ancestors. One of the predominant ones in N. Europe is R1b1, a Celtic marker.
However, G2 is extremely rare. So far only about 1-2% of British males have tested as Haplogroup G2. There are small pockets of slightly higher percentages elsewhere in Europe.
Therefore, with the cheapest, easiest DNA test... the Y-DNA 12 marker test, we can separate out lines that may be descended from Richard Wildey of Flushing, or perhaps from unknown brothers or cousins who immigrated.
If a person's test turns up other than G2, then they can discard families in the Hudson Valley & elsewhere believed to originate with Richard in Flushing.
On the other hand, if one has a name like Velie, Veile Welty, Wilsey, Vielie (in my research, I have seen the name Wildey & Wiley spelled these ways in early tax records) & it comes up a G2, then perhaps, one should take a look at the Wilde, Wiley, Wildeys connected to Richard Wildey of Flushing.
As most Velie, Veile, Wiley, Wildey, Wilsey, Wilde researchers may know, the names can be confused confused. This is a particular problem in the Hudson Valley where in early years English speakers, Dutch speakers, French speakers, & German speakers were living cheek by jowl... each spelling everyone else's names as their own language would have heard it.
A new tool has arrisen. It seems that those Wildeys, Wileys, Wildes, etc who are related to Richard Wilday (d. 1689, Flusing, LI) are of Y-Haplogroup G2.
Haplogroups are the markers of our ancient ancestors. One of the predominant ones in N. Europe is R1b1, a Celtic marker.
However, G2 is extremely rare. So far only about 1-2% of British males have tested as Haplogroup G2. There are small pockets of slightly higher percentages elsewhere in Europe.
Therefore, with the cheapest, easiest DNA test... the Y-DNA 12 marker test, we can separate out lines that may be descended from Richard Wildey of Flushing, or perhaps from unknown brothers or cousins who immigrated.
If a person's test turns up other than G2, then they can discard families in the Hudson Valley & elsewhere believed to originate with Richard in Flushing.
On the other hand, if one has a name like Velie, Veile Welty, Wilsey, Vielie (in my research, I have seen the name Wildey & Wiley spelled these ways in early tax records) & it comes up a G2, then perhaps, one should take a look at the Wilde, Wiley, Wildeys connected to Richard Wildey of Flushing.