Monday 25 March 2013

Pictish DNA marker?

Recent media coverage by a British DNA testing company claims that it has found a marker indicative of Pictish origin.  The marker S530 claimed as a new discovery is commonly known as L1335 by Family Tree DNA and was added to the ISOGG R1b Haplotree on 8 January 2013.

Members of this particular group were identified a number of years ago by their STR (Short Tandem Repeat) haplotype.  As the haplotype was predominantly carried by individuals with Scottish origin the group has been known as STR47-Scots or the 'Scots Cluster'.

Back in 2005 John McEwan highlighted the cluster on his spreadsheet http://mcewanjc.org/p3modal.htm#_R1b_haplogroup:_subcluster_modal_haR1bSTR47Scots

Distribution of L1335 from the R-L21 Plus Project.

L1335 is one of the known subclades of DF13 which itself is a major branch of L21 a large branch of R1b-P312 (S116) part of the R1b haplogroup.  The diagram below helps illustrate the current phylogeny of R-M269 as of 21 March 2013.  Thanks to Mike Walsh and the team at the R1b-P312-Project at Yahoo for the diagram below.

If you are R1b and wish to learn more about your deeper ancestry then why not join the R1b group at Yahoo http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/R1b-YDNA/?yguid=135348708
Click on the image to get a larger version. L1335 is at the right hand side. 

 
You can read more about R1b-L21 on the haplogroup project page http://www.familytreedna.com/public/R-L21/

If you belong to R1b-L21 then L1335 can be order for $39 from Family Tree DNA via 'Order an Upgrade' > 'Advanced Tests'.

If you are interested in deeper origins then take a look at the National Genographic Geno 2 kit which tests some 12,000 Y-chromosome SNP markers http://www.familytreedna.com/genographic-project.aspx
 
If you are interested in genealogical testing for your surname then check out the 37 Y-DNA marker or 67 Y-DNA marker test with Family Tree DNA or email scottishdna@strath.ac.uk

1 comment:

  1. I have a blog on Pictish symbolism you might be interested in? http://lastofthedruids.com/

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