Ancestry DNA
I have found Ancestry DNA to be extremely valuable for research of my family tree. My DNA matches in their DNA ThurLines predicted 114 of my possible 128 fifth great grand parents! My public family tree was filled out completely only to my second great grandparents.
See my recent article D3- DNA of John and the sons of Thomas Chamberlain
Click here for my referral for an Ancestry DNA kit
23&me DNA
23&me DNA test. Learn what your DNA has to say about your ancestry. Click here for my referral for a 23andMe kit!
The Chamberlain Story has found, from 23&me, a piece of DNA on chromosome 9 which was shared by all three brothers, Thomas, Edmond and William Chamberlain from the 1600s. I have found several distant cousins who share this piece of DNA.
See my chapter about Chamberlain chromosome 9!
These five individuals match on Chromosome 9 and their genealogies go back to either Thomas, Edmond or William Chamberlain
When you receive your 23&me kit, I highly recommend you fill in your ancestor’s surnames and specific locations of where they were known to live. This may help find how we are related.
What is the difference between the 23&me test and the Y-DNA test?
The 23&me test will study your DNA that you received from all of your ancestors and your various ethnicities. It will show you a map of your own 23 chromosomes and will list hundreds of others who have a match with you. It can help you identify close relatives. (siblings to fourth cousins).
Y-DNA studies only one of your ancestral lines, your father to son line. In other words, you can learn about your surname line for hundreds of generations.
Y-DNA test to learn more about your surname line
Y-DNA traces the genetics of your male Y chromosome in your father to son generations. Therefore, the test requires a male direct paternal line relative of the surname you wish to study. It is a great test for the study of any family surname.
Any male and any surname is welcome to take the Y-DNA analysis. Females may learn about their paternal heritage by having a brother or father take the test. FamilyTreeDNA has provided for my website a link to their lab. Please click the above link for information about their Y-DNA test.
The Following information is from FamilytreeDNA Lab
- Explore your heritage on your paternal line
- Connect with your paternal-line relatives in our Y-DNA database
- Follow the migration paths of your male ancestors
- Trace your surname to its roots and build your family tree
Which Y-DNA test should I buy?
If you are looking to begin Y-DNA testing, the Y-37 Marker test allows you to become familiar with Y-DNA results. The Y-111 test is the most beneficial for joining FamilyTreeDNA free Group Projects or for those looking to confirm Y-chromosome matching at our highest level between two living men. The difference between the Y-37 and Y-111 tests is that we analyze more markers (STRs). Therefore, the Y-111 test allows for more refined results including matches. The Big Y-700 is for expert users, it provides 100K SNPs and additional STRs; however, these markers do not provide more refined matching.
Click this link to go directly to FamilyTreeDNA Y-DNA Lab
The Chamberlain’s Y-DNA link to William de Tancarville
In July, 2018 The Chamberlain Story published a study of sixty-two Y-DNA tested Chamberlain males. To see my study on Chamberlain Y-DNA. Click here: Chapter D1 “The Chamberlain’s Y-DNA Link to William de Tancarville”.
In this study, 62 Chamberlain Y-DNA test members were classified into 23 family groups. A family group contains members with three or less STR differences in their Y-DNA profile. The three Chamberlain families who immigrated to America in the 1600s are each considered a family group. These are A- Thomas, Edmond, William brothers, B- Henry Chamberlain or C- Richard Chamberlain.
Battle of Hastings, 1066 AD
According to my study, it is highly likely, that thirteen of these Chamberlain groups of paternal families originated at about the time of the chamberlains of Normandy and England in about 1066 ad. These thirteen families groups, however, apparently originated from two different males at about that time.
The “Blue” family groups are A, B, E, F, N and W; and “Yellow” family groups are G, H, I, J, K, L and O. Y-DNA data shows that either the “Blue” or the “Yellow” family groups, but not both, could be the direct line father-to-son descendants of William de Tancarville.
Your Y-37 test, data will tell which line of Chamberlains, if any, is your family group.
TCS Surname Y-DNA Research Projects
The Chamberlain Story is interested Y-DNA research on Chamberlain and related surnames including: Chamberlain, Chamberlin, Chamberlaine, Chamberlayne, Chamberland, Chamblin, Shamblin, FitzGerald, Vere or De Vere, Tankersville or Tancarsville.
Even if you have a different surname, your data is welcome if you have reason to believe your genetic paternal line may be Chamberlain.
Y-DNA data from Chamberlains in England who can trace their paternal genealogy to the 1600s would be very valuable. We may from these learn the historic (Pre-1600 England) origin of American and other Chamberlain families.
I am also very interested in Y-DNA data of Chamberlains who can trace their genealogy to early Virginia. This may lead to new information about Francis Chamberlain who arrived in Virginia in 1621. Chamberlain families in Virginia in the 1810 US census, and black Chamberlain families in Virginia listed in the 1870 census are of great interest.
With much more Chamberlain Y-DNA data, we may be able to separate the paternal lines of the three brothers, Thomas, Edmond and William and some of their progeny by learning where in the line STR mutations occurred. (Y-DNA37 or larger recommended)
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