« Reply #2 on: Thursday 28 February 13 11:25 GMT (UK) »
A probable relative of mine, a fourth cousin to my late grandmother (albeit he's younger than my mother) had a Y-DNA test done a couple of year's ago to try and confirm his paternal line because his ancestor emigrated between the 1841-1851 Census and never married the mother of his children, so no conclusive evidence to confirm his parentage. Other evidence tends to suggest he is related to us which I'm happy about.
However, none of us can get our heads around the 67 marker test results which was done in conjunction with a surname group. Of the results, the closest were two gents with a difference of 2, then another two with a difference of 3 and one with a difference of 4. The two gents who are only a distance of 2 away on the Y-67 test from my relative don't help because to date nobody can confirm their ancestors further back than the 1780s/1790s and our mutual first ancestor was born in 1753 (but where remains an issue), it's not possible to see when we would share a mutual ancestors with them as yet.
The problem we have is that it's difficult to try and work out how many generations back the mutual ancestors between us all might be.
What is also baffling us is the fact that while three of the Gents in the project all share the same ancestor at the same level, Gents A & B are 3 markers away from my relative in the results of Y-67 test, while Gent C is 4 markers away - we can't see how this could be if the results are accurate as their first mutual ancestor is the same person.
I've included a screen shot (minus specific names) which I compiled to see how the generations fitted in.
(KENT) Lingwell, Rayment (BUCKS) Read, Hutchins (SRY) Costin, Westbrook (DOR) Gibbs, Goreing (DUR) Green (ESX) Rudland, Malden, Rouse, Boosey (FIFE) Foulis, Russell (NFK) Johnson, Farthing, Purdy, Barsham (GLOS) Collett, Morris, Freebury, May, Kirkman (HERTS) Winchester, Linford (NORTHANTS) Bird, Brimley, Chater, Wilford, Read, Chapman, Jeys, Marston, Lumley (WILTS) Arden, Whatley, Batson, Gleed, Greenhill (SOM) Coombs, Watkins (RUT) Stafford (BERKS) Sansom, Angel, Young, Stratton, Weeks, Day