P1F5: “UNKNOWN” DNA GROUP:
This “Ungrouped” group consists of
several individuals, or groups of only one or two people, that the
DNA shows are not related to any other individuals or groups in the
Coffey/Coffee database. Maybe future DNA tests will offer matches?
Sometimes it is helpful to look at
non-surname matches, for possible clues to geographic origins. This has
possibly helped for only a few of the above. However here are my observations
for each sample:
22504 DAVID:
This is a 12-marker test, insufficient
detail for any conclusions.
21180 JAMES WILLIAM:
This is a 12-marker test, insufficient
detail for any conclusions.
250117 BASIL, & 52029 THEODORE W:
Working with the sample for Basil, it
is apparent this small group has good matches to “Phelps” and to “McMahon.
82799 PATRICK ASA & 592071 RAY:
Patrick has only a 12-marker test, and
Ray has a 37-marker test. However those first 12
markers seem quite unusual, and it is suspected that the perfect 12-marker
match is significant. The 37-marker test has only two matches, none
are Coffey. FTDNATiP says there’s a 50% chance of a
MRCA in about 8 generations.
271664 MICHAEL DAVID:
This is a 37-marker test, but there
are no reported matches above the 12-marker level. Insufficient detail for
any conclusions.
90156 RUSSELL, & 259560 GREGORY:
Gregory is a known great-nephew of
Russell. Beyond their match, there are two fairly distant matches to “Fanning”
(GD=4 at 37-markers). Dr. Bowes suggests that “Fanning” is most likely native
Irish, with the largest concentration in Tipperary.
Dr. Russell Coffey is particularly interesting, because he lived to the age of
109, and was one of the last three surviving veterans of WWI. His DNA is also
interesting, because he (and three others) are the only “Coffey” in
DNA Haplogroup “I”. Almost everybody else named Coffey/Coffee is Haplogroup “R”,
the most common European group. (Group “I” is found throughout
Europe, but at low frequency - - it is somewhat more common in Scandinavia.
Hey, Scandinavia is where the Vikings came from, and they were rampaging
through Ireland more than 1000 years ago! One can imagine where Russell got his
“I” DNA?)
344997 TOM COWHIG:
Tom lives in Cork, and it was
suspected that “Cowhig” might be a variation on
“Coffey”. (Dr. Bowes suggests “Cowhig” may actually
be a variation on “Twohig”, which is native Irish with a homeland in Cork.)
This is a 37-marker test, but there are no reported matches until you get down
to the 25-marker level. At that level he has several matches to “Driscoll”. Dr.
Bowes reports that the name “Driscoll” also has a genetic homeland of “Cork”.
289282 ROBERT DEAN:
This is a 12-marker test, insufficient
detail for any conclusions.
91636 FRANK F:
This is a 37-marker test, but there
are no reported matches above the 12-marker level. Insufficient detail for
any conclusions.
95987 DOUGLAS G:
This is a 37-marker test, with no
matches until you get down to the 25-marker level, where many are found at a
genetic distance of “2”. Douglas traced his genealogy back to our “Edward
Group”, and the y-DNA result was a surprise. To date there is no clear indication
where things went astray.
235072 DENIS, & 344994 SEAN:
These are 37-marker tests on two known
relatives, both of whom live in Cork. There are quite a large number of
37-marker matches to a wide variety of names, at a GD of 3 or 4. I haven’t figured
out how to analyze this.
345431 LARRY:
Descends from John Coffey, who arrived
from Ireland between 1850-53, and settled in Lawrence, Mercer County, NJ. The
ONLY y-DNA match was to a “Walton” whose line came from County Cork, Ireland.
(Larry, by the way, is a past President of the Coffey Cousins Clearinghouse.)
570821 JOHN HOWARD:
This is a 37-marker test, but with no
matches to “Coffey”, and only 7 matches at 37-markers. Four of the matches are
to Millen, Millan, and Milling, at a genetic distance of 2-4.