Wednesday, May 13, 2009
DNA Test Completed Today on Goldfoot
The DNA test of 37 alleles came today showing that we have a distance of only 3 with Ian Goldfoot. Two of the alleles are fast mutaters. The probability of us sharing a common ancestor is only back to 200 years ago with a 48.02% chance. That would bring us back to about 1809 in Russia/Lithuania. Luckily, that side of the family kept pretty good records of family members, and the tree is large. However, the records don't go back that far.
I did find a Samson Goldfus born about 1823, probably in Vilna, Lithuania, though. His wife was Sarah Rebecca. Also, Avrohom Goldfus, born in 1825, had many children. They were Zalman, Chaim or Hyman, Fanny, George, Chana Pera, and Rosie. So records do go back that far. Zalman had Hinda, Tzippa, Simon, Louis and Barnett.
We're part of the Q haplogroup family. Through Family Tree DNA, I'm finding others who are connected to us.
Now if I can go back just a little bit farther. Maybe I could find a connecting ancestor to our two trees. That would join the two groups that went to South Africa and Oregon, USA.
I did find a Samson Goldfus born about 1823, probably in Vilna, Lithuania, though. His wife was Sarah Rebecca. Also, Avrohom Goldfus, born in 1825, had many children. They were Zalman, Chaim or Hyman, Fanny, George, Chana Pera, and Rosie. So records do go back that far. Zalman had Hinda, Tzippa, Simon, Louis and Barnett.
We're part of the Q haplogroup family. Through Family Tree DNA, I'm finding others who are connected to us.
Now if I can go back just a little bit farther. Maybe I could find a connecting ancestor to our two trees. That would join the two groups that went to South Africa and Oregon, USA.
Labels: DNA test, Goldfus-Goldfoot, Lithuania
