Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Autosomal Small Segment Triangulation HAM DNA Group #1

Small Segment Triangulation
HAM Y-DNA Group #1


The main purpose of the paper was to provide instructions that will permit viewing matching autosomal shared segments when FTDNA does not provide that information. Further, the intent is to help analyze a Y-DNA Group for matching shared autosomal segments by direct comparison between three or more people. This was written for those who had problems finding autosomal matches and who were also participants in the Y-DNA project. It is meant to help with a problem when the Y-DNA indicates that you should have a match, but the autosomal DNA indicates no match.


 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8IN3Go7mIx6clZYWTRjUlU2enM/view
  


Screenshot of Autosomal Small Segment Triangulation


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"Table 5 shows a typical set of alleles... These alleles (AA and CC) may indicate a Mediterranean ethnicity. The probability of a one to one match on this segment being a false positive calculates to be 1 in 7 quadrillion."

"Many 7 cM matches are SNP poor and under certain conditions will calculate as a false positive. There are many triangulated matches at 2.5 cM that confirm a relationship. Unfortunately, that relationship may be in the 7 to 14 generation range, making it difficult to determine the common ancestor. Triangulated small segment matching is very valuable in our research."
Abstract
The process of genetic inheritance is often over simplified, leading consumers of genetic tests to believe that the amount of DNA from distant ancestors becomes negligible. In fact, segments of DNA pass down through the generations intact. Naturally occurring cleavage sites allow for small segments to exist at recurring chromosomal locations. These small segments can be used as familial markers in an autosomal haplotype.

Maximum-likelihood estimation of recent shared ancestry (ERSA)

Abstract
Accurate estimation of recent shared ancestry is important for genetics, evolution, medicine, conservation biology, and forensics. Established methods estimate kinship accurately for first-degree through third-degree relatives. We demonstrate that chromosomal segments shared by two individuals due to identity by descent (IBD) provide much additional information about shared ancestry


A Study Utilizing Small Segment Matching

"Now that we understand IBS, IBD, Phasing and how matching actually works on a case by case basis, let’s look at applying those same matching and IBS vs IBD guidelines to small data segments as well."

4 Generation Inheritance Study

"There is a lot more information available to us in our DNA results than is first apparent.  It takes a bit of digging and you need to understand how autosomal DNA works in order to ferret out those secrets.  Don’t discount or ignore evidence because it’s more difficult to use – meaning small segments.  The very piece or breadcrumb you need to solve a long-standing mystery may indeed be right there waiting for you.  Learn how to use your DNA information effectively and accurately – including those small segments."

Monday, May 4, 2015

Ham, Creech St. Michael, Somerset






Ham, Creech St. Michael, Somerset


Jon Hamm has sent an email containing some local photographs of the village of Ham, near Creech St. Michael, Somerset. Jon is from East Brent, Somerset, and had previously sent pictures of St. Michael's Church in Brent Knoll, Somerset.

Lane End Inn and Ham Road, Creech St. Michael, Somerset

Creech St. Michael is in the vicinity of Taunton, and the use of the name was in use in 1244-45.




Ham Bridge, near Creech St. Michael, Somerset
Ham, near Creech St. Michael - photos courtesy of Jon Hamm, East Brent



Village of Ham, near Creech St. Michael
- photo courtesy of Jon Hamm, East Brent

View of the Tone River from the Ham bridge.

 
Ham Wharf, near Creech St. Michael, Somerset

Corner of Ham Road and Lane End, Somerset



  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
    

  

  

  


  
  

  
  
 
Ham village Orchard - photos courtesy of Jon Hamm, East Brent, Somerset
  


Map of the village of Ham, near Creech St. Micghael,
Somerset circa 1900


Thanks should go out to Jon Hamm, for taking the time to photograph the Ham village.  

I chose to put these pictures together into a You Tub Video, so that I could take the time to put together a presentation of the relevance of the Ham surname in the area of Taunton.

I hope that you enjoy the video.


St. Michael, Brent Knoll (South Brent), Somerset









St. Michael, Brent Knoll (South Brent), Somerset


Pictures provided courtesy of Jon Hamm, East Brent April 4th, 2015.
These pictures were posted the the HAM Country FaceBook page.




St. Michael Church, Brent Knoll (South Brent), Somerset.

Pictures of St. Michael, Brent Knoll (South Brent), Somerset.
Pictures provided courtesy of Jon Hamm, East Brent April 4th, 2015.

There has probably been a Christian church on this site for thirteen hundred years, but the remains of a Norman church which are incorporated in the fabric of the present building provide the earliest tangible evidence we have; the arch with the typical zig-zag moulding over the South Door, the twisted column surmounted by a large capital at the east end of the North Aisle, and possibly the Early English quatre-foil shaped font. The dedication to St. Michael is also probably a relic of the Norman church, since it was a favorite dedication for churches in Normandy at the time of the Conquest.

From "wooden paddle in the church with a description of the building stuck onto it."



St. Michael, Brent Knoll (South Brent), Somerset

Pictures of St. Michael, Brent Knoll (South Brent), Somerset.
Pictures provided courtesy of Jon Hamm, East Brent April 4th, 2015.

THE TOWER

The 75-foot high tower was added late in the 14th century. That some time elapsed between the building of the nave and the building of the tower is evident from the difference in texture and bonding of the stonework seen on the outside.

From "wooden paddle in the church with a description of the building stuck onto it."



 View all photos of St. Michael's Church from the HAM Country FaceBook web page.