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April 12, 2009 |
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- Javier Gaston of Pamplona Spain recenlty joined our group. As some of you know already, preliminary results indicated a potential match with our Ulster lineage but this fell apart when the full results finally appeared. Javier's 12-marker values reflect that Atlantic Modal Haplotype, the most common pattern in Western Europe, and especially high in Ireland and Northern Spain. However, this dates back about 10 to 12 thousand years ago, when hunter gatherers gradually moved north from their refugium in the Iberian penninsula in the wake of melting glaciers. Javier's match to the other Gaston lineages may not be this old, but it is impossible to get an accurate date from STR markers alone (the markers we routinely discuss). Other tests are available that are more appropriate for comparing matches beyond the genealogical time frame (the last 800 years or so). Javier does not have a close match with our Ulster lineage, or to any of our four French lineages. However, our project is devoted to the Gaston surname, regardless of whether we are genetically related or not. It is always interesting to fill out our geographic picture of the Gaston surname in all its diversity.
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