Tretower Genealogy Research

I am slowly comparing results of Y-DNA data from the book “Blood of the Isles” (or “Vikings, Saxons and Celts” as it was published under in the USA) to our Vaughan Modal Haplotype.  You see, the data from all over Ireland and Britain that was used in the book was placed on the web, and all the men they got the Y-DNA data from were checked to find where their paternal grandfather lived.  Most of the men lived within a few miles of their grandfather’s place of birth.  As a result, the Y-DNA results show DNA samples of men who have lived for many generations in the same region.  By comparing the DYS values of our Vaughan/Hooper/Stephens Modal Haplotype to the values shown for these men, I hope to see where our Modal matches most closely.  They sampled over 2,000 men from all over Britain and Ireland.  There are two DYS values in our Modal that are unusual to R1b men, and if I find one of these British men with a matching value, we might find a clue where our Vaughans (and Hoopers and Stephens) came from.  It is a long shot, but worth checking.  I have 14 pages of very small font data to go through, so it will take some time, but I’ll let everyone know what I find.