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  Moody Surname Project Y-Chromosome DNA Test Results  
24-May-09
Link to Test Results - Marker Scores
-- Results are color coded to show lines that are highly likely to be related.
-- Page down for more information, including a Phylogram showing how all participants are related
and information about relevant haplogroups.
Detailed Information About Participating Moody Lines
Lineage charts show descendants of the earliest known Moody ancestor in the line associated with a given set of y-DNA markers.      
Dates and locations for birth, marriage, and death are shown where known.   Siblings are also included where known to help identify    
possible connections.  Like colors are highly likely to be related as also shown in the DYS values table at the link above.    
                             
   
  Earliest Known  
  Moody Ancestor Ancestral Lineage Chart - Probable  
Participant & Wife's name Locations shows earliest ancestor Haplogroup*  
   
1   William Moody   Pennsylvania   WM1 lineage chart (PDF file)   R1b1b2  
    Mary Stadden   > Ohio   Link to web site      
20   William Moody   Pennsylvania   WM1 lineage chart (PDF file)   R1b1b2  
    Mary Stadden   > Ohio   Link to web site      
   
2   Edmund Moody   England > USA   EM1 lineage chart (PDF file)   G2a1a  
    Unknown   Link to web site      
39   Samuel Moody   Probably England > SM39 lineage chart (PDF file)   G2a1  
    (from John of Hartford) Massachusetts          
41   Samuel Moody   Probably England > SM41 lineage chart (PDF file)-same as SM39 G2  
    (from John of Hartford) Massachusetts      
69   Unknown   not available   G  
       
72   Unknown   not available   G  
       
   
4   James Moody   New Jersey >   JM4 lineage chart (PDF file)     I1  
    Sarah Baker   Nova Scotia      
19   James Moody   Maine   JM6 lineage chart (HTML file)     I1  
    Elizabeth Donald/Donnell          
28   Thomas Moody   Londonderry, Ireland > Link to web site   I1  
    Unknown   Pennsylvania > N. Carolina >      
    Kentucky/Tennessee      
42   John Moody   Balleymoney, Antrim, Ireland Link to web site   I1  
    Unknown   > Pennsylvania        
50   Samuel Moody   Ireland > Pennsylvania SM50 lineage chart (PDF file)     I1  
    Martha [Unknown]    
52   Unknown   Northern Ireland >   Not available   I1  
    Pennsylvania        
56   John Moody   New York   JM56 lineage chart (PDF file)   I1  
    Unknown          
61   John Moody   Alabama   JM61 lineage chart (PDF file)   I1  
    Unknown          
64   John Toler   Buncombe county, North Carolina JT64 lineage chart (HTML file)   I1  
  2nd Mary Sloan   > Kansas          
   
8   William Moody   North Carolina >   WM2 lineage chart (PDF file)   R1b1b2  
    Sarah [Unknown]   Alabama      
9   Joel Moody   Alabama   JM5 lineage chart (HTML file)     R1b1b2  
    Sarah Moody      
10   Samuel Moody   North Carolina   SM1 lineage chart (HTML file)     R1b1b2  
    Temperance [Unknown]      
11   Arthur Moody   Virginia > Florida   TM1 lineage chart (PDF file)     R1b1b2  
    Mary Marshall      
23   James Moody   Alabama > Texas   JM23 lineage chart (PDF file)   R1b1b2  
    Sarah [Unknown]          
45   Arthur Moody   Virginia   HM45 lineage chart (HTML file)   R1b1b2  
    Mary Marshall          
53   Patrick Moody   Belfast, Ireland >   PM53 lineage chart (PDF file)   R1b1b2  
    Sarah Milligan   New York, Georgia, Florida      
66   Francis Moody   Virginia > Alabama   FM66 lineage chart (PDF file)   R1b1b2  
    Joanna Farley      
67   Benjamin Moody   Georgia/North Carolina> BM67 lineage chart (PDF file)   R1b1b2  
    Rachel [Unknown]   Florida      
68   James Moody   South Carolina > Alabama > JM68 lineage chart (HTML file)   R1b1b2  
    Nancy Holden   Texas    
   
13   Clement Moody   Massachusetts >   CM13 lineage chart (PDF file)   I2b  
    Sarah Clark   > NE USA > mid-west USA      
17   Clement Moody   Massachusetts >   CM17 lineage chart (PDF file)     I2b  
    Sarah Clark   > NE USA > mid-west USA      
18   Clement Moody   NE USA > mid-west USA CM18 lineage chart (PDF file)     I2b  
    Sarah Clark          
21   Samuel Moody   NE USA > mid-west USA SM4 Lineage chart (PDF file)   I2b  
    Hannah Severance        
24   Eli Beede   New Hampshire >   Probable non-paternity event with Moody   I2b  
    Mehitable Sleeper   Maine   father's y-chromosome moving into this Beede    
    line:  Eli Beede > Daniel > Nathan > Elijah >    
    Link to The Beede Surname DNA Project   William Penn  > Frederick > Charles      
26   Luther Moody   New York >   LM1 Lineage chart (PDF file)   I2b  
    Mary Whitman   Northeastern USA      
27   John Moody   Maine       I2b  
    Elizabeth [Unknown]   Link to web site      
35   Clement Moody   Massachusetts >   CM35 lineage chart (PDF file)   I2b  
    Sarah Clark   > NE USA > mid-west USA      
38   William > Caleb Moody Maine   WM38 lineage chart (HTML file)   I2b  
           
47   Eli Beede   New Hampshire >   Probable non-paternity event with Moody   I2b  
    Mehitable Sleeper   Maine   father's y-chromosome moving into this Beede    
    line:  Eli Beede > Daniel > Nathan > Elijah >    
    Link to The Beede Surname DNA Project   Valentine > Frank Pierce > Frank > George Beede Gervais  
58   John Moody   New Hampshire >   JM58 lineage chart (HTML file)   I2b  
    Unknown   Maine      
   
31   David Moody   New England > Maine DM31 lineage chart (PDF file)   R1b1b2  
    Susanna Mudgett        
60   Daniel Moody   Maine   DM60 lineage chart (PDF file)   R1b1b2  
    Unknown        
   
PARTICIPANT #57 is closely related to each of the other GROUPs while the relationship between any two groups is distant.  This indicates    
that #57's yDNA marker scores might be close to the "norm" marker scores for the distant most recent common ancestor of the groups while each    
of the groups have diverged from that norm through mutations.  This diagram may be helpful in visualizing this.   GrayGroup relationship diagram  
           
57   William Moody   Maine   WM57 lineage chart (PDF file)   R1b1b2  
    Patience Thorndike      
GROUP 1        
33   Edmund Moody   England > Massachusetts > EM4 lineage chart (PDF file)   R1b1b2  
    Unknown   Maine        
40   William Moody (of Newbury) England > Massachusetts WM40 lineage chart (PDF file)   R1b1b2  
    Unknown          
65   Unknown   Not available   R1b1b2  
           
GROUP 2          
16   Edmund Moody   England > USA   EM2 lineage chart (PDF file)     R1b1b2  
    Unknown          
29   William Moody (Of Newbury) England > Massachusetts > WM29 lineage chart (HTML file)   R1b1b2  
    Sarah [McDudah?]   Maine        
         
GROUP 3    
36   William Moody (of Newbury) England > Massachusetts WM36 lineage chart (HTML file)   R1b1b2  
    Sarah [Unknown]        
         
GROUP 4        
70   George W. Moody   Maine   GM70 lineage chart (HTML file)   R1b1b2  
    Nellie Humphrey    
   
22   Jesse Moody   North Carolina   TM22 lineage chart (PDF file)   R1b1b2  
    Dinah Hollingsworth      
30   Thomas Moody   England > Virginia   TM30 lineage chart (PDF file)   R1b1b2  
    Ann Lawrence    
32   Martin Berry Moody   Kentucky > Georgia   MBM32 lineage chart (HTML file)   R1b1b2  
    Patsy M. ???    
37   Thomas Moody   England > Virginia   TM37 lineage chart (PDF file)   R1b1b2  
    Ann Lawrence    
54   John Moody   North Carolina   JM54 lineage chart (PDF file)   R1b1b2  
    Catherine [Unknown]        
62   Edward Moody   Virginia   EM62 lineage chart (HTML file)   R1b1b2  
    Unknown        
   
44   Alexander Moody   Pennsylvania   AM44 lineage chart (PDF file)   I2a  
    Louisa Sapp   (probably from Ireland)        
46   Thomas Mooty   Virginia, South Carolina TM46 lineage chart (PDF file)   I2a  
    Unknown Wife   > Georgia    
55   Thomas Moody   Ohio, Montana, Iowa TM55 lineage chart (PDF file)   I2a  
    Rachel [Unknown]        
   
51   John Moody   Maryland > various states JM51 lineage chart (PDF file)   E1b1b1a  
    Unknown        
59   Richard Moody   Dinwiddie county, Virginia RM59 lineage chart (HTML file)   E1b1b1a  
    Mary Ann Neal          
   
   
  Participants below have no current matches with other Moody Surname Project participants.  
   
3 John Moody New Jersey > JM1 lineage chart (PDF file) R1b1b2  
  Ann [Unknown] Nova Scotia  
5 John Moody Belfast, Ireland > JM2 lineage chart (PDF file) G  
  Unknown Pennsylvania >  
  Canada > Michigan  
6 Moodie Scotland/Orkney Unavailable - but see Haplogroup discussion R1a  
  /Shetland below.  
7 Josiah Moody North Carolina > Georgia > JM3 lineage chart (PDF file) R1b1b2  
  Mary [Unknown] Mississippi  
12 Joel W. Moody Alabama > JWM1 lineage chart (PDF file) R1b1  
  Vina Ann [Unknown] Arkansas  
  2 others-unknown  
  Manda Elliott  
  Malinda Jane Young  
14 George W. Moody Maine GM1 lineage chart (HTML file) R1b1b2  
  Nellie Humphrey  
15 Clement Moody Massachusetts > CM15 lineage chart (HTML file) R1b1b2  
  Sarah Clark > NE USA > mid-west USA  
25 Edmund Moody England > USA Not available R1b1  
  Unknown  
34 William Moody (Of Newbury) England > Massachusetts > WM34 lineage chart (HTML file) R1b1b2  
  Maine  
43 Samuel Thornton Georgia > Florida ST43 lineage chart (PDF file) I1  
  Mary [Unknown]  
48 Henry Moody Virginia / Kentucky HM47 lineage chart (HTML file) No participant in this line yet
   
49 Unknown Unknown Not available R1b1  
   
63 Spencer Moody Tennessee SM63 lineage chart (PDF file) R1b1b2d  
  Susannah Hendricks  
71 John Moody NE USA > Nova Scotia > JM71 lineage chart (PDF file) R1b1b2  
  Catherine Margaret Hale (?) NE USA  
73 Thomas Moody Missouri > Montana TM73 lineage chart (PDF file) R1b  
  Mary Carter  
   
       
   
           
PHYLOGRAM  This diagram provides a graphic depiction of how all of the Moody lines with results to date may be related.  Read the diagram right to  
  left.  The distance to a common connection indicates the number of mutations between the two lines' y-chromosomes.  For example,  
  the lines for participants #1 (Wm-PA) and #3 (John-NJ) have a 4 mutation distance while the lines for participants 8, 9, and 10    
  differ from participant #11 (Thomas-England) by one mutation.   As noted elsewhere, if the difference is greater than 1 or 2, the lines  
  are unlikely to have a common ancestor within any reasonable time frame.      
  *** The chart is based on 25 marker results.      
  *** Phylogram created using TREEVIEW - http://taxonomy.zoology.gla.ac.uk/rod/treeview.html      
       
  *** Updated on April 14, 2007, with 45 participants included.      
                             
      *  Haplogroup information    
         
R1a The R1a lineage is believed to have originated in the Eurasian Steppes north of the Black and Caspian Seas.  This lineage is    
  believed to have originated in a population of the Kurgan culture, known for the domestication of the horse (approximately 3000 B.C.E.).  
  These people were also believed to be the first speakers of the Indo-European language group.  This lineage is currently found in    
  central and western Asia, India, and in Slavic populations of Eastern Europe.    
       
  Moodie: Aboriginal Orkney - Norse:  European; Supposedly the name in Old English means "Brave", but the Shetland surname    
  with this spelling may only be a coincidence.  It could well be a variant of the Norse "Mode" from which it has been hypothesized  
  that the surname Mowat emerged.  A name found commonly in Orkney - one William Moodie being recorded there in 1492.  In    
  Shetland the first recorded instance is a Jhone Mude who was a witness to the will of Sir David Sinclair in 1506; None reported;    
  William James MOODIE, born 1763, residing at Moustoft, Weisdale durng the 1841 census, and married to Isabella MORRISON;  
  A rare haplotype with no matches in the FTDNA Customer Database.  In the Haplogroup Database, one 11 / 12 match with someone  
  from Shetland; and at the two step mutation 4 matches from India, and one each from Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Shetland, Sweden,  
  Uzbekistan, and Holland (Askenazi - Levite).  This profile is typical for R1a haplotypes, and in Britian almost invariably means Norse  
  (from Norway); This is another instance where the spelling of the surname in Shetland today is probably a reflection of Scottish    
  ministers and officials trying to make sense of a Norse name and finding "the best fit".  The DYS #447 value above is a true    
  value - actually off the charts.  FamilyTreeDNA indicated that this value (which cannot be explained by known genetic principles) is  
  however valid, and has only ever been seen in 2 of 10,000 R1a world - wide.  It will certainly make it easier to spot someone who    
  is kin to the participant.  From: http://www.davidkfaux.org/shetlandislandsYdataKtoM2.html    
       
R1b Haplogroup R1b is the most common haplogroup in European populations. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe    
  as humans re-colonized after the last glacial maximum 10-12 thousand years ago. This lineage is also the haplogroup containing    
  the Atlantic modal haplotype.        
  Link to Wikipedia entry for Haplogroup R1b (Y-DNA)        
     
R1b1 Haplogroup R1b1 is the most common haplogroup in European populations. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe    
  as humans re-colonized after the last glacial maximum 10-12 thousand years ago. This lineage is also the haplogroup containing  
  the Atlantic modal haplotype.      
         
R1b1c Haplogroup R1b is the most common haplogroup in European populations. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe as    
  humans re-colonized after the last glacial maximum 10-12 thousand years ago. This lineage is also the haplogroup containing the  
  Atlantic modal Haplotype.      
         
R1b1c6 Haplogroup R1b is the most common haplogroup in European populations. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe    
  as humans re-colonized after the last glacial maximum 10-12 thousand years ago. Its branch R1b1c6 is found primarily in the    
  British Isles, but can also be found at lower frequencies around Western Europe.        
         
R1b1c7 Haplogroup R1b is the most common haplogroup in European populations. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe    
  as humans re-colonized after the last glacial maximum 10-12 thousand years ago. Its branch R1b1c7 is primarily found in Northern  
  Ireland, and contains the Niall Modal Haplotype.        
       
G2 This lineage may have originated in India or Pakistan, and has dispersed into central Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The G2    
  branch of this lineage (containing the P15 mutation) is found most often in the Europe and the Middle East.    
  Link to Haplogroup G project at FamilyTreeDNA      
  Link to Wikipedia entry for Haplogroup G (Y-DNA)    
       
G2a Not fully defined by FamilyTreeDNA as of this date.    
     
I1a The I1a lineage likely has its roots in northern France. Today it is found most frequently within Viking / Scandinavian populations in  
  northwest Europe and has since spread down into Central and Eastern Europe, where it is found at low frequencies.    
  Link to I1a Y-Clan Study      
  Link to Wikipedia entry for Haplogroup_I1a_(Y-DNA)    
       
I1a-N Comes in two populations --- that with 13 at DYS462 = 13 and that with 12 at this marker.  The former and larger is heavily associated  
  with Scandinavian place of origin, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark to a lesser degree. The smaller DYS462 = 12 division of  
  the population is associated particularly with Sweden.  Those in this project have DYS462=13 and are likely to be of Norse extraction.  
  Link to I1a Y-Clan Study      
     
I1b The Balkan countries likely harbored this subgroup of haplogroup I during the last glacial Maximum.  Today this Branch is found    
  distributed in the Balkans and Eastern Europe and extends further east with Slavic-speaking populations.    
     
I2b This lineage likely has its roots in northern France. Today it is found most frequently within Viking / Scandinavian populations in Northwest  
  Europe and extends at low frequencies into Central and Eastern Europe.    
         
I1c I1c families are found thinly spread throughout Europe and thought to be associated with the early Gravettian cultures [the so-called  
  venus figures] of central and western Europe. These folk were members of the small Upper Palaeolithic community of Europeans who   
  later wintered in various refugia during the last glacial maximum. Haplogroup-I is thought to be approx. 20,000 years old having arisen  
  in Europe itself. Accordingly Haplogroup-I, in general, represents 'Indigenous Europe' having descended from an older migrating    
  Eurasian [SNP typed as M89] ancestor in situ. The I1c Y-Clan is thought to have branched from the original progenitor, the son of a I1*  
  father, before the last glacial maximum approx. 14,000-18,000 BP within the Upper Palaeolithic community. It has been put forward  
  by Rootsi et al. [2004] that I1c may have wintered the last glacial maximum out in southern France. This area is well known as the winter  
  refuge of the western Gravettian culture, whose stable diet was reindeer. As the ice melted, herds of large game migrated north in the  
  search of new grass lands. Early tribes naturally followed their tracks in the seasonal quest for resources. Currently the Genographic  
  Project  holds the view that I1c, amongst other Haplogroup-I subclades, may well be associated with the early Celtic Iron Age    
  migrations throughout Europe and this is believed to account for the present location of I1c.    
  Link to I1c Y-Clan Study      
       
E3b1a This lineage is estimated to have originated in north-eastern Africa about 23,000 years ago. Some of its branches exited Africa    
  during the Paleolithic, and today it can be found in Europe, the Middle East, and north and east Africa.      
  Link to Wikipedia entry for Haplogroup E (Y-DNA)    
         
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