Y-DNA Connections on Profiles

Question

I was tracing the Y line back from Harris-1701 and I noticed that there is a test-taker listed as a probable Y-chromosome carrier for this profile and for several profiles going backward in the line. But then at Harris-14046 there is a different test-taker listed, and it's this test taker that is listed for the rest of the line. How does WikiTree pick a test-taker to mention on a profile? Shouldn't the test-taker listed for Harris-1701 be listed all the way through? Can it only show one at a time?

Answer 1

On the profile for Harris-9113 his father is marked as non-biological, which stops information on the Y-chromosome test taker passing back to his recorded father Harris-14046. It looks like there are notes on both profiles explaining why there is some doubt about him being the biological father. (I think the only way to see that the non-biological status is set is by opening the profile in edit mode, as there doesn't seem to be any obvious indication just by looking at the profile).

I don't think there is any limit on how many test-takers can be listed - see for example Abney-100.

Comments

That explains it. Thanks! Those two test takers are sorted into different groups in the Harris study so maybe there is something wrong there. If they really are both descended from Harris-1904, like WikiTree shows, they should sort into the same group, I would think, even though Harris-1904 is 11 generations back for both of them.