I am interested in researchers who have DNA for Rhode Island Inmans 1600's

Question

I am new to Wikitree. I have my DNA information loaded and have started creating profiles to the tree. I am specifically researching Edward Inman who came to colony in 1600's and trying to find a DNA trail back to England.

Answer 1

Here is the Inman DNA Project on familytreeDNA.com.  https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/inman/about

Comments

Kitty, thank you so much. Now the question is what dna test do I order. Gads these can be quite expensive. To join the research group I have to order a dna kit from familytreeDNA and I could use some guidance on which I need to purchase. I am retired on a fixed income and do not want to spend more than I need to. Any assistance would be welcomed. John

Answer 2

I see you have done an autosomal DNA test. To reach back that far and prove your connection you need Y-DNA data.

What you need to do partly depends on your question. Do you have good paper trail back to Edward Inman (1620 - 1706)? Or does your lineage hit brick wall more recently and you are trying to establish that you are his descendant to help focus your archival research?

You can discover some basic information on your Y haplogroup by uploading your autosomal raw data to the free Morley Y-DNA Predictor. That will tell you a high-level grouping like R1b. It can't tell you that do match the Inman Lineage II associated with Edward Inman in the FTDNA project results, but if you are not R1b you certainly don't match.

For more detailed information you need to join the project, but it is advisable to consult the project administrators about the best test to take. With a paper trail a 37- or 111-marker test should be sufficient to confirm that you belong in that group. If you want to identify a descendant of Edward behind your brick wall, then a Big-Y test may be needed.

Comments

Andrew, thank you so much for the thoughtful response. So to answer your first question, yes we have a good paper trail to Edward. The debate starts with whether John Inman is his father, came to colony in 1620 on the Falcon, or if there is another path without John across the Atlantic. There is no way to solve this I think without DNA testing. I will upload to Morley as well. Thank you for that. GTW as I didn't uploaded my Genographic data to FamilyTreeDNA on time, I am unable to use that raw data. Can that be uploaded to Morley? Thank you again for your help.

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Whatever you uploaded to Gedmatch can be used on Morley.