Genetic Descendants of Brooks Matney

Date: 1 May 2023 [unknown]
Location: [unknown]

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Genetic Descendants of Brooks Matney

Haplogroup: R1b-DF97->FGC19851->FGC65264->FT11368*

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Participants

The Project has three DNA donors descending from Walter Matney, son of Brooks Matney.

Member Z1 descends from William B. Matney.

Members Z2 and Z3 descend from John B. Matney.

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Genetic Pedigree of Brooks Matney

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1: Thomas Mattingly I

2: Cesar Mattingly

3: John Mattingly Y14083

4: Walter Mattingly/Matney Y14083->Y85450

5: Brooks Matney [Haplogroup unknown]

6: Walter Matney MRCA: FT11368 + 24 SNPs (See Note 1)

7: William B. Matney

8: John B. Matney

9: William Brooks Matney

10: William Brooks Matney

11: Z1: FT11368* + 24 SNPs (See Note 1)

7: John B. Matney FT11368* + 24 SNPs (See Note 1)

8: Charles W. Matney MRCA: FT11368* + 24 SNPs (See Note 1)

9: Willard G. Matney, Sr.

10: Willard G. Matney, Jr.

11: Z3: FT11368* + 24 SNPs (See Note 1)

9: John B. Matney

10: Z2: FT11368* + 24 SNPs (See Note 1)

Note 1: These are the 24 additional SNPs associated with the FT11368* SNP group: A24076, A24077, A24078, A24079, A24081, A24082, A24084, FT11084, FT8363, FT8526, FT8654, FT8864, FT8958, FT9602, FT9778, Y166843, Y166844, Y166845, Y166846, Y166847, Y166849, Y166850, Y166851, Y166852

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Conclusions

None of these the descendants of Brooks Matney carried any SNP in the Y14084* group shown to be present in descendants of Thomas Mattingly I. All were shown to belong to the R1b-DF97* haplogroup which is mutually exclusive of the R1b-DF27* haplogroup where the descendants of Thomas Mattingly I are placed.

Genealogical tradition has stated the belief that Brooks Matney was the brother of Broadwater Matney and Walter Mattingly/Matney . The genetic evidence does not support this claim.

It is not clear how haplogroup R1b-DF97* was introduced into the Brooks Matney family tree. Clearly his son Walter Matney carried the genetic marker for this haplogroup since the descendants of two of his sons, William B. Matney and John B. Matney, both carried the genetic markers for this haplogroup. A possible explanation is that Walter was an adopted son or step-son of Brooks, or Brooks himself was adopted or step-brother to Broadwater and Walter.

DNA testing of another descendant of Brooks Matney, preferably from a son other than Walter Matney, is warranted to confirm whether haplogroup R1b-DF97* is present. If present, it would indicate Brooks Matney is not genetically related to the Matneys descending from Cesar Mattingly.

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Most Recent Common Ancestors (MRCA)

Walter Matney is the genetic MRCA for project members Z1, Z2 and Z3.

Charles W. Matney is the genetic MRCA for project members Z2 and Z3.

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