Haplogroups:

Thus far we have discovered the following Haplogroups within the project:

E3a, G1, G2, I, I1a, N, R1a and R1b. It is of interest to note that we have not seen any E3b, J2, K, or Q. Many other DNA projects out there turn up a few of these.

1. E3a is associated with those of African descent. It is believed this haplogroup spread from northern Africa, south, with the Bantu agricultural expansion. It is the most common haplogroup for African-Americans.

2. G1, G2 and at least some of the R1b indicate the original Pict/Scot/Celt inhabitants of the Strathspey and Glenmoriston regions.

3. The I and at least some of the R1b indicate the Anglo-Saxon and Norman influence in Britain. Though the "I" in our project is typically plain "I" or possibly "I1b" which tends to indicate an origin in Saxony, it is possible some of the "I" may also represent the Danish Viking influence from the old Danelaw in Eastern England. The signature of the Chiefly line of the Grants from 1325 (derived from Andrew Stewart, who married the Grant hieress Maud) has been determined to be R1b, which is typical of those royal lines from the Continent (Normandy and Brittany at least).

4. R1a, when seen in England, Ireland or Scotland, in most cases indicates the heritage of the Norse Vikings (as opposed to the Danish Vikings). Kit # 21365 seems a definite Viking signature of a deep Central Asian (possibly Hunnish extraction) variety with the closest matches being of Germanic/Saxon, Danish and Swedish extraction (the highest matches in Britain being in Scotland, also indicating a high probability of Norse/Viking descent). This kit belongs to an individual with a deep ancestry in England and with ties to Scotland prior to the early 17th century. This signature is the candidate for the original Norse/Viking line of the Grant Chiefs, which failed in the early 14th century and was carried on through some younger sons of the first chiefs, mostly in England, Ireland and possibly France. Any Scottish Grant descendants of the old Clan Allan (surnamed Grant) and the Clan Ciaran (also surnamed Grant) could also match this line. Kit # 35990, is of Eastern European origin and is only one marker off from a common Polish variety of R1a. This signature, if the owner's ancestors did come from Britain, quite possibly represents Danish (but possibly Norse) Viking origins, the legacy of Normans of Visigothic or Alanic descent, or possibly Sarmatians in Roman Britain along Hadrian's Wall. It is unknown where the ancestors of this kit's owner came from -- England, Scotland, Ireland or the Continent -- as the owner can only trace his ancestors to Connecticut around 1750. It is even concievable that this kit's owner could descend from one of the Hungarian noblemen that came with Margaret Atheling to the court of Malcolm Canmore! Kit #55426 turned up R1a, and shows strong matches with Indo-Iranian populations and Ashkenazi Levites - this person's ancestry may be Sarmatian, Danish (Jute), Norman of Visgothic or Alanic descent, or even Jewish Ashkenazim origin.

5. I1a and N these two haplogroups belong to two kits that seem to be outliers. The I1a represents a Grant whose ancestors came from Denmark and the N represents a Grant whose ancestors were from Finland. These two Grants, in all likelihood, are not related in any way to the Grant's in the project that have origins from England, Ireland and Scotland. These two kits probably represent a coincidental name change that was made at someplace like Ellis Island, etc, whereupon immigration officials spelled a name phonetically (or the official couldn't understand the original name, so simply wrote it down as "Grant"). Regardless, there is no connection with the Clan Grant and Finland, and none with Denmark, though it's possible some Grants from Britain went there as mercenary soldiers in the past.

View ancestral backgrounds of kit owners.

These tables contain the current Y-STR and mtDNA values for the Grant DNA Project. This information is linked directly from the on-line database at Family Tree DNA. Values in red are predicted by FTDNA and values in green have been confirmed by SNP testing .

Non-FTDNA Results for Comparison Purposes

Occasionally, interested parties who used a different lab to determine Alleles results would like to participate in the Grant DNA project to see if there is a common ancestor.  As we are contacted, the information will be placed in this area in a spreadsheet format.  Our biggest challenge is to find a way to maintain the confidentiality of these participants, since we do not have a identifiable kit number.  We will also add the background information of the participant using some unique identifier to distinguish persons outside our project.
 

GW01

DYS 393 DYS 390 DYS 19/394 DYS 391 DYS 385a DYS 385b DYS 426 DYS 388 DYS 439 DYS 389-1 13 23 14 11 11 14 12 12 11 13 DYS 392 DYS 389-2 DYS 458 DYS 459a DYS 459b DYS 455 DYS 454 DYS 447 DYS 437 DYS 448 13 28 16 9 10 11 10 26 15 19 DYS 449 DYS 464a DYS 464b DYS 464c DYS 464d DYS 460 GATA H4 YCA IIa YCA IIb DYS 456 31 15 15 17 18 11 12 19 23 16 DYS 442 DYS 438 DYS 531 DYS 557 DYS 444 DYS 446 DYS 461 DYS 462 GATA A10 DYS 635 12 11 11 16 12 13 13 11 16 23 DYS 441 DYS 445 DYS 452 DYS 463 DYS 522 12 12 30 24 10

GW01 has family records that indicate a direct line from Matthew Grant (1601-1681) and probably back to William Grant (b. 1479 Roxby, Yorkshire, England).  Linear descendancy as follows: GRANT: Matthew, Samuel, Samuel II, Samuel III, Aaron, Reuben, John, James, Howard, Frank Sr., Frank, Jr.  There is a connection to Ulysses S. Grant as well… we descended from Samuel Grant II’s son Samuel III, while U.S. Grant descended from his son Noah.  We have an extensive tree on Rootsweb.com at the following URL, and invite anyone interested to have a look.  Would love to hear from anyone related to the family - email thewarmalds@shaw.ca. 
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1841375&id=I92861260

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