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DNA Working Group Established for
Descendants of William Brooks (b. ca 1781 NC) in the R1a Haplogroup
Visit the Working Group "NC/SC/TN
Brooks Family R1a DNA" at Yahoo.com
Eligibility
Due to privacy issues surrounding DNA, participation
in the working group is by invitation only and is limited
to those who are Brooks (or related-line) researchers who
have by DNA tests conclusively proven a connection
with descendants of William Brooks (b. ca. 1781 in North Carolina,
moved to South Carolina, and finally settled in Cocke County, Tennessee).
If you would like to subscribe
to this working group and and share information within this
group you must:
1) Have a Y-DNA analysis on a direct-line male
Brooks family member, the results of which show a match or a close
match to other Brooks's in this R1a Haplogroup. I recommend Family
Tree DNA as a testing facility (join the Brooks
family project to receive a discount on testing),
AND/OR
2) Have completed enough traditional genealogical ("paper-trail")
research to reasonably establish a connection to the Brooks
family of Cocke County, Tennessee, northwestern South Carolina,
or to the states of North Carolina and/or Virginia.
If you can prove a close relationship (within the
last 100 - 150 years) to someone who has already tested, please
contact the administrator
to be considered for admission without DNA testing.
If your already-completed DNA results have unexpectedly
matched this R1a Books family group (up to a to a genetic
distance of 1 in a 12-marker test, or 2 in a 25-marker test) , you
are automatically eligible to join this group. Please contact the
Yahoo Group administrator
with your kit number and lineage details and you will be admitted.
If you think you may be part of this family line,
I encourage you to get a direct-line male Brooks in your family
to test, or contact Laura
Henderson with your conclusive traditional research connecting
you to this family.
This working group will be invaluable
for establishing confirmed genealogical connections within this
family and pushing our history further back, possibly to our immigrant
Brooks ancestor.
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