Williamson County, Tennessee
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Elizabeth T and Carl Jefferson Carter TN
Adam Carter 9/18/11
Hi, Adam,
I have been doing family history research for many years and I have heard lots of stories that were handed down through the generations about various ancestors being Native American.Some of them turn out to be true but most of them turn out to be fictional stories.One way to test the stories is with DNA testing.There are three kinds of DNA tests that are commonly used for genetic genealogy:
- Y-DNA : direct paternal line only
- mtDNA : direct maternal line only
- autosomal DNA (atDNA) : ethnic percentages
With Y-DNA and mtDNA you know exactly which ancestor the DNA came from.With autosomal DNA you only know what DNA you inherited.You don't know from which ancestor you inherited it.Autosomal DNA is a roll of the dice at each generation.
Are you familiar with Carter House in Williamson County, Tennessee?
http://www.carter-house.org/http://www.carter-house.org/
Carter House was built by Fountain Branch Carter who was a direct paternal line descendant of Giles Carter, Sr. of Henrico County, Virginia.Currently the correct Y-DNA for Giles Carter is not known but I have a research and discussion group on Yahoo and we are trying to learn the answer to that question.I am hoping we will discover the answer soon.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Giles_Carter/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Giles_Carter/
Kit # 21406 in the Family Tree DNA Carter Surname Project is a descendant of Braxton Carter from Williamson County, Tennessee.He has tested as Y-DNA Haplogroup "R1a".
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/carter/default.aspx?section=yresultshttp://www.familytreedna.com/public/carter/default.aspx?section=yresults
Kit # 21406 is a 12/12 Y-DNA match with Kit # 120155.Kit # 120155 also has an association with the Giles Carter of Henrico line so I think "R1a" may be the correct Y-DNA for Giles Carter of Henrico.We don't yet have enough data to know for sure.
021406 R1a1a14 25 17 11 11-14 12 12 10 13 11 30
120155 R1a1a14 25 17 11 11-14 12 12 10 13 11 30
Of course there were other Carter families in Williamson County, Tennessee.Not all Carter families from Williamson County, Tennessee are from the Giles Carter of Henrico line.
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Re: Williamson County, Tennessee
Adam Carter 9/19/11