D.N.A. Testing Project

Our past Editor, Pete Keefer, has spearheaded a DNA testing project to attempt to determine how closely our families are related.
This can be a basic 12 marker test, a 24 marker test or a 37 marker test, on “Y” chromosomes, which follow father to son, and can determine relatedness through 14 generations.

For more inormation on this exciting project, visit our group’s page http://www.familytreedna.com/public/keefer

A special price of $101.00, which includes shipping, will send you a numbered kit.  Sign up on the group page.

Home >> Group Admin Page * Haplogroups in green have been confirmed by SNP testing. Haplogroups in red have been predicted by Family Tree DNA based on unambiguous results in the individual's personal page. This has been placed on this GAP page for your ease and convenience. Please note that for any predicted results we see no reason for ordering a SNP test to confirm the Haplogroup. If a ? is in the HAPLO field then we feel that the comparative results are not clear and unambiguous and if the kit holder wants to know their SNP with 100% confidence they may consider ordering a SNP confirmation test. The download to CSV option only downloads what is displayed in the flash piece. This means that if you do not have a group open then it will download the header but not the people inside the group. If you want to download the entire project click expand all and then the CSV download link. DYS 19 is also known as DYS 394. A value of 0 for any marker indicates that the lab reported a null value or no result for this marker. All cases of this nature are retested multiple times by the lab to confirm their accuracy. Mutations causing null values are infrequent, but are passed on to offspring just like other mutations, so related male lineages such as a father and son would likely share any null values. It is obvious from our observation of 10's of 1000's of samples that some markers change or mutate at a faster rate than others. Therfore not all markers should be treated the same for evaluation purposes. The markers in red have shown a faster mutation rate then the average, and therefore these markers are very helpful at splitting lineages into sub sets, or branches, within your family tree. Explained another way, if you match exactly on all of the markers except for one or a few of the markers we have determined mutate more quickly, then despite the mutation this mismatch only slightly decreases the probability of two people in your surname group who match 11/12 or even 23/25 of not sharing a recent common ancestor. All Contents Copyright 2001-2009 Genealogy by Genetics, Ltd.

Kit number & Earliest Known Ancestor	H a p l o	3 9 3	3 9 0	1 9	3 9 1	3 8 5 a	3 8 5 b	4 2 6	3 8 8	4 3 9	3 8 9 | 1	3 9 2	3 8 9 | 2	4 5 8	4 5 9 | a	4 5 9 | b	4 5 5	4 5 4	4 4 7	4 3 7	4 4 8	4 4 9	4 6 4 | a	4 6 4 | b	4 6 4 | c	4 6 4 | d
38525 Mathias Kaffer (Keffer) 1707-1770	I1a	13	22	14	10	13	16	11	14	11	12	11	28	15	8	9	8	11	23	16	20	28	12	14	15	15
135255 Joseph Keffer, Henrietta Stafford (Henry MO>KS)	I1a	13	22	14	10	13	16	11	14	11	12	11	28	15	8	9	8	11	23	16	20	28	12	14	15	15
91059 Daniel Kieffer, Palmyra, Lebanon, PA	I1a	13	22	15	10	13	16	11	14	11	12	11	28	16	8	9	8	11	23	16	20	29	12	14	15	15
85290 Adam K. Kieffer, 1794-1875, Darmstadt	I1a	13	23	14	10	12	14	11	14	11	12	11	28	13	23	14	10	12	14	11	14	11	12	11	28	15
59638	I2b1	15	22	15	10	15	15	11	13	11	14	12	30	15	8	9	11	11	26	14	20	27	11	14	14	15
40937 Andrew Kiefer	E3b1	13	24	13	10	17	18	11	12	11	13	11	30	17	9	9	11	11	25	14	20	33	14	16	16	17
E8501	R1b1b2a1a	13	24	14	11	12	14	12	12	12	13	13	29	17	9	9	11	11	25	15	19	31	12	13	16	17
3341 Peter Kieffer of the Robert and Alice, 1738	R1b1b2	14	21	15	10	14	15	12	12	12	13	13	29	16	8	9	11	11	23	15	19	29	15	16	17	17
16821 Gabriel Cooper, 1780, New Jersey	R1b1b2	13	23	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	29	17	9	10	11	11	25	15	19	29	15	15	17	17
156261	R1b1b2	13	23	15	11	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	29
120961 Cooper	R1b1b2	13	23	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	29	17	9	10	11	11	25	15	19	29	15	15	17	17
33378 Jeremiah Keffer, Württemberg > PA > VA	R1b1b2	13	23	14	11	11	13	12	12	11	14	13	30	17	9	10	11	11	25	15	19	31	15	15	16	17
6019 John J. Cooper, Shenandoah, VA	R1b1b2	13	24	15	11	11	15	12	12	12	13	14	29
111659 Jeremiah Keffer, Berks PA, to Shenandoah VA	R1b1b2	13	23	14	11	11	13	12	12	11	14	13	30	17	9	10	11	11	25	15	19	32	15	15	16	17
96078	R1a1	13	26	16	10	13	14	12	12	10	13	11	31	16	9	10	11	11	24	14	20	31	12	15	15	16	11	11	19	23	15	16	18	18	34	39	13	11
E7651	R1b1	13	26	15	11	13	14	12	12	14	14	13	30
156261	R1b1b2	13	23	15	11	11	14	12	12	12	11	11	29	17	9	10	11	11	25	15	19	29	15	15	16	17	11	11	19	23	16	15	18	17	35	39	12	12
94862 Joseph Keefer & Salome Nagle, Schuylkill, PA	R1b1b2	13	25	14	10	11	14	12	12	13	13	13	29
72323 Abraham Kieffer, St Wendel, Ger.	R1b1b2	13	24	14	10	11	14	12	13	13	13	13	29	16	9	10	11	11	25	15	20	29	14	15	17	17
141897	R1b1b2	13	24	14	11	11	14	12	13	13	13	13	29	16	9	10	11	11	25	15	20	29	14	15	17	17
33475 Abraham Kieffer, St Wendel, Ger.	R1b1b2	13	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	13	13	13	29	16	9	10	11	11	25	15	20	29	14	15	16	17
34033 Abraham Kieffer, St Wendel, Ger.	R1b1b2	13	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	13	13	13	29
72669 Johann Casper Kieffer, via Benjamin Keefer, b. 1792	R1b1b2	13	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	13	13	13	29
83554 George Keifer, b. 1798, Hagerstown MD	R1b1b2	13	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	13	13	13	29
71359 Johann Casper Kieffer, via George F. Cooper	R1b1b2	13	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	13	13	13	29	16	9	10	11	11	25	14	20	29	14	15	16	17
97814 Benjamin Keefer & Margaret Kieffer	R1b1b2	13	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	14	13	13	29
N55715	R1b1b2	13	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	14	13	13	29
90099 George Kieffer 1789-1851, Northumberland, PA	R1b1b2	13	24	14	11	11	14	15	12	12	13	13	30
33093 Frederick Kieffer, b. 1704, Einod, Ger.	R1b1b2	13	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	14	13	30	16	9	10	11	11	25	14	18	29	15	15	17	17
98584	R1b1c	13	24	14	11	12	14	12	13	13	13	14	27	18	10	10	11	11	25	15	19	30	15	16	16	16
16	09	10	11	11	25	15	20	29	14	15	17	17
102198	R1b1b2	13	25	14	11	11	14	12	12	13	13	13	29	16	9	10	11	11	25	15	20	29	14	15	17	17
34088 Andrew Kiefer, b.1755, Northampton Co, PA	R1b1b2	13	25	14	11	11	13	12	12	12	13	14	29	16	9	10	11	11	24	14	20	31	12	15	25	16
96078	R1a1	13	26	16	10	13	14	12	12	10	13	11	31	16	9	10	11	11	24	14	20	31	12	15	15	16
39349 George Keefer, Morgan Co, VA	G	14	21	15	10	14	15	11	12	13	12	11	28
92664 George Keiffer, b. 22 Feb 1787, MD.	G2a	14	21	15	10	14	15	11	12	13	12	11	28	16	8	9	11	11	23	16	23	27	13	14	14	14
41281 George Keefer, Morgan Co, VA	G	14	21	15	10	14	15	11	12	13	12	11	28
33924 Frederick Keefer, b. ca.1762, PA	G	14	21	15	10	14	15	11	12	13	12	11	28	16	8	9	11	11	23	16	23	27	13	14	14	14
33173 Frederick Keefer, b. ca. 1762, PA.	G	14	21	15	10	14	15	11	12	13	13	11	29	16	8	9	11	11	23	16	23	27	13	14	14	14
36126 George Kueffer/Cooper, d. 1809, Hampshire, W.VA	G	14	21	15	10	14	15	11	12	13	13	11	29	16	8	9	11	11	23	16	23	27	13	14	14	14
41025 Keifer	G	14	21	16	10	12	14	11	12	11	11	11	29

The markers in red have shown a faster mutation rate then the average, and therefore these markers are very helpful at splitting lineages into sub sets, or branches, within your family tree.

Here's a link to the "Time to Most Recent Common Ancestor Calculator",
a function of Family Tree D.N.A. TMRCA

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edited Aug 2009
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