DNA Group #03 Analysis and Personal Assessment

By Richard Allen Reeves (Line 34977)

Introduction

DNA testing is a fantastic tool for establishing relationships among those with a common surname. It also may be used to focus research on likely common ancestors. Below is a brief overview of DNA Group #03 test results followed by an assessment of my own test. My goal was to determine from among the Group #03 testers those that were most closely related to me and who might be our common ancestor.

Group #03 Overview

Group 3 is currently composed of 23 testers. Twenty-two of the 23 are exact matches at the 12-marker level. The one tester who varies does so by a genetic distance of only 1.
At the 25-marker level three testers drop out of this analysis because only 12 markers are reported for them. Of the remaining people, thirteen are exact matches.

• John A Reeves
• Wynne Kauppila
• Lynn G. Reeves
• Norman Elijah Reeves
• David Christopher Laurens Reeves
• Bruce Reeves
• Douglas Edwin Reeves
• Joseph MacDonald Reeves
• James Henry Reeves
• Allen Nathan Reeves
• Antone Augustus Reeves
• Stephen Gregory Reeves
• Barry Leon Reeves

At the 37-marker level there are several without reported results, but of those who remain ten are perfect matches.

• John A Reeves
• Wynne Kauppila
• Lynn G. Reeves
• Norman Elijah Reeves
• David Christopher Laurens Reeves
• Bruce Reeves
• Douglas Edwin Reeves
• Antone Augustus Reeves
• Stephen Gregory Reeves
• Barry Leon Reeves

My Results (Test #34977)

The results of my test show the strongest relationship with Tommie Smith (Stephen Gregory Reeves). Overall, my results are as follows:

• 12-Marker
  Perfect match with 22 of those in Group 3 (all but one person).
• 25-Marker
  A close match with 13 fellow testers, but my test deviates by a genetic distance of 1 at Marker 18 (DYS447).
• 37-Marker
  The field diminishes substantially at this level. I show a close match (genetic distance of 1) with the following two testers:
  • Lynn G. Reeves
  • Stephen Gregory Reeves
• 67-Marker
  At this level I have only one close match, Tommie Smith (through Stephen Gregory Reeves), again with a genetic distance of one.

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