August 08, 2010 
Lack of Posts, usually means little activity.
However, there has been some SturDEvant activity recently. Those of you familiar with the dna results for descendants of William Sturdevant of 1675 Norwalk CT, known they are characterized by little variation.
7 out of the 9 relevant results are identical on 43 markers.
While this shows a marked relatedness, it does not distinguish descendants of William closer than:
that all 7 appear to be descendants of one of the sons of John Sturdevant II, grandson of William, b. Ridgefield and d. Brookfield/Danbury, m. Keziah Abbott. These sons are Rev. Samuel, John Sturdevant III m. Mary Sanford, and James Sturdevant the First.
It would be extremely helpful to be able to determine/verify which of the grandsons a sample came down from. This would require finding a marker, or markers, that shows a variation between the lines. This would enable people such as C3 know not only that they are descendants of William, but the how of that descent.
The only way to do that is to try testing different markers (locations).
So we are beginning that process. C11 and I (C1) are adding the additional 15 markers DNA Heritage is making available. C11 is believed to be down from James I, and I am down from John III. Hopefully a variation between the two samples will appear.
If not, I have made the offer that I will make a 67 marker sample through Family Tree DNA’s program available if somebody would like to match it.
Stay tuned for the results.
All above information is based on and appears in 3 different documents:
The Results All PDF
Marker Comparison
DE lines as DNA
jSS
