The Library

Here we'll collect any information that's relevant to our project and any discoveries that will
help members understand the full scope of what we're learning. Check back often as I'll be
adding to this section on a regular basis.

DYS390 - While those of us with R1b1c can't learn much more
just yet, there are other ways to figure out where our ancient
ancestors traveled.
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That Darned R1b Haplogroup - Many of our participants
are in the R1b Haplogroup. This can make understanding our
results more difficult. In this article, we explain the difficulty.
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When Do You Want To Connect? - How far back must you
connect to the Sinclair family to feel you're a part of it? This is
a rhetorical question that each of our participants must answer
on their own.
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When You Might Connect, Explained - Other factors to consider
relevant to the subject above. In this write-up we discuss why and
when some of these departures might have happened.
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What Does Genetic Distance Mean For Sinclairs -
Mutation rate is a hotly debated subject in the world of DNA.
Here we go into more detail on what it means and one way
we have begun to calculate distance among our participants.
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Name Connections - The FTDNA database has over
100,000 participants who will allow matching names to
be shown. Some of these cannot be attributed to merely to
R1b migration. Look through this chart and see if you
recognize any from your Scottish History lessons.
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How Did You Get the DNA You Got? - In this write-up
we discuss how mtDNA and Y-DNA transfer to our children
and how that can be used to track genealogy.
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Our Mutation Rate is Beginning To Be Understood -
Niven and Ian Clennel Sinclair are connected at a very close
genetic distance of 3 on the red markers only. This article explains
how this has implications for everyone in our project.
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