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  • Frederick Gleason (c.1872 - 1934)
    Obituary from the Nevada Mining Journal , Monday, March 12, 1934, page six: "Frederick Treat Gleason, who died in a Tonopah hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident, typified the id...
  • Dr. John Durand (1664 - 1726)
    John (Jean) Durand (1664-1726). He was a surgeon. He was born into a Huguenot family near La Rochelle, France. Like other Huguenots, he fled the country after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1...
  • Jørgen Holst (1624 - 1679)
    • Bopel: Gårdbruker (Farmer at): Haraldset, Nes, Buskerud. • Yrke (occupation): Lensmann ("Sheriff" representing the law for his area), Trelasthandler (lumber dealer), Gårdbruker.
  • Henry Addington, Jr. (c.1730 - d.)
    Henry (or John) Addington was Henry Addington, JUNIOR was listed in the Table of Non-Jurors Petitioners in Calvert County Maryland 1780 to 1781. in 1780 at Calvert County, Maryland. Henry Addington was...
  • John Dowell (1764 - 1851)
    DAR Ancestor #: A034053 Private. Service source: R3509V; PENSION OF BROTHER, GEORGE DOWELL *S32222 Notes Family Tree DNA - Dowell DNA Surname Project John Dowell born 1764 in Albermarle VA pred...

R1b is the most common Y-haplogroup in Western Europe, the most common group defined by the SNP M269. It consists of more than 50 subclades, and further SNP testing is necessary to determine which of these one belongs to.

A Deep Clade test at Family Tree DNA is recommended.

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Add your oldest known direct paternal ancestor to the project if you belong to this group. If you have completed Deep Clade (SNPs) testing to find your subclade, join the proper subclade project instead.

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