Ivey-Ivie-Ivy Family Research
Haplogroup R1a
The two sets of test results labeled R1a-1 and R1a-2 are
likely representatives of a Scandinavian line of the Ivey/Ivie/Ivy family in
Europe. According to some written history, the family originated in the
Scandinavian area of northern Europe, immigrated to Normandy (northern
France), and later to England with the Norman invaders who under William the
Conqueror attacked and conquered England in the year 1066.
The test result labeled R1a-1 is only somewhat similar to
that of R1a-2. It differs by a genetic distance of 6 within 25 markers but so
much within 37 markers as to be completely unrelated within genealogical time.
The R1a-1 Haplotype (a given set of Y-DNA markers) is often referred to as
"R1a-Norse". This test participant is a descendent of an Isaiah Ivey of Marlboro
Co, SC, but this is not the same Isaiah identified in the Haplogroup E1b1a as a
son of James and Mourning Ivey of Marlboro Co, SC.
A connection between the two groups of R1a Iveys is most
likely thousands of years back in Europe or even Asia. They are certainly not
directly related through a direct paternal line within genealogical history.
The ancestors of these participants most likely came
directly from Europe, either with the first immigrants in the early 17th
century such as the Thomas Ivey/Ivy of Virginia or possibly later
immigrants. The two individuals in the R1a-2 group are clearly related and
differ by only a single CDYa marker out of 37. This CDYa marker is also
notoriously "hot", and can change often within a family line.
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