Ivey-Ivie-Ivy Family Research
Haplogroup R1b
***The test result for Kit #4790 represents an unproven Ivey/Ivy line which is
not currently tied to a known ancestor.
***The test result for Kit #7629 represents a known case where the
great-grandmother (who was an Ivey) of the participant had a son who assumed her
surname and not that of the father. Thus, it is not representative of the male
side of the Ivey/Ivie/Ivy family.
The R1b test results for the other parties appear to suggest the possibility of
something like a "Celtic" line or at least a Western European line. The R1b is
quite different from the R1a recorded for several other Iveys, with the R1a
suggestive of a Norman or Scandinavian origin consistent with some histories of
a family in England.
At the current time there does not appear to be any close relationships between
these R1b Iveys. The only R1b participant with a known connection to the British
Isles is Kit #31365. None of the participants have any significant matches with
other participants except for Kit N35164 who matches a participant from another
Y-DNA surname project. The other participant is a known adoptee, and is
currently working to determine a possible match with Kit N35164.
After the Roman Empire left early Britain, there was a wave of immigration back
from Ireland into Western England and Wales. The St. Ives church and city in
Cornwall, England, was supposedly founded in honor of St. Ia who came from
Ireland to settle in the Cornwall area. It's possible that with the later
assumption of surnames in the area, many people assumed the name Ivey/Ivie/Ivy.
A population distribution map of England and Wales in 1871 shows a heavy
concentration of the surname along the Western coast of England and Wales.
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