Welcome to the y and mtDNA pages for Those of Whiteside !

As of August 21, 2011 I will not be allowed by Verizon to update these pages via FTP. I've decided to leave them here never the less. 

Many of these project participants are the descendents of a people who lived in an area of Britain known as Lanark of Whiteside. Early records tell us that these people were a confederation of many family groups and tribes who were generally known as the Celtic “Brigantes” Their existence was recorded by an Egyptian geographer who related the voyages of an earlier Greek/Phoenician explorer (many hundreds of years after his death) known as Pytheas (circa 325 B.C.). He was commissioned to find an alternate sea route for the tin trade coming (through Gaul) from the British Isles (known as Albion). Pytheas is said to have landed at Morcambe during his voyages where he met a people not previously known. These same people were described later (1^st century A.D.) by the Roman scribe Tacitus. He called them Brigantes. Pytheas compiled a book of his northern voyages that are said to have reached Iceland. The book was lost and only later excerpts by others remain as any record of his accomplishments. However, ancient ingots of tin have been unearthed throughout Britain so that the ancient tin trade (pre Roman) is established beyond question.

As a piece of added ancient trivia: a Phoenician called Marinus calculated the circumference of our planet and established the grids we know today as longitude and latitude. His maps were used almost 2000 years later by an explorer called Christopher Columbus. Not bad for guys who lacked modern measuring instruments and lived in the period of the Bronze Age.

****** added material ****** (April 5^th 2010) are pages submitted by Ron Wall concerning the more recent Whitsett family findings and his conclusions which tie to current yDNA samplings. New profile analysis are expected in this next month. These results will confirm, clarify or debunk some previous observations. One of these will affect findings that link family #1014 and #2500 (my own). Throughout the coming months I expect the project to have added participants that will push us towards the 100 mark.

I continue to encourage the ladies to participate in the mtDNA segment of the project and as of Mother’s Day 2010 there are five mtDNA participants with an added two in the lab. Stay tuned as the ladies join in !!

To access the 12 loci level page of the project click on :

Page #1

To access the next level (13 to 25 loci) click on:

Page #2

To access the next level (26 to 37 loci) click on:

Page #3

To access the next level (38 to 67 loci) click on:

Page #4

To access our new mtDNA page click on:

Page #5

To access Ron Wall’s submission click on:

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