The Last Of Our Kind? By M.O’Neill

I have had various experts look at the Haplotype and none has found a possible origin outside it being of a Germanic origin. Only two O’Neill’s of Puerto Rico are currently FTDNA y-dna tested and from my SNP test results it’s concluded that both are R1b1b2a1a4 L148- L48+ P107- U106+ U198- . The only current match is this distant cousin from Puerto Rico who tested, and was 35/37 markers. And he did not only not on the mismatch marker of DYS CDY a/b which is common. Outside that we are 100% related with a TMRCA estimated around 95% circa the year 1710 A.D. This being the progenitor of the O’Neill’s of Puerto Rico Don Juan O'Neill.

(TMRCA this term used by population geneticists indicates the Time to the Most Recent Common Ancestor shared with another person.)

DYS 393 = 13

DYS 390 = 23

DYS 447 = 24

DYS 448 = 19

DYS YCA II a = 19

DYS YCA II b = 21

DYS 456 = 13

DYS 537 = 11

DYS 534 = 17

DYS 413 a / b = 23, 23

DYS 492 = 13

(MISMATCH MARKERS VALUES: DYS 439 = 11; DYS 385 a/b = 11, 14; DYS 389-1 = 13; DYS 389-2 = 29; DYS 458 = 19; DYS 459 a/b = 9, 10; DYS 464 a/b = 15, 15; DYS 576 = 18; DYS 570 = 18; CDY a/b = 38, 41)

The O’Neill’s of Puerto RicoL48 SNP Haplotype matches at 67 markers and the closest genetic distance are -18. There is no doubt that the O’Neill’s of Puerto Rico are of a Germanic origin, but it looks to be of an ancient origin, since all matches are -18 and -20. In my opinion, the O’Neill’s of Puerto Rico look to have origins sometime around 400 B.C. – 300 B.C.in the ancient regions of what are now the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany , Poland, and Switzerland.

Using all 67 markers searching for matches with those already of the L48 + SNP I had these results:

Staffordshire, England -18

Banbury, Oxford, England -19

Banbury, Oxford, England     -21

Switzerland   -20

West Bromwich, England -22

Sarvijoki, Jurva, Finland -20

Region Westph.Low Saxony,, Germany -21

Netherlands Antilles    -21

Scotland -21

Sweden    -23

Dublin, Ireland -22

Devonshire, England -21

Altona, Germany    -22

Germany   -23

Ippischburg (now Eppisburg), Bavaria/Bayern, Germany      -23

Goteborg, Sweden   -23

Orkney, Scotland -23

Outer Hebrides, Scotland -25

Kronoberg, Sweden -24

Rukingen, Germany -24

Germany   -24

Yorkshire, England -24

Denmark   -24

Gent, Belgium -25

Almendralejo Spain, Spain -26

Smaland, Sweden -25

Cologne, Germany -25

Gnevezow, Mecklenburg, Germany -24

Prussia, Germany -26

Spain     -27

Germany   -26

Nanzweiler, Germany -26

Canton Berne, Switzerland -27

Vardingholt-Rhede, Germany -27

Norway    -29

Stockholm, Sweden -30

Rijkevorsel, Belgium -29

Denmark   -30

Stockholm (city), Sweden -31

Hoelstein, Canton Basel, Switzerland -30

West Prussia, Germany -32   

Prussia, Germany -32

Romania   -33

Bavaria/Bayern, Germany -35

Those R1b1a2a1a1a4 / L48 that match at 37 markers tested and their – minus genetic distances. A 36/37 match is a 50% probability that there is a MRCA within 4 generations within (120 years), and a 95% probability within 10 generations (300 years).

Yorkshire, England - 14

West Prussia/ Germany - 12

North Rhine- Westphalia, Germany -16

Lippe, Germany     -17

Posen/Pozna'n, Germany - 19

Nordrhein-Westfalen/North Rhine- Westphalia, Germany -18

Epleny/Olaszfalu, Hungary -18

Bukovina, Transylvania, Hungary   -16

Saponara, Sicily -18

Agdenes, Norway -20

Kleinmantel, Germany -21

Germany   -21

Joniskis, Lithuania -23

Hessen-Kassel, Germany -23

Roxburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland     -23

Switzerland   - 23

Soppe le Haut, Alsace, France -23

France    -23

Hutton le Hole, Yorkshire, England -23

Sachsen (Electoral Saxony), Germany -10

Those that only match 23 of the 25 markers, but do not match past 25 markers. Many are of different SNP’s and do not match outside just markers. Currently only two have not tested past 12 to 25 markers, and the rest have tested for 37 markers.

Wilkinson (Y37);Broadhurst (Y37);Plies (Y37); Wilkerson (Y37); Roper (Y37);Banks (Y37); Lee (Y37);Crowe (Y37);Brown; Harvey (Y67); Holliday (Y37); Sherwood (Y67);Beal; Leask (Y37);Holden(Y67).

Surnames that just match -1 GD at 12 markers there is a 95% probability that there is a MRCA within 1,410 years. Only the McLaughlin’s have tested positive for the L48 SNP, but are too far apart when it comes to above 12 markers. 

Kelley (Y67); McLaughlin (Y37); Holmes (Y67); White (Y37); Walker (Y67); O'Neill (Y37); Boucek (Y67); Broadhurst (Y37); Harris (Y67); Johnson (Y67); Sorensen (Y12); Lynch (Y67); McLaughlin (Y67); McLaughlin (Y67); Mones (Y67); Harley (Y67); Nieves (Y37); Grant (Y67).

Side Note:

For those O’Neill’s of Puerto Rico who have yet to have a Y-DNA test or don’t understand why its’ important. Y-DNA passes from father to son almost unaltered for long periods of time, and this is why it’s important to know who is related to whom or who is not.