Trying to Solve the Puzzle

The following example is based on the proposed method that is going to be used to determine if two males from Branch-1A are  brothers to a male  of Branch-1G(previously called Branch-20) as suggested by some persons in this Krause research group. No paper documentation has been found to substantiate any of this and the only way to prove it right or wrong is to use DNA analysis.

The information known at the present time is based on the descendants of Johann/John & Herman Krause from Branch-1A. A 37-Marker Y-Chromosome DNA test on three males from his descendants has already been done and now a descendant of Branch 1G (Branch-20) has also had a 37-Marker test done. The pool of possible test persons is shown in an outline report for Branch-1A and Branch-1G(Branch-20). The two outline reports show the persons either tested already or about to be tested and where the common connection supposedly exists.

The steps required to prove that this hypothesis is true is as follows:

1. When the results were received  the test subject for Branch-20 then if the match indicates a common ancestor that is the primary factor. However it does not prove that John, Herman, and William Frederick were brothers. The match for 37-Markers must be very close and if there is no difference the full 67-Marker tests need to be done for the subjects from both Branch-1A and Branch-20. This will help to determine how close the common ancestor is for the test subjects. Results from Branch-20 indicated that a common ancestor was present but the genetic distance was found to be 3 and this indicates the brother relationship is possible but very remote.

2. A descendant of Herman Krause from Branch-1A has been tested and is now identified as  Branch-1A3. These results add a third set of data and also prove that Herman was a brother to John

3. A second member from Branch-1A1 has been tested for the full 67-Markers and found to be identical in the 37-Markers to the member tested from Herman Krause's line. This has shown more proof that John and Herman were brothers. The original person tested, called Branch-1A1, shows a difference in one marker from 1A2 and 1A3 which indicates that this mutation has occurred very recently in my father or myself. At least by having this test, the time of this change has been determined as recent and not prior to the time of the EKA of Branch-1A.

4. If a descendant of William Frederick can be found then they should also be tested to see if the differences, if any, are similar to those for John and Herman.

5. As results become available these pages will be updated to keep you informed of the next steps and the final conclusions.

 A more general approach  where two persons have been tested and the results are slightly different is explained in more detail and how to go about further testing at the following page for  a male descendency tree.