 In response to a number of recent questions from project members that I have received lately about the X2b4 mtDNA haplogroup, as related to matrilineal descendants of Acadian ancestor Radegonde Lambert, as traced from mother to mother, I have the following announcement: The x2b4 mitochondrial DNA haplogroup project information has had a bit of re-organizing. Recently, Tom Glad, who is one of the administrators of the X2b4 mtDNA project, who also manages the X mtDNA project, kindly offered to improve the groupings of the X2b4 findings that we had in place since the project's beginning, and I gladly accepted his help! As a co-administrator of the X2b4 project, I had noticed while grouping the results that the matrilineal descendants of Radegonde Lambert appeared to "split" from the other results in the project, to the point where they were exclusive to individuals naming Radegonde Lambert as their earliest known ancestor (EKA)! The markers that Tom Glad "teased out" of the project data, while reorganizing project results, provided insight as to the exact genetic markers that were responsible (in combination, so both must be present in the same set of mtDNA test results): G16145A-C16301T. So while the X2b4 subclade is inclusive of a variety of European lineages, as you will find by examining project results, there are two markers that appear to distinguish the X2b4 haplogroup to which descendants of Acadian ancestor Radegonde Lambert belong, and here they are, together: G16145A-C16301T. I have since updated the categorization in the public-facing X2b4 and the Acadian Amerindian Ancestry DNA project pages to include this new grouping mentioned earlier: Haplogroup X2b4 -G16145A-C16301T (Radegonde Lambert Matrilineal Descendants). Public-facing project data may be found at the following websites:
 Please welcome new Administrator, Gordon Lavoie to our Acadian Amerindian Ancestry DNA Project team. Gordon, as a member of the Acadian Amerindian Ancestry DNA Project, is a regular contributor to the dialog on the members-only "Activity Feed" where he frequently responds, in detail, to questions about DNA haplogroups and the genealogical connections among our project members -- with references! While I was writing an email to him, thanking him for his kindness and well-considered responses to our project members' questions on our site, it came to me that I should ask Gordon to join our project as an Administrator. So, I followed my instincts, asked Gordon to join us, and was so delighted when he accepted and then came aboard. As background, Gordon Lavoie was raised in St. Edward, PEI, and after graduating from Tignish Regional High School, he attended the University of Prince Edward Island. Gordon completed his studies at Laval University in 1982 where he earned an honours specialization in Linguistics. Back in PEI, Gordon embarked on a 33-year journey with the Federal Government in a variety of positions, retiring from Public Safety Canada in 2015. Gordon has, and continues to volunteer time on various community organizations and projects. He is currently President of the "Conseil d'administration du Musée Acadien" in Miscouche. Gordon is an avid and experienced genealogist and hosts a database at the Acadian Museum Research Centre which helps 300,000 plus Acadian descendants to connect with their Acadian ancestors, who arrived in Acadia from France some 400 years ago. Most important to new and long-time project members, Gordon is "one of us" and his knowledge of our Acadian - Amerindian lineages, the haplogroups that arise from Acadian Amerindian Ancestry DNA project data, and respect for the value of DNA analysis to genealogical research, are best expressed in his professional signature: Gordon's DNA signature: mtDNA - U6a7a1a (Lejeune - Acadian) and Y-DNA - R-BY41645 (de la Voye - French-Canadian) - or simply, a person. |
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