Unfortunately, I have not found one Hager from North Carolina lineage who is in a YDNA project to see if they even have the same haplogroup. Because 23andme tests with snp's, the haplogroup is accurate, though useless to compare with the Y STR tested for the YDNA surname projects, I was hoping to find someone with the same haplogroup to look into the genealogy to confirm a connection. Hopefully one will pop up some time in the future.
That said, the advantage of testing my mother's half first cousin is they only have a mutual grandfather in common. That means the 572 cM they share in common represents for each of them 15.4 percent of the approximate 25 percent of DNA each would have inherited (61.6 percent). This has been greatly beneficial for identifying matches as either Paternal or Maternal along those segments, and not only that, but further delineating them to only one grandparent's branch is definitely easier to trace a genealogical tree.
I am hoping to further identify segments by testing my mother's second cousin, at least one of her father's first cousins, and similar relatives on my father's side. By testing a first cousin once removed or a second cousin that narrows the matches to just one pair of ancestors. By selecting individuals who share 3-6.25 percent DNA in common on average, you are potentially discovering 6-12.5 percent of one parents DNA contribution. (Keep in mind, the tables that give the average shared DNA give percentages for your entire DNA, but when testing a relative on one side, the result is actually double that in context of that particular parents match.).
So how successful have I been in the first 6 months of research on my mother's DNA matches? I decided to take a look, and here is what I found.
Paternal DNA (roughly 3719 cM total)
23.1 percent identified
50 percent or approximately 1859 cM of
which a total of 5.7 percent has been identified beyond a mutual
grandfather. 572 cM (15.4 percent) identified for all of this branch
in common with a mutual grandfather.
Hager to include Barnett, Bagwell,
Whitley, Adams, Collins, Mangum
Most recent common ancestor (MRCA)
William “Dan” Hager/Eda Martha Burnett 174 cM or 4.7 percent
MRCA Daniel Collins/Talitha Adams 1
percent or 38.3 cM
Connection to Barnett (identification
of MRCA not made yet) 1.9 percent or 71 cM
25 percent or approximately 929 cM total identified 272 cM or 7.3 percent
Adams to include Rogers. No
identifiable Adams matches because of his unknown parentage.
Additional matches to the wives whose surnames are not verified are
included, though the exact connection has not been determined yet.
MRCA Henry/Mahala Rogers 170.7 cM or
4.6 percent
MRCA Dauswell/unknown wife 27.9 cMor
0.75 percent
MRCA Susannah rumored Shue (X
chromosome match) 27.2 cM or 0.73 percent
Identified as a match to Rogers (27.1
cM) included above and probable Adams (47 cM) from an adoptee. Since his exact connection is the unknown portion represents an additional 1.2 percent
25 percent or approximately 929 cM Trahern, Riddle, Hall and Choctaw lineage.
Only three matches with no verifiable
connections at this point totaling 24 cM or 0.6 percent with known
Choctaw descent and no other possible common ancestors.
Maternal DNA
Approximately 3718 cM in total of which
310 cM or 8.3 percent has been identified.
50 percent or approximately 1859 cM
Hinds and their early colonial ancestors and the Paxtons of unknown
lineage
MRCA Francis M. Hinds/Emma Paxton 46 cM
or 1.2 percent
MRCA John Corliss/ Mary Wilford 66 cM
or 1.8 percent
50 percent or approximately 1859 cM
Timmins, Brampton, Spicer and other English, non American lineages.
MRCA George Henry Timmins and Sarah
Brampton 198 cM or 5.3 percent
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