If you now compare the results of Marcus, #1, Charles, #2, and Paul Keep. #6, to the results of John L. Keep, #3, who
lives in England, you can see the marker numbers for all three are identical to No. 43. In the remaining markers to 67
there are three 1-off differences, indicating that a common ancestor exisits. Similar results were obtained for Bruce
#5, Philip #12, and Scott #13. This extraordinary early result indicates that the Longmeadow John Keep's ancestor exists in
John L. Keep's English ancestral line. (See that line below.) By achieving an identical match to another participant, the
probability of sharing a common ancestry exists. The greater the number of matches in the number of markers tested the degree
of probability increases. Consideration must also be given to variants in respect of markers that may appear in the test results,
which may be caused by change or mutation of the Y- chromosome. A factor of one would still indicate a common ancestry, but
any higher variation would suggest that there is no link. Unfortunately these early test results do not show the particular family
line of John Keep of
Participant #4 was Peter Ronald Keep, who relocated to
Significant results are those of Donald
A major breakthrough in our knowledge of the Keep families has come with the testing of Nicholas Keep #7 David Keep #8, William A. Keep #10, and George Edward Keep #11. Nicolas and David have resulted in identical matches so far; however, they do not match those of Marcus, #1, Charles #2, John #3, Bruce #5, Paul #6, Philip #12 or Scott #13. William and George have mismatches with Nicholas and David that indicate the common ancestor of this group off four is probably further in the past than the common ancestor of David and Nicolas. We can, therefore, now say with some certainty that there are at least two separate Keep families, namely the East Midlands/Longmeadow Keeps, and the Berkshire Keeps. When these results are considered against those for Peter Ronald Keep #4, there is a strong possibility of a third Keep clan. We will only know the answer to this question by having more male Keeps participate, including those from the East Midlands/Longmeadow Keeps, and the Berkshire Keeps.
Much has been published and broadcast about the pitfalls of
DNA Y-chromosome research as a tool in genealogy, but these pitfalls centre around the use of the science to determine our deep ancestry
or Haplogroups, i.e. who our ancestors were over 10,000 years ago. Whilst this is an interesting aside, it cannot detract from
the tried and tested reliability of the marker comparisons that are being used here.
Many other projects provide detailed commentary about the tests and in depth explanations of the results, but we have elected to keep this section relatively simple. If you wish to find out more, we would recommend that you do so. We are not professing to be experts in this field, and until we started this project had a very little knowledge of what it entailed. However, in a relatively short period of time we have achieved some exceptional results, far beyond our original expectations and as such created a sound platform on which to advance the project to meet our set aims and objectives, namely to establish the parentage of John Keep of Longmeadow, to establish links to others who share our common surname, or variations on it, and to provide the means for all Keeps to establish connections.
DNA Test Results Explanation
Our initial tests involved Marcus Floyd Keep, #1, and his father, Charles Russell
Keep, Jr., #2, descendants of John Keep of
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Walter KEP born about 1230 Astwood, Buckinghamshire | |||
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John KEP born about 1260 Astwood | ||||
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John KEP born about 1290 Astwood | ||||
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John KEPE born
about 1320 Astwood | ||||
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John KEPE born about 1350 Astwood | ||||
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John KEPE born about 1375 Bozeat, Northamptonshire | ||||
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Thomas KEPE born about 1400 Bozeat | ||||
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William
KEPE born about 1425 Bozeat | ||||
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William KEPE born about 1450 Bozeat | ||||
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William KEPE born about 1480 Ecton Northamptonshire | ||||
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William KEPE born
1520 Wellingborough | ||||
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DNA testing of this Project has discovered that the Longmeadow John Keep's ancestor lies in the Walter Kep - John L. Keep family line on the far right ------> column, earlier or later than Walter Kep, and therefore all descendants
of John Keep of LM have Walter as their furthest back known English link. At this point, the names in the line of
John Keep of |
John KEPE born 1550 Ecton | |||
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William KEEP born about 1585 | ||||
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Thomas KEEP born 1610 | ||||
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John KEEP of Killed by Indians 26
Mar 1676 |
John KEEP of Killed by Indians 26 Mar 1676 |
John KEEP of Killed by Indians 26 Mar 1676 |
John KEEP of Killed
by Indians 26 Mar 1676 |
John KEEP born 1651 Wellingborough |
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Samuel KEEP born 1670 Mass. |
Samuel KEEP born 1670 Mass. |
Samuel
KEEP born 1670 Mass. |
Samuel KEEP born 1670 Mass. |
Thomas KEEP born 1682 |
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Matthew
KEEP born 1722 |
Samuel KEEP born 1700 |
Samuel KEEP born 1700 |
Samuel KEEP born 1700 |
Thomas KEEP born 1724 |
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Matthew
KEEP born 1745 |
Samuel KEEP born 1739 |
Samuel KEEP born 1739 |
Samuel KEEP born 1739 |
Richard KEEP born
1765 Transported to |
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Marsena KEEP born 1769 |
Samuel KEEP born 1774 |
Heber KEEP born 1776 |
Heber KEEP born
1776 |
Joseph KEEP born 1794 Wootton |
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Marsena KEEP born 1802 Keepville |
Nathan Cooley KEEP born 1800 |
Henry Augustus KEEP born
1811 |
Henry Augustus KEEP born 1811 |
Joseph Keep born 1821 |
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Abner Newton KEEP born 1834 |
John Haskell KEEP born 1836 |
Charles David KEEP born 1857 |
Charles David KEEP born 1857 |
Mark KEEP born 1856 Cardington Bedfordshire |
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Frank
Elijah KEEP born 1855 |
John Haskell KEEP born 1869 |
Charles Russell KEEP born 1896 |
Charles
Russell KEEP born 1896 |
Joseph Henry KEEP born 1879 Hertfordshire |
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born 1890 |
Donald
Bruce KEEP born 1900 Well, |
Charles Russell KEEP born 1929 |
Charles Russell KEEP born 1929 |
Arthur Joseph
KEEP born 1921 Higham Ferrers |
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Paul Leroy KEEP born 1912 |
Donald Bruce KEEP born 1927 |
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Marcus
Floyd KEEP born 1958 |
John Lister KEEP born 1949 Finedon Northamptonshire |
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Paul Eugene KEEP born 1934 |
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Paul Eugene KEEP born 1955 | ||||
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