My Family History

DNA Test: Y-DNA


Test Information

  • Taken by James Cole 1600-1688, Plymouth MA 
    Vendor FTDNA 
    Test Type Y-DNA 
    Test Group Y Dna of Priestly Families 
    Number of STR Markers 37 
    Marker values  13 24 13 9 14-14 11 12 10 14 11 30 21 9-9 11 12 23 14 20 32 14-16-16-17 10 11 19-22 16 13 18 23 36-39 12 10
    Y-DNA Haplogroup E-M35 (E3b- E1b1b) - Predicted 
    Ancestral surnames Cole 
    Notes 
    Several results show up for the Cole family. This particular individual is projected to have been from E-M35 which is also the same branch that the House of Gwynedd, Wales is believed to have belonged to through Mervin Gwriad, and his son, Rhodri. The meaning of the Cole family is thought to mean Priest or to have some connection with Christ. The Cole family is thought to have been connected with Cholester which is in Essex, England. And with the Silurian tribe as well. Depending upon true genetics, King Cole may have come from a Royal Trojan line himself, married a Welsh Lady, and had a daughter that married Magnus Maximus. There was also potentially more than ONE King Cole. Either way this family is believed to be connected spirituality of some sort, the Welsh, and the founding of Brittany (Little Britiain, in France, or the Bretons)... I chose this specific example for 2 reasons. 1 that this guy immigrated to Plymouth Colony Bay- and we all know the significance of Plymouth and the Pilgrims! 2. And the Welsh connections mentioned above.