McCarter DNA Signature

McCarter DNA Signatures
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On Line A is the DNA signature of our line of McCarters that was revealed by testing 42 locations on the Y-chromosome of a direct male descendant of our oldest known ancestor, Philander McCarter. (This is the combined result from two different labs.)

This signature applies to all male McCarters in our line because the Y-chromosome passes from father to son through the generations with few mutations. This means that Philander McCarter and his direct male descendants as well as Philander's father, his grandfather McCarter, and his great-grandfather McCarter would match, or closely match, this DNA signature.

McCarter Lines
Son Father Grandfather Great Grandfather Great Great Grandfather
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Line A Joe T.
McCarter		 William S. McCarter
b. 1887 Camas Co, ID		 Hugh F. McCarter
b. 1845 Grayson Co, VA		 Philander McCarter
b. 1802 New York
Line A
Line A
Line B Larry D.
McCarter		 James E. McCarter
b. 1903 Rockwall Co, TX		 William P. McCarter
b. 1875 York Co, SC		 Joel Lee McCarter
b. 1820 York Co, SC		 Walter McCarter
b. 1754 Co. Down, IRE
Line B

On line B is the signature of Larry McCarter, who kindly shared his results with us. He is a descendant of the York County, South Carolina line of McCarters. The mismatch on 11 of 25 markers shows that our lines do not share a common ancestor. Below is a table generated by the Most Recent Common Ancestor Calculator that shows how many markers are necessary for a close match.


Most Recent Common Ancestor Estimates
Number of
Matching Markers
Number of Generations Back to
Most Recent Common Ancestor
50% chance of being within
90% chance of being
no more than
95% chance of being
no more than
37 of 37
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With a typical mutation rate of .002

Getting Tested

Other lines of McCarters interested in having their DNA tested may want to join the McCarthy DNA Surname Study to receive the group rate through Family Tree DNA. Results of this study appear on the McCarthy page (our line is #3.) Because surnames have evolved through the generations, the McCarthys are inviting anyone with a variation on the McCarthy surname including Cartey, Carthy, Carty, Macarthy, MacCarthy, MacCartney, McCarter, McCarthy, McCartney, McCarty, etc.

Useful Links

A simple explanation of human genetics can be found at the National Geographic's Genographic Project site. According to their analysis, our McCarters fall within the Rb1 haplogroup which represents the descendants of Europe's first modern humans, the Cro-Magnons, who arrived in Europe some 35,000 years ago during the last ice age.

When the ice retreated they recolonized the north where they are still found in high frequencies. Some 70 percent of men in southern England are R1b and in parts of Spain and Ireland that number exceeds 90 percent.

For explanations of genetic genealogy see back issues of the Facts and Genes newsletters published by FamilyTreeDNA.

To see a list of other surnames being studied check out the Surname DNA Projects Database.

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