about
In January of 2010, I picked up a copy of Family Tree Maker and opened a book my Uncle Eugene Hays wrote on my Hays ancestors. Thus started my search for my ancestral origins. When he did his research 20-30 years ago, there was no internet available to him. The possibility of having his DNA tested was not available either. So I used the internet to confirm much of his findings that included Hays ancestors over the past 250 years. However, I hit the same brick wall he did. Nicholas Hays an immigrant from Ireland. So I turned my attention to DNA. Here you’ll find some of my own analysis of my research as well as history gathered from online resources. For more information about me and experience and background please visit https://curtishaysconsulting.com, https://collideascope.co and https://bullhornsbullseyes.com/.
Y-DNA
Every male’s Y chromosome, when compared to hundreds of thousands of other men’s Y chromosomes, tells a tale. By examining the number of mutations that accumulate in this otherwise highly stable chromosome, we can determine relatively accurately how many generations separate any two men from their common paternal line grandfather. My particular Y chromosome came from my father, who got it from his father, and so on. Thus, mine came via Nicholas Hays, his place of birth and parents unknown but at the age of 16 immigrated to the Americas via Ireland in 1746. During the 1740’s large numbers of Irish, Scotch-Irish, and Scots arrive in the colonies, Philadelphia now one of the fastest grown cities and where Presbyterians would now rival Quakers in population.
