Some years past, my decision to have my DNA tested was finally made. For years [some 50+], the genealogy virus had lead me to what seemed my own JONES family origins. North Wales it was, or at least I thought this was the case. Uncertainty gave way to verification as my DNA haplogroup returned R1b1b2 [now classified as R1b1a2 ]. The following table shows the haplogroups for my JONES surname from 2011 and 2016. They are then compared to haplogroups from North Wales reported in 2011.
In 2011, my R1b1 haplogroup made up around 82% of folks seeking their DNA from North Wales. Those in my JONES surname groups made up 75% of this R1b haplogroup. From North Wales indeed it would seem. Other haplogroup percents are shown, which again follow the same pattern as North Wales. The 2016 group shows that several other haplogroups have been reported to carry the JONES surname which indicates a lot more folks have become interested in all this DNA stuff.
Now the following figure shows roughly how this R1b haplogroup got to Wales. [It was drawn when my haplogroup was still R1b1b2] How the genes did flow, from A to R1b some 60,000 years in the making.
