(Version of July 20, 2010)                                                                            
   
Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study: Summary List of Relationship Groups    
   
   
We believe it's more likely than not that the members of each relationship group below (Groups No. 1 through No. 119) share common Brown ancestors with their fellow group members inside a "genealogical" time frame, that is, approximately since the widespread introduction of surnames in western Europe during the 15th century.
 
These groupings are strictly tentative, however, and they will necessarily be revised from time to time. What's more, the identification of specific common ancestors for any group will generally depend more upon conventional "paper" genealogy than upon additional DNA testing.
   
   
Color coding for Haplogroups:    
   
Green = haplogroup proven by independent SNP test                        
Red = haplogroup inferred from STR's with high confidence (no SNP test)        
Blue = haplogroup inferred from STR's with medium to low confidence (no SNP test)    
Black = haplogroup presented with unknown confidence (SNP status not known)  
   
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BROWN DNA STUDY:  SUMMARY LIST OF RELATIONSHIP  GROUPS  
   
Kit No. Participant H  
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Group No. 1 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 1            
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2a1b5    
4923 Freddy Eugene Brown  R1b1b2a1b5   Note: The "Anonymous Brown" in this group is a man tested by FTDNA who hasn't yet joined the Brown DNA Study.  
77020 Bill (nmn) Brown  R1b1b2a1b5            
171070 Clinton Brown* R1b1b2a1b5            
3726 Glendol Leon Brown  R1b1b2a1b5    
   
Group No. 2 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 2            
Modal Haplogroup  I2a    
61359 William Christopher Brown  I2a   Click here for an article on Group No. 2  
4020 James Armistead Brown , Jr. I2a    
N16829 John Alton Brown  I2a   Note: The "Anonymous Brown" in this group is a man tested by FTDNA who hasn't yet joined the Brown DNA Study.  
3996 Victor Brown  I2a    
N48422 Coke Reed Brown, Jr. I2a    
82180 Troy Glenn Brown I2a    
88144 Kirby Patrick Brown I2a      
58376 Allen Edwin Brown  I2a    
20243 John Pershing Brown  I2a    
105236 William Edward Brown I2a    
12719 Danny Brown  I2a    
N65719 Christopher Benson Brown I2a    
000000 Anonymous Brown***** I2a    
69285 Billy Lee Brown  I2a    
 
       
Group No. 3 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 3            
Modal Haplogroup  I2b      
4489 James Newton Brown  I2b    
5619 Wayne D. Brown  I2b    
7790 James Marvin Brown  I2b    
79837 John Wesley Brown  I2b    
 
       
Group No. 4 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 4            
Modal Haplogroup  I2a    
6049 Wesley Harold Brown , Jr. I2a      
7154 Phillip Daniel Brown  I2a    
138455 James Hoyt Brown I2a    
4805 Thomas R. Williams  I2a    
52099 Terry Dwayne Brown  I2a    
     
Group No. 5 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 5            
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2    
N25799 Jason Orlando Brown  R1b1b2   Note: The members of Group No. 3 have a DNA signature within one step of the "Atlantic Modal Haplotype" (AMH), meaning the apparent matches in this Group are less likely to be significant than are the matches in most other Groups of the Brown project. See the discussion under Group. 20.   
N9846 Robert Glenn Brown  R1b1b2    
45811 Joel Robert Aaron Brown  R1b1b2      
12689 Bennie Lewis Brown  R1b1b2    
12316 Dwight W. Brown  R1b1b2    
 
Group No. 6 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 6            
Modal Haplogroup  E1b1b1    
21131 William Wayne Brown  E1b1b1   Note: There are several theories to explain why "Mediterranean" haplogoups like E3b, J1, J2 and T are sometimes found 
5233 Rex B. Brown  E1b1b1   among men whose ancestors have lived in the British Isles for hundreds or even thousands of years. Some experts think
5292 Connell J. Brown  E1b1b1   such haplogroups were introduced to Britain by Roman soldiers pre-300 A.D. Such theories also may be relevant for Groups
27 and 55 -- as well as for some participants on the Unique Haplotypes page.  And for another interesting theory on point, see: http://www.scotsgenealogy.com/online/berbers.htm
(Thanks to John Ayes Brown, no. 65584, for suggesting this link.) For research on the issue that's more recent, see : http://www.jogg.info/32/bird.pdf  
       
Group No. 7 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 7            
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2    
5906 Kenneth Leroy Brown  R1b1b2    
1685 Raymond C. Brown*  R1b1b2    
112285 Charles Walter Brown  R1b1b2    
7469 Steven E. Brown  R1b1b2    
 
Group No. 8 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 8            
Modal Haplogroup  I1      
15297 Allen Brown  I1    
8120 Alan Keith Brown  I1    
     
Group No. 9 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 9            
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2    
130287 Kenneth Anthony Brown  R1b1b2    
142561 Herbert Otis Brown, III  R1b1b2    
151207 Edwin Beecher Brown R1b1b2    
23411 Alex Brown  R1b1b2      
4360 Raymond Arthur Brown  R1b1b2    
 
Group No. 10 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 10            
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2    
68300 Cecil Henry Ramsey  R1b1b2   Note 1:  No. 11795 has been included tentatively in Group No. 10,  in spite of the fact that he's four genetic steps away from his nearest partial match among other members of this group.  There are three reasons for this decision: (1) The families of no. 11795 and no. 2228 have both strong "paper" evidence and a persuasive oral tradition of common Brown ancestry; (2) no. 11795 and the other members of this Group are all closer to one another than they are to any other project participants; and (3) all members of this Group have either zero or very few "non-surname" matches -- a circumstance under which the probability of false positive matches is very low. For a similar "violation" of the conventional relationship criteria, see Group No. 71 below. As for nos. 3909 and 68300, their earliest known Ramsey ancestor was an orphan of unknown parentage, who now is thought to have been a "biological Brown."
3909 George William Ramsey * R1b1b2  
44455 Darrell Brown  R1b1b2  
5130 Earl Griffin Brown  R1b1b2a1b3  
65473 Ernest O. Brown R1b1b2  
17865 Francis David Brown  R1b1b2  
103773 John L. Brown R1b1b2  
81129 James Edgar Brown R1b1b2  
28886 James Everett Brown R1b1b2  
77148 Luther Edward Brown  R1b1b2   Note 2:  The "Anonymous Brown" in this Group is a man tested by FTDNA who hasn't yet joined the Brown DNA Study.
143949 Harry Douglas Brown  R1b1b2    
N34888 Michael Owen Brown  R1b1b2    
8819 Robert F. Brown  R1b1b2   Note 3: 108760 has also tested as N34888. He's listed under the latter number on previous versions of this page.
2228 Warren Lee Brown  R1b1b2    
120559 Steven Craig Brown R1b1b2    
000000 Anonymous Brown***** R1b1b2    
95783 Jimmie Allen "Jim" Brown R1b1b2    
60514 Wayne (nmn) Brown  R1b1b2    
11795 William Roy "Dub" Brown  R1b1b2    
 
Group No. 11 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 11              
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2      
11126 Kevin John Brown  R1b1b2   Note:  The "Anonymous Brown" in this group is a man tested by FTDNA who hasn't yet joined the Brown DNA Study.
18291 David Wadsworth Brown  R1b1b2    
00000 Anonymous Brown***** R1b1b2    
     
Group No. 12 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 12              
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2    
40340 John Kennedy Brown  R1b1b2    
16445 Allen Ethridge Brown  R1b1b2    
21975 Richard Alan Brown  R1b1b2    
N19776 John Timothy Brown  R1b1b2    
17725 Darrell Craig Brown  R1b1    
     
Group No. 13 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 13              
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2    
21841 Merlyn Clair Brown  R1b1b2        
18629 David Anson Brown  R1b1b2    
     
Group No. 14 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 14              
Modal Haplogroup  I1    
42295 Joe R. Brown  I1    
7514 Cleve Brown  I1      
24154 Samuel Leonard Brown  I1    
46556 Kenneth William Brown (#2) I1    
         
Group No. 15 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 15              
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2    
19465 Andy Brown  R1b1b2      
141200 Alastair Rowland Brown  R1b1b2a1b    
45812 Mark Randolph Brown  R1b1b2   Note: The "Anonymous Browns" in this Group are two men tested by FTDNA who haven't joined the Brown DNA Study.  
173351 Michael Lynn Brown II  R1b1b2      
N48953 Allen Newton Brown R1b1b2      
87814 Arthur William Brown (#1) R1b1b2        
141478 John Browne  R1b1b2    
000000 Anonymous Browns***** R1b1b2    
22182 Philip Thomas Browne  R1b1b2      
       
Group No. 16 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 16              
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1    
25388 Dean B. Browne  R1b1      
114958 Larry Russell Brown R1b1      
4799 Russell M. Brown R1b1    
 
Group No. 17 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 17              
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2    
25691 Claude Earl Brown  R1b1b2    
25216 Kenneth William Brown (#1) R1b1b2    
88954 James Lewis Brown  R1b1b2    
31644 Howard Darrel Brown  R1b1b2    
   
Group No. 18 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 18              
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2    
75978 Donald George Brown  R1b1b2   Note 1: The "Anonymous Browne" in this group is a man tested by FTDNA who hasn't yet joined the Brown DNA Study.
VNDRT** Marquis C. "Mark" Brown R1b1b2    
116565 Thomas Patrick Brown  R1b1b2a1a   Note 2: The members of Group No. 18 have a DNA signature within one step of the "Atlantic Modal Haplotype" (AMH), meaning that the apparent matches in this Group are less likely to be significant than are the matches in most other Groups of the Brown project. See the discussion under Group No. 20. It's virtually certain for Group No. 18, moreover, that at least some members would need to be transferred to other Groups or to our "Unique Haplotypes" category if we had values on markers 13 thru 37 for the anonymous man.
N4VM9** David Charles Brown (#2) R1b1b2  
64723 Michael David Brown (#2) R1b1b2  
13498 Steven Clark Brown  R1b1b2  
000000 Anonymous Browne***** R1b1b2  
170392 James Mulder Brown R1b1b2  
5151 James Baldwin Brown  R1b1b2  
   
     
   
Group No. 19 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 19              
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2      
16659 Willis L. Brown  R1b1b2    
12550 Michael Alan Brown R1b1b2      
69994 Stephen D. Brown  R1b1b2   Note: The "Anonymous Brown" in this group is a man tested by FTDNA who hasn't yet joined the Brown DNA Study.
00000 Anonymous Brown***** R1b1b2    
75257 Stephen Kistler Craven  R1b1b2      
8732 Thomas T. Seals  R1b1b2    
     
Group No. 20 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 20            
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2a1b4   Note 1: The men in Group No. 20 have a DNA signature called the "Atlantic Modal Haplotype"  (AMH).  This signature is the most frequent yDNA pattern for western Europe.  As such, this set of marker values is especially prone to generate "false positive" matches.  An important outcome is that men in Group No. 20 are less likely than the men in our non-AMH groups to be related to one another within a "genealogical"  time frame, that is, since about 1400 A. D.  In particular,  men with values equal or close to the AMH seldom can rely on the results of a 12-marker DNA match for evidence of a genealogical relationship. Even perfect 25-marker matches for men in the AMH category sometimes break down upon upgrading to 37 markers. Ditto for men within one step of the AMH, like our Groups No. 5, 15, 18, and 59.  Nonetheless,  for all such groups that are close to the AMH we have included men tested only for 12 markers --  rather than run the risk of missing a relationship that might eventually turn out to be significant.    
43434 Ed Brown  R1b1b2a1b4  
163018 Henry T. Brown**** R1b1b2a1b4  
N4518 George William Browning  R1b1b2a1b4  
18696 Odie Wilson Brown  R1b1b2a1b4  
2QX22** Steven D. Brown R1b1b2a1b4  
57169 Robert Warren Brown  R1b1b2a1b4  
68374 Garry Steven Brown  R1b1b2a1b4  
13497 Jim Bob Brown  R1b1b2a1b4  
00000 Anonymous Browns***** R1b1b2a1b4  
2342 James Marce Brown  R1b1b2a1b4  
Note 2: The "Anonymous Browns" listed in Group 20 are two men tested by FTDNA who haven't yet joined the Brown DNA Study. See also the Note under Group  50.  
 
       
Group No. 21 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 21            
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2      
N1824 Sebastian Tomas Brown  R1b1b2    
129564 Michael Wayne Brown #2 R1b1b2   Note: The "Anonymous Brown" in this group is a man tested by FTDNA who hasn't yet joined the Brown DNA Study.
156454 Terry Dewayne Brown  R1b1b2  
9613 Wade H. Bingaman**** R1b1b2  
177353 Thomas Dauphin Brown R1b1b2  
000000 Anonymous Brown***** R1b1b2  
45056 John Aubrey Brown  R1b1b2  
10564 Barry E. Brown  R1b1b2  
       
Group No. 22 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 22            
Modal Haplogroup  I2b      
12266 Lloyd Nelson Brown  I2b    
124502 Wiliam (nmn) Brown I2b    
30372 Farrell Drew Brown  I2b    
       
Group No. 23 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 23            
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2a1b5    
29086 Ray Monis Brown  R1b1b2    
103081 Robert R. Brown R1b1b2    
168261 Richard G. Brown  R1b1b2a1b5    
90603 Ben Banks  R1b1b2a1b5      
29411 Daniel A. Brown  R1b1b2a1b5    
96441 Gregory Wayne Brown R1b1b2a1b5        
23450 Charles Keith Brown  R1b1b2a1b5    
29350 Gale Roland Brown  R1b1b2a1b5    
Mailing List for Group No. 23          
       
Group No. 24 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 24            
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2    
45864 Kioh Douglas "Doug" Brown R1b1b2    
30605 Webb Everett Brown*  R1b1b2    
58117 Jerry Lee Brown  R1b1b2    
E2PMX** Andrew James Brown R1b1b2    
30606 Thomas Nelson Marion Brown  R1b1b2    
       
Group No. 25 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 25            
Modal Haplogroup  I2b1      
31628 Jesse Raiford Brown  I2b1      
N64453 Dean Paul Brown I2b1    
164365 Thomas Fielding Brown  I2b1    
7512 Bobby Eugene Brown  I2b1    
       
Group No. 26 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 26            
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2    
11922 Robert Wayne "Bob" Brown  R1b1b2    
150288 Cannon Brown**** R1b1b2    
48188 David Elmore Brown  R1b1b2    
N49276 Joseph Henry Brown  R1b1b2      
94364 Orlies P. Brown R1b1b2      
8TT33** Abner B. Brown**** R1b1b2      
N9968 Henry L. "Lloyd" Smith  R1b1b2    
N24751 Paul Jonathan Brown  R1b1b2    
22008 Lyle Patrick Brown*  R1b1    
34524 Jackie Lee Brown  R1b1    
         
Group No. 27 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 27            
Modal Haplogroup  E1b1b1        
35699 James Earl Brown  E1b1b1   Mailing List Related to this Group: RootsWeb: BROWN-BEN-1807-L Archives  
22271 Arthur K. Brown  E1b1b1    
       
Group No. 28 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 28            
Modal Haplogroup  I1    
N3823 Andrew Peter Brown  I1    
69630 George Michael Lyons  I1    
N18882 Charles David Brown  I1    
160882 Michael Cameron Brown  I1    
132887 Robert I. F. "Iain" Brown I1      
ADDDF** James G. Brown, III I1    
45340 Carlton L. Brown  I1      
133227 Andrew Jackson Brown**** I1      
28946 Thomas Jacob Brown  I1      
N18619 David Paul Brown  I1    
60906 Peter Donaldson Brown  I1        
       
Group No. 29 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 29            
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2      
15512 John Thomas Brown (#1) R1b1b2      
151754 Roger Brown R1b1b2      
N4349 Michael Wilfrid Brown  R1b1b2    
       
Group No. 30 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 30            
Modal Haplogroup  J2      
N6674 David William Brown  J2    
N5863 William Douglas Brown  J2    
54872 Robert Hugh Brown (#1) J2a4b      
87622 Raymond R. Brown*  J2        
47612 Richard Lee Brown  J2a4b  
See note under Group No. 6 above.    
       
Group No. 31 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 31            
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2    
38787 Herbert Franklin Brown  R1b1b2      
109347 Montague Brown R1b1b2    
N58848 Christopher Nicholas Brown R1b1b2      
128873 Randall G. Brown R1b1b2    
31168 George Brown, Sr.  R1b1b2  
       
Group No. 32 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 32            
Modal Haplogroup  G      
38926 Robert Richard Brown  G    
167180 Hal G. Brown G    
164650 Curtis Lee Brown  G    
37987 Nicholas Brown  G    
54117 John Robert Brown  G    
       
Group No. 33 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 33            
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2      
N33657 Dale Courtney Brown R1b1b2   Note: The "Anonymous Brown" in this group is a man tested by FTDNA who hasn't yet joined the Brown DNA Study.
N7252 Richard Bernard Brown  R1b1b2    
111488 James G. "Gary" Brown R1b1b2    
114115 David S. Brown  R1b1b2    
101190 George O. Brown  R1b1b2      
000000 Anonymous Brown***** R1b1b2      
N8970 Gary Ronald Brown  R1b1b2  
       
Group No. 34 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 34            
Modal Haplogroup  R1a    
72264 Bill J. Brown  R1a   Website related to Group No 34  
40386 Harold Brown  R1a    
20597 Michael William Brown  R1a   Note: The "Anonymous Brown" in this group is a man tested by FTDNA who hasn't yet joined the Brown DNA Study.
40665 Marvin E Brown  R1a    
41839 Don Brown  R1a    
00000 Anonymous Brown***** R1a    
155288 Robert Le Roy Brown R1a    
41841 Jeff K. Brown  R1a1    
       
Group No. 35 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 35            
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2    
47624 Brian Sperry Brown  R1b1b2    
169905 Ian J. Brown  R1b1b2    
101983 Thomas R. Brown  R1b1b2      
ARBUY** Christopher K. Brown R1b1b2      
37880 Osborne Burch Brown  R1b1b2    
5403 Allen S. Brown  R1b1b2a1b5    
64407 Willie Marion "Will" Brown  R1b1b2    
       
Group No. 36 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 36            
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2      
11127 Dan Willis Brown  R1b1b2   Website related to Group No. 36  
46996 Grady Jess Brown*  R1b1b2  
       
Group No. 37 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 37            
Modal Haplogroup  R1b1b2      
25457 Richard Ronald Browning  R1b1b2    
6099 Michael L. Brown  R1b1b2  
       
Group No. 38 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 38            
Modal Haplogroup  I1      
48872 Richard Paul Brown * I1    
11666 Richard William Brown  I1  
       
Group No. 39 H'group   Click here to see DNA marker values for Group No. 39