Category: Causey DNA Research
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AI – Should We Use Artificial Intelligence?
25 September 2025. Artificial Intelligence, can it make me a better Causey Clan Blogger? I am soon to begin my 79th year on this beautiful Blue Planet. Technology is quickly outpacing both my abilities and my motivation to learn new things. I need help improving my writing style and clarity. So, here’s my first attempt…
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Documenting Solomon Causey/Cossey
18 August 2025. Some of you American Causey/Cossey cousins have come to find out that just because we spell our surnames differently doesn’t mean we don’t have a common Grandfather. We know we possess a common terminal Y-DNA Haplogroup. We know that a mutation occurred sometime around 1750 splitting off from T-FTE36788, probably via a…
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Y-DNA Update
12 July 2025. Several Causey/Cossey males have recently purchased the Family Tree DNA Big 700 Y-DNA test. According to FamilyTreeDNA.com, “The Y chromosome is passed from father to son remaining mostly unaltered across generations, except for small traceable changes in DNA. By tracking these changes, we constructed a family tree of humankind where all male…
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Where DNA and History Merge
Documenting the Lineage of Hubbert Causey/Cossey 21 April 2015. I have two Y-DNA cousins with whom I share the terminal Y-DNA haplogroup T-FTE75400. One of the two cousins’ surname is spelled CAUSEY, the other “COSSEY”. Sometime around 1750AD our ancestral Y-DNA Haplogroup T-FTE36788 mutated and now we have a common ancestor born about that date.…
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Ancestry Regional Inheritance
6 September 2024 If you are tracking your Y-DNA at familytreeDNA.com and you have also done the Ancestry.com DNA test, you might find it interesting to take a look at your father’s regional ancestry. You can find it by going to DNA by Parent, then Region by Parent and scroll down to see a chart…
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Who is Our MRCA
2 March 2024. In both genetics and genealogy, the term Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA) refers to the most recent individual from whom two or more family lines are descended. Many, if not most, of the Causey/Cossey/Cawsey families are descended from those first Causey men who migrated from Great Britain and Ireland before 1700 AD.…
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Y-DNA Update
27 February 2024. Sometime in December of last year (2024) I received an updated Big Y 700 Terminal SNP report from Family Tree DNA. In January two more Y-DNA Causey cousins were added to this new Y-DNA haplogroup designated T-FTE75400. Now I have questions. But first I want make clear what I am talking about.…
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27 January 2024 More About Our Causey Haplotree
Last summer I decided to invest in confirming with some confidence my Y-DNA Haplogroup. Most of the members of our Causey DNA Project at FamilyTreeDNA.com have purchased one of their Y-DNA tests. These tests , (Y-37, Y-67, Y-111 and the Big Y 700) provide help in determining common ancestors (grandfathers) as a way of helping us…
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Y-DNA Haplogroup Update
3 January 2024 Happy New Year to all. With the new year came an interesting twist in our continuing quest for the Common Ancestor of the latest mutation of the Causey T-M70 Y-DNA Haplogroup. As many of you know, the Y-DNA chromosome is passed from biological father to son and can go thousands of years…
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New Causey Surname DNA Information
The Big Y-700 test from Family Tree DNA is a Y DNA test that analyzes millions of locations on the Y chromosome to reveal mutations and haplogroups. It is the most complete Y DNA test offered by Family Tree DNA. It reports on your paternal ancestry and allows you to find living relatives on your…