Kees Klootwijk; Stamboomonderzoek Klootwijk

The project: an introduction

Are all Klootwyks desendants from the old branch "van der Merwede"?
Are all Klootwyks relatives?
Is there a connection between branch 2500 and branch 2939?
Conventional genealogical research may not supply all the answers, a lot of old documents are lost.

Bu there is another way! Some information can be found in the human Y-DNA.

Joined with the "van der Merwede" foundation we started the DNA-project to possibly get some answers.

What is Y-DNA research

DNA is an unique collection of genetic material. DNA is used in forensic research. (as in the TV-series CSI) Human DNA can be found in every cell of the body and is unique.
Each child get a random collection of DNA which is 50% from its father and 50% of its mother.

But there is one piece of DNS, the Y-chromosoma, which is a bit special. The Y-chromisoma is only found in the cells of male persons. This chromosoma is passed from father to son with mostly no alterations. So all male descendants of 1 branch have allmost the same Y-chromosoma.

With the project a genetic "fingerprint" will be made of all male participants. If two fingerprints are the same, the persons are relatives.

How to join?

If you are a male Klootwyk and you want to join, this is the procedure:

Enlist FamilyTreeDNA with the special link
Select a Y-DNA test, a 37 markers-test or more is preferred.
Enter paymentdata (creditcard).
After a few day you recieve your test-kit.
Collect your DNA material.
Return the test-kit.
Wait for the results.

The results will be collected by groupleader, George van der Merwede. You also recieve all results and and certificate.

What are the costs?

Unfortunately DNA research costs money. But the participants of the "van der Merwede group" get reduced price!. Depending on the test and the special discounts the prices vary. A good test (the 37-marker-test) costs at this moment (may 2013) $149.00 (reduced price valid with link above).

F.A.Q.

Is the test painfull?
No, you collect the DNA by yourself with a brushing the inside of your cheak.

Who is in charge of your DNA?
Your fully in charge of the material. The DNA will be stored by FTDNA but will be destroyed on request.

What do the know of me by researching the DNA?
Only DNA-parts that are redundant and have no function will be tested. So nobody gets information of the color of your eyes etc. The only information that can be concluded id that you are male. Otherwise you have no Y-chromosoma.

Who gets the money?
All the money is needed by the research facility FTDNA. The "van der Merwede" foundation and the Klootwijk-researchers do it all for free.

And if I have any questions?
Ask all your questions to George van der Merwede of the Merwede Foundation or to me.

Links m.b.t. het project

Family Tree DNA - Het buro wat het daadwerkelijk DNA onderzoek doet.
Direct meedoen - Doe mee aan het project

Resultaten tot nu toe

Het ziet er naar uit dan mijn DNA en dat van één van de Merwedes redelijk overeenkomt. Op het eerste gezicht lijken we een gezamelijke stamvader te hebben ongeveer 875 jaar geleden (rond het jaar 1125).
Er is tot nu toe slechts één deelnemer met de achternaam Klootwijk, dus nog geen conclusies over de relatie van de Klootwijk takken.
We zoeken Klootwijken die willen deelnemen.

De Klootwijk resultaten

Hieronder eerst het verschil in genetische generaties volgens de papieren stamboom. Een genetische generatie is het aantal malen dat er een genetische mutatie heeft kunnen plaatsvinden. Dus een vader en zoon hebben verschil 1, twee broers 2; twee kleinzonen van opa via verschilende zonen: 4. En het verschil is 16 als er 8 generaties terug een gemeenschappelijke voorvader is.

DNA Results

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Tested person				(²) van COOTWIJK [6054]		(²) KLOOTWIJK [2]	(²) van der MERWEDE [8129]	Dirk KLOOTWIJK [5312] (1949-2012)	(²) van der MERWEDE [8124]		(²) KLOOTWIJK [3566]
Tree holder				Cornelis Beerntsz [2500] (1490-1551)		Cornelis Beerntsz [2500] (1490-1551)	Dirck van der MERWEDE [8102] (1540-1584)	Cornelis Beerntsz [2500] (1490-1551)	Dirck van der MERWEDE [8102] (1540-1584)		Teunis van KLOOTWIJK [875] (1719-1773)
Paper trail distance
Markers Tested	111	37	37	37	67	111	67	37	67	67	67	12	67	67	37	37
DNA Difference		16	17	25	25	27	28	28	28	29	30	31	70	70	86	100
kitnr	228772	108599	N5223	101272	290273	64792	64054	122005	61303	64588	297198	na-01	90410	41993	N19478	313826
ysearchcode			KBG67			VMPHS	JQ43J		NSRP9			FAKUD
name	Reid	Van Der Merwe	Hendrik van der Merwe	Van Cootwijk	Reed	Kees Klootwijk	George van der Merwede	Klootwijk	Albert M. van der Merwede	Van Der Merwe	Klootwyk	A.M. Klootwijk	Reed	Riede	Van de Merbel	Vercoulen
country	Ireland	Unknown Origin	Netherlands	Netherlands	Ireland	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Unknown Origin	Germany	Netherlands	Netherlands
haplogroup	R-L513	R-L21	R-L21	R-M269	R-M222	R-L48	R-U106	R-U106	R-M269	R-M269	R-M269		I-M253	G-P15	I-M253	J-M67
DYS393	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	12
DYS390	23	24	24	23	25	23	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	22	22	24
DYS19	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14
DYS391	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	8	10	10	10
DYS385a*	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	12	13	13
DYS385b*	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	16
DYS426	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
DYS388	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	14	15
DYS439*	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	13	11	12	11	11
DYS389i	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	14	12	12	12	12	13
DYS392	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	11
DYS389ii	28	29	29	29	29	29	30	29	30	30	30	30	28	29	28	29
DYS458*	18	16	16	18	17	18	18	18	18	19	19		15	21	15	16
DYS459a	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9		8	9	8	8
DYS459b	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10		9	9	9	9
DYS455	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11		8	11	8	11
DYS454	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11		11	11	11	11
DYS447	25	26	26	24	25	24	25	24	25	25	24		22	22	23	28
DYS437	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15		16	16	16	14
DYS448	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	19		22	19	20	20
DYS449*	31	30	30	28	30	28	30	28	30	30	32		30	27	29	30
DYS464a*	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	15	14	15		12	12	13	13
DYS464b*	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	17	15	15	15		14	14	13	14
DYS464c*	17	17	17	16	16	17	16	18	16	16	17		15	14	15	14
DYS464d*	17	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	17	19		16	14	15	14
DYS460	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	11		11	11	10	10
Y-GATA-H4	11	11	11	10	11	9	12	10	12	11	11		10	10	10	10
YCAIIa	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19		21	19	19	19
YCAIIb	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	23		21	20	21	21
DYS456*	15	16	16	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	17		14	15	14	16
DYS607	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	15		15	13	14	14
DYS576*	18	19	19	14	18	14	17	14	17	17	17		16	17	17	18
DYS570*	16	16	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18		18	17	18	19
CDYa*	37	37	37	37	38	37	36	37	36	36	37		35	37	35	35
CDYb*	37	37	37	41	40	40	37	37	37	38	38		36	39	35	41
DYS442	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	13	12	12	11		12	11	12	11
DYS438	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12		10	10	9	8
DYS531	11				11	11	11		11	11	11		11	11
DYS578	9				9	9	9		9	9	9		8	8
DYF395S1a	15				15	15	16		16	16	15		15	15
DYF395S1b	15				16	16	16		16	16	16		15	16
DYS590	8				8	8	8		8	8	8		8	8
DYS537	10				10	10	10		10	11	12		11	11
DYS641	10				10	10	10		10	10	10		10	10
DYS472	8				8	8	8		8	8	8		8	8
DYF406S1	11				10	10	11		11	10	10		9	11
DYS511	10				11	10	10		10	10	11		9	11
DYS425	12				12	12	12		12	12	12		12	14
DYS413a*	23				21	23	22		22	23	23		23	22
DYS413b*	23				23	23	22		22	23	23		25	22
DYS557*	16				16	16	16		16	15	16		16	14
DYS594	10				10	10	10		10	10	10		10	10
DYS436	12				12	12	12		12	12	12		12	12
DYS490	12				12	12	12		12	12	12		12	12
DYS534	16				16	16	14		14	15	15		15	16
DYS450	8				8	8	8		8	8	8		8	8
DYS444	11				12	12	12		12	12	12		13	13
DYS481*	22				24	22	22		22	22	22		24	21
DYS520	20				20	20	21		21	20	20		20	22
DYS446*	13				13	13	13		13	13	13		13	16
DYS617	13				12	12	12		12	12	12		13	14
DYS568	11				11	11	11		11	11	11		11	11
DYS487	13				13	13	15		15	13	13		12	13
DYS572	11				11	11	11		11	11	11		11	10
DYS640	11				11	11	11		11	11	11		11	11
DYS492	12				12	13	13		13	14	13		12	11
DYS565	12				12	12	12		12	12	12		11	11
DYS710	36					34
DYS485	15					15
DYS632	9					9
DYS495	16					16
DYS540	12					12
DYS714	25					26
DYS716	26					26
DYS717	19					19
DYS505	13					12
DYS556	11					11
DYS549	14					13
DYS589	12					12
DYS522	11					10
DYS494	9					9
DYS533	12					12
DYS636	12					12
DYS575	10					10
DYS638	11					11
DYS462	11					11
DYS452	31					30
DYS445	12					12
Y-GATA-A10	13					12
DYS463	24					24
DYS441	13					14
Y-GGAAT-1B07	10					10
DYS525	10					10
DYS712	20					20
DYS593	15					15
DYS650	18					19
DYS532	13					13
DYS715	24					25
DYS504	16					16
DYS513	12					12
DYS561	13					15
DYS552	24					24
DYS726	12					12
DYS635	23					23
DYS587	18					18
DYS643	10					10
DYS497	14					14
DYS510	17					17
DYS434	9					9
DYS461	12					12
DYS435	11					11

Legend
Tested Person	Information from the familytree if tested person is known in the tree.
Markers Tested	Information from FTDNA, the DNA-testing authority.
DYS393	DNA Markers 1-12 (Y-DNA12-test or higher)
DYS455	DNA Markers 13-37 (Y-DNA37-test or higher)
DYS531	DNA Markers 38-67 (Y-DNA67-test or higher)
DYS710	DNA Markers 68-111 (Y-DNA111-test)
DYS385a*	Fast mutating Marker. This marker will change more in a few generations. One change in 5 generations is normal for this one.
12	Same value on this DNA-marker compared to the first person: .
18	Different value on this DNA-marker compared to the first person.
Name	Same parental line as the first person is very unlikely.