RESULTS FROM THE RITTER FAMILY Y-CHROMOSOME DNA TESTS

Kit	Ritter Ancestor		H a p l o .	DYS#
Kit	Ritter Ancestor		H a p l o .	3 9 3	3 9 0	1 9	3 9 1	3 8 5 a	3 8 5 b	4 2 6	3 8 8	4 3 9	3 8 9 \| 1	3 9 2	3 8 9 \| 2	4 5 8	4 5 9 a	4 5 9 b	4 5 5	4 5 4	4 4 7	4 3 7	4 4 8	4 4 9	4 6 4 a	4 6 4 b	4 6 4 c	4 6 4 d	4 6 0	G A T A H 4	Y C A I I a	Y C A I I b	4 5 6	6 0 7	5 7 6	5 7 0	C D Y a	C D Y b	4 4 2	4 3 8
2671		John Ritter b: 1760 NC Son of Jesse Ritter, Sr. of Moore Co.,N.C.	R1b1	14	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	14	13	30	17	9	9	11	11	23	15	19	28	15	16	17	17	10	11	19	23	15	15	18	16	36	39	13	12
2672		Everett Ritter b:1759 NC Son of Jesse Ritter, Sr. of Moore Co., NC	R1b1	14	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	14	13	30	17	9	9	11	11	23	15	19	28	15	16	17	17	10	11	19	23	15	15	18	16	36	39	13	12
8329		James Ritter b: 1764; d: 1818 NC	R1b1	14	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	14	12	30
9148		Jessie B. Ritter b: 1780 NC; d: 1838 AR. Son of Jesse Ritter, Sr. of Moore Co., NC	R1b1	14	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	14	13	30
N51036		Jessie B. Ritter b: 1780 NC; d: 1838 AR. Son of Jesse Ritter, Sr. of Moore Co., NC	R1b1	14	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	14	13	30	17	9	9	11	11	23	15	19	28	15	16	17	17	10	11	19	23	15	15	18	16	36	39	13	12
113955		prob. Jessie B. Ritter b: 1780 NC; d: 1838 AR. Son of Jesse Ritter, Sr. of Moore Co., NC	R1b1	14	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	14	13	30	17	9	9	11	11	23	15	19	28	15	16	17	17	10	11	19	23	15	15	18	16	36	39	13	12
9149		Everett Ritter b: 1759 NC Son of Jesse Ritter, Sr. of Moore Co., NC	R1b1	14	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	14	13	30
7077		Everett Ritter b: 1759 NC Son of Jesse Ritter, Sr. of Moore Co., NC	R1b1	14	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	15	13	31
22177		Thomas Ritter b:1765 NC; d:1869 NC probable son of Jesse Ritter, Sr. of Moore Co., NC	R1b1	14	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	14	13	30
269288		Thomas Ritter b:1765 NC; d:1869 NC probable son of Jesse Ritter, Sr. of Moore Co., NC	R1b1	14	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	14	13	30	17	9	9	11	11	23	15	19	28	15	16	17	17	10	11	19	23	15	15	18	16	36	39	13	12
252448		William Ritter b: 1842; probably descedant of Jesse Ritter, Sr. of Moore Co., NC (lineage to come)	R1b1	14	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	11	14	13	30	17	9	9	11	11	23	15	19	28	15	16	17	17	10	11	19	23	15	15	18	16	36	39	13	12
Ancestry2		William Ritter b:10 Jul 1789 NC; d:aft. 1870 Claiborne Co., TN possible son or grandson of Jesse Ritter, Sr.	R1b1	14	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	14	13	30	17			11	11	23		19	28	15	16	16	17	10	11	19	23								12
Ancestry3		James Ritter b. ca. 1802-Feb 1804 NC or SC, probably grandson of Jessie Ritter of Moore Co., NC	R1b1	14	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	14	13	30	17			11	11	23		19	28	15	16	17	17	10	11	19	23								12
N51803		Unknown Ritter	R1b1	14	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	11	14	13	30
4640		John Ritter b: < 1775 PA, d ca.1826, Tuscarawas Co., OH (via son George)	I1d1 (I-P109)	13	23	15	10	13	14	11	15	11	12	11	28	15	8	9	8	12	24	16	19	28	12	15	15	16	11	10	19	21	15	14	18	21	35	36	12	10
121608		John Ritter b: < 1775 PA, d ca.1826, Tuscarawas Co., OH (via son John jr.)	I1d1	13	23	15	10	13	14	11	15	11	11	11	27	15	8	9	8	12	24	16	19	28	12	15	15	16	11	10	19	21	15	14	18	21	35	36	12	10
GeneTree1		John Ritter b: < 1775 PA, d ca.1826, Tuscarawas Co., OH (via son John jr.)	I1d1	13	23	15	10	13	14	11	15	11	12	11	28	15	8	9	8	12	24	16	19	28	12	15	15	16	12	10	19	21	15	14	18	21	35	36	12	10
211255		Frederick Ritter b: ca. 1790 PA, d ca. 1848 Vermillion Co., IL	I1d1	13	23	15	10	13	14	11	15	11	12	11	28	16	8	9	8	12	24	16	19	28	12	15	15	16	11	10	19	21	15	14	18	21	35	36	12	10
27810		George Ritter b. ca. 1685 maybe Germany, d 1761 in Exeter Twp, Berks, PA	I1d1	13	23	15	10	13	14	11	15	11	12	12	28	15	8	9	8	12	23	16	19	28	12	15	15	16	11	10	19	21	16	14	18	21	34	36	12	10
170701		George Ritter b. ca. 1685 maybe Germany, d 1761 in Exeter Twp, Berks, PA	I1d1	13	23	15	10	13	14	11	15	11	12	11	28	15	8	9	8	12	23	16	19	28	12	15	15	16
7171		Charles Ritter b. 1803 PA; d. 1878 Northampton Co., PA	I2a	13	25	15	11	12	12	11	13	11	15	11	30	17	8	9	11	11	25	14	22	30	11	14	14	14
25080		Henry Ritter b. ca.1715 Palatinate, Germany; d. 1797 Lehigh Co, PA	I2a	13	25	15	11	12	12	11	13	11	14	11	29	18	8	9	11	11	25	14	22	30	11	14	14	14
206633		Henry Ritter b. ca.1715 Palatinate, Germany; d. 1797 Lehigh Co, PA	I2a	13	25	15	11	12	12	11	13	11	14	11	29	18	8	9	11	11	25	14	22	31	11	14	14	14	11	9	11	21	14	12	19	20	34	34	12	10
262805		Henry Ritter b. ca.1715 Palatinate, Germany; d. 1797 Lehigh Co, PA	I2a	13	25	15	11	12	12	11	13	11	14	11	29	18	8	9	11	11	25	14	22	30	11	14	14	14	11	9	11	21	14	12	19	19	34	34	12	10
258481		Martin Ritter b. ca.1716 Palatinate, Germany, d. 1789 Northampton Co., PA	I2a	13	25	15	11	12	12	11	13	12	14	11	30	18	8	9	11	11	25	14	22	30	11	14	14	14	11	9	11	21	14	12	19	19	34	34	12	10
121824		John Ritter b. ca. 1766 Northampton PA; d. ca. 1811 Stark Co., OH	I2a	13	25	15	11	12	12	11	13	11	14	11	29	18	8	9	11	11	25	14	22	30	11	14	14	14
21191178 (Genebase)		Thomas Ritter arrived VA 1634 on ship Alexander	I2a	13	25	15	11	12	12			11	14	11	29	18	8	9	10	11	25	14	22	30	11		14	14		10			14							10
6103727-2 (Relative Genetics)		Elias Ritter b. 1790-1794 PA. Lived Somerset, PA/Stark, OH. (through son Elias jr.)	I1	14	22	15	10	13	14	11	14	11	12	11	28				8	11	21								9	10	18	21								10
39287		Elias Ritter b. 1790-1794 PA. Lived Somerset, PA/Stark, OH. (through son Elias jr.)	I1	14	22	15	10	13	14	11	14	11	12	11	28	15	8	9	8	11	21	16	19	28	13	14	15	15
63684		Elias Ritter b. 1790-1794 PA. Lived Somerset, PA/Stark, OH. (through son David)	I1	14	22	15	10	13	14	11	14	11	12	11	28	15	8	9	8	11	21	16	19	28	13	14	15	15
103927		John Leiter Ritter b. 1799 (1800?) in Leitersburg, MD; d. Feb 1864, OH	I1	14	22	15	10	13	14	11	14	11	12	11	28	16	8	9	8	11	21	16	19	28	13	14	15	15
25110		Jacob Ritter ca.1807 PA	I1	13	23	14	10	12	14	11	14	11	12	11	28	15	7	9	8	11	23	15	20	29	12	14	14	16	10	10	19	21	14	14	16	19	32	38	12	10
8791		John Ritter b. 1777 NC; d. 1867 St. Joseph Co., IN	I1	13	22	14	10	13	14	11	14	11	12	11	30	17	8	9	8	11	23	16	20	28	15	15	15	16
N41583		Ritter	E1b1b1	13	24	13	10	17	19	11	12	11	13	11	30
9150		Samuel Ritter b. 1816 NC; d. 1862 NC	E1b1a	13	21	17	10	16	17	11	12	12	13	11	30
49782		Samuel Ritter b. 1816 NC; d. 1862 NC	E1b1a	13	21	17	10	16	17	11	12	12	13	11	30
370784		Anthony Ritter b. ca. 1729/1730 Germany (or Baltimore); d. 1779 Maryland	R1a1a (M512)	13	24	15	10	12	14	12	12	10	13	11	29	15	9	10	11	11	25	14	20	33	13	15	15	16	10	11	19	23	15	16	20	17	34	35	14	11
561936		Anthony Ritter b. ca. 1729/1730 Germany (or Baltimore); d. 1779 Maryland	R1a1a (M512)	13	24	15	10	12	14	12	12	10	13	11	29	15	9	10	11	11	25	14	20	33	13	15	15	16	10	11	19	23	15	16	21	17	34	36	14	11
43088		Wilhelmus Reuter b. 1740 Luxembourg; d. 1827 Luxembourg	R1b1b2	13	24	14	10	11	14	12	12	11	13	13	29	17	9	9	11	11	25	15	19	29	15	16	16	17	11	10	18	19	15	14	18	17	35	39	12	12
118360		Jakob Ritter b. 1844 Hochheim, Ukraine; d. 1930 Hochheim, Ukraine	R1b1b2	13	24	14	10	11	14	12	12	11	12	13	28	15	9	10	11	11	25	15	17	30	15	15	17	18	10	11	19	23	15	17	20	17	36	38	12	12
65280		Ritter	R1b1b2	13	24	14	10	11	14	12	12	11	12	14	29
154370		John Ritter b. ca. 1763 Bedford, VA, d. Dec 1793 Franklin Co., VA	R1b1b2	13	24	14	11	12	14	12	12	13	12	13	28	18	9	10	11	11	25	15	19	30	15	15	17	17	11	11	19	23	15	15	16	18	37	37	12	13
N23084		Johann Joseph Conrad Ridder b. ca. 1797 Westphalia; d. 1861 Adams Co., IL	R1b	13	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	29
220625		Simon Ritter b.25 July 1789 PA, d. ? possibly NY	R1b1a2	13	24	14	10	11	13	12	12	14	13	14	29	17	9	10	11	11	24	14	18	29	15	15	15	17	11	9	19	23	16	15	19	17	34	36	12	12
N51841		John Ritter b. 1785 in Pennsylvania d.1838 in Blockley, Philadelphia, PA	R1b1c	13	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	14	14	31
86891		Ritter	R1b1c	13	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	14	14	31	17	9	10	11	11	25	14	18	30	15	15	16	17	11	10	19	23	15	15	19	18	37	39	13	12
N48579		Joannes Reitter b. late 1700's, Austria	G	14	22	15	10	13	14	11	12	12	12	11	29	20	9	9	9	11	23	16	20	27	12	14	14	14	11	10	19	20	15	13	17	17	36	40	12	10
Ancestry4		Jacob Ritter prob. Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz	G2a	14	23	16	10	14	14	11	13	11	12	11	29	15			11	11	23		21	31	12	12	13	13	10	11	20	20								10
N34099		Reiter	I2b	15	23	16	10	14	16	11	13	11	14	12	32
N72434		Johann Ritter b. ca. 1740 in Baden, Germany; d. Germany	I2b1	14	23	15	10	15	16	11	13	11	14	12	32	15	8	10	11	11	25	14	20	27	11	14	14	14	12	11	19	21	14	14	17	18	35	41	12	10
N34356		Ritter Germany	R1b1	13	25	14	11	11	16	12	12	14	13	13	29
N31265		Ritter Germany	R1b1c	13	24	14	11	12	13	12	12	11	13	13	29
Sor		Anonymous Ritter VA-IN From Sorenson	J2?	12	24	14	11	14	16	11	15	12	14	11	30	17	8	9	11	11	26	14	20	28	13	16	16	16	10	11	19	22	14						12	10
Sor		Anonymous Ritter Brazil From Sorenson	E3b	13	24	13	11	16	17	11	12	13	14	11	30	15	9	9	11	11	26	14	20	32					9	11	19	21	16						11	10
Sor		Anonymous Ritter NY-OH From Sorenson	R1b	13	24	14	10	11	13	12	12	13	13	14	30	17	9	10	11	11	24	14	18	29	15	15	15	17	10	9	19	23	16						12	12

R1b		Most common values for R1b (from W. Athey's haplogroup predictor)		13	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	29	17	9	10	11	11	25	15	19	29	15	15	17	17	11	11	19	23	16	15	18	17	36	38	12	12
I1		Most common values for haplogroup I1 (from W. Athey's haplogroup predictor)		13	22	14	10	13	14	11	14	11	12	11	28	15	8	9	8	11	23	16	20	28	12	14	15	16	10	10	19	21	14	14	16	20	35	36	12	10

Click on the name of the Ritter ancestor to see the lineage.

The DYS numbers in red are said by Family Tree DNA to be the fastest changing markers-the most likely to mutate.

Cells that are colored brown/tan indicate markers with differences when compared to other participants. Blank cells (white) are markers not tested.

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If you a male Ritter descended strictly through males from an ancestoral Ritter and would like to participate, please contact Donna Ritter Riley at drriley@prodigy.net or Phil Ritter at philr@stanford.edu. Females do not have y-chromosomes but might want to sponsor a close male Ritter relative.

Haplotypes and Haplogroups. The R1b and I1 modal (most common) haplotypes are included for comparison. Kits 2671, 2672, 8329, 9148, and 9149 differ from the most common R1b values by three (marked in tan on the R1b haplogroup line). Since DYS389_2 includes the values of DYS389_1, these are only two differences from the most common values. Kits 4640 and 6103727-2 differ from the modal values for I1 by 3 or 4 among the markers shown. These haplogroups represent the likely haplotype of ancient ancestors (8,000 or 12,000 years ago or more). In addition to telling us about our "deep" genealogy, they are useful for understanding if matches are accidental or not. For example, Kits 2671, 2672, 8329, 9148, and 9149 appear to belong to a very common haplogroup, but since they each share the same three differences from the modal values for that haplogroup, they are likely to be more recently related. Kit 7077 also shares those differences but adds one more value to DYS389_1 and _2, probably indicating a more recent mutation from the common ancestor.

Kits 6103727-1 and 4640 share 11 of 15 values, but only one of their departures from the modal values of haplogroup I1a is shared. Thus it is most likely that 6103727-1 and 7171 are only accidentally similar because of convergence or perhaps because they shared the same ancestral haplogroup, in which case any common ancestor would have occurred perhaps 6,000 to 8,000 years ago, long before the surname Ritter existed. The haplogroups shown in the "Haplo." column are estimates based on the markers used in these tests, but would need to be confirmed by looking at the exact unique mutations used to define world-wide haplogroups.

Haplogroup R was once throught by some to be characteristic of the original modern-human settlers of Europe, but is now considered to have arrived later . R1b is the most common haplogroup in Europe and is particularly common on the Atlantic fringes (Ireland, Spain , Basque areas), hence often referred as the Atlantic Modal haplogroup. Older theories associated R1b withthe Cro-Magnon peoples who are believed to have displaced the Neanderthal inhabitants of Europe after the last Ice age. The R1b subgroup of R may also have been a remnant population that retreated to the Iberian peninsula during the last ice age and then repopulated western Europe as the ice retreated. Both of these theories are contested. While R1b is especially common in Western Europe, R1a is most frequent among Eastern Europeans and Scandinavians. Two descendants of an Anthony Ritter who settled in Maryland belong to the R1a haplogroup (370784 and 561936)

The ancestors of Haplogroup I are also said to have been early Paleolithic hunter-gatherers (once claimed to be associated with the Gravettian Culture). Many ancient DNA recovered from bones of early Europeans has turned out to belong to various I or IJ branches. . Some have suggested that haplogroup I may descend from an ice-age refuge population in the Balkins area. The I haplotypes are especially common in Scandinavia and Central Europe. I1 was formerly called I1a. Participant 4640 has been confirmed to be I1d1 by SNP tests (which looks at the more rare mutations that uniquely determine each haplogroup), specifically I-P109. This is the second (yellow) group. Participant 25080 has been confirmed to be I2a (formerly I1b).

Halogroup E1b1a (formerly E3a) is an African haplogroup. Partcipant 9150 is African American but was suspected of having a white Ritter ancestor. The results confirmed his patrilineal ancestor was of African origin. The nearest matches to 9150 were from Gambia and Senegal in West Africa. Partipant 49728 was recently found to match 9150 and they share a common ancestor four genrations ago.

Kits ID numbers that begin with an N joined as part of the National Geographic sponsored Genographic Project. Several from this project have joined without yet furnishing lineage information. A few participants have been tested with Ancestry.com (formerly using the Relative Genetics lab), and other companies such as GeneTree and Genebase.

Three anonymous participants from the Sorenson project are also included but do not match anyone else. The are identified with "Sor," but no information about their ancestry is included.

Last Updated: May 2018, Philip Ritter