Questions

1. Where Did the Bilodeaus of France come from? Records indicate that the name Bilodeau was new to France in the 1600’s when Jacques Bilodeau came to New France. So were did we come from?
   
2. Bilodeaus of France, how closely related are they to the Bilodeaus of North America?
   
3. There are still Bilodeaus that seem to have no paper connection to the main Bilodeau line. Are they connected, and if so where?
   
4. Could Bilodeau's had Jewish Ancestery? Could our anestors been a part of the Sephardic Jews that left Spain in the 1600's?

I doubt any of these questions can be answered using documents alone, and that’s why I’m starting a new chapter in the Bilodeau family search, I’m looking into our genes.Working with the National Geographic Genographic Project, I have collected the first 12 Markers in my specific Y-Chromosome DNA.

These markers have been checked by Dr. Leo Paul Bilodeau and Mr. Michael Joseph Billadeau, III.

These are on the Y-Chromosome DNA should be the same for all Male Bilodeau DNA. So if your last name is Bilodeau and your male these are your markers too!

So what do these markers signify? Analyzing markers is a long and complicated process, so I will just go over the highlights here.We are a part of a rare Haplogroup G and subgroup G2.

M201—Founder of Haplogroup G The first guy to have the M201 mutation which distinguishes our Haplogroup G is thought to have lived about 30,000 years ago along the eastern edge of the Middle East, perhaps as far east as the Himalayan foothills in Pakistan or India. It is a very rare group and is only spread very thinly across europe.

Here are some links that talk about Haplogroup G:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gallgaedhil/haplo_g.htm
http://home.comcast.net/~whitathey/

* These are my results they may not be the same for all Bilodeau males, here are the reasons why:
1. Past infidelity. Although on paper we all come from one founder, infidelity could bring new Y chromosomes into our history.
2. Adoption.
3. An error at the lab that did the testing.
4. Mutation in the Y chromosomes could make our DNA slightly different.

All of these reasons will be eventually removed as more Bilodeaus get their own DNA tested. As more Bilodeaus get tested and submit their results to me, we will be able to build a genetic data base to answer the really big Bilodeau questions.

Additional Links

English
http://www.familytreedna.com/dna101.html
http://www.brian-hamman.com/ModalsForG.htm

French
http://cg.ensmp.fr/~vert/teaching/2004telecom/telecom.pdf
http://cerbere.ca/dnacf/portail-fr.htm
http://64.235.209.83/genetique/YDNA.htm

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