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==Status summary==
===Completed as of April 7, 2026 ===
* Recruiting patrilineal (all male-line) descendants of Daniel Rea/Ray for NGS/WGS testing. Any male who believes they are such a descendant should [[Read me First|<big>'''Read me First'''</big>]]

<big>'''IMPORTANT: [[Read me First|Read me First'''</big>]]

===Still to do as of April 7, 2026===
* NGS/WGS test multiple Daniel Res/Ray direct paternal (Y-DNA) descendants to firmly place family clade as well as discover any subclades unique to descendants lines

==Biography==
===First Generation===
[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rea-108 Daniel Rea/Ray] was born presumably in England abt 1597, date, place and parentage currently Unknown. He died Salem bef 24 Jun 1662. He married Bethiah Jones and they had Joshua (c1627) and Bethia (c1630).

===Second Generation===
[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ray-2791 Joshua Ray] was born presumably in England abt 1627 and died Salem abt 1710. He married Salem bef 1652 Sarah Waters and they had: Samuel (1652), Daniel (1654), Rebecca (1656), Sarah (1658 d.y.), Elizabeth (1660), Sarah (1661), Bethiah (1662/3), Joshua (1664), John (1666) and Hannah (1668).

===Third Generation===
[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ray-1643 Samuel Ray]

[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ray-3157 Daniel Ray]

[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ray-2740 Joshua Ray (II)]

[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rae-357 John Rae]

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==DNA results '''I-FTA78769'''==
===Previous Y-DNA testing===
The [https://www.familytreedna.com/public/rea-ray-wray?iframe=ydna-results-overview Ray-Rhea-Rea-Wray surname DNA Project] Group: Haplogroup I contains one individual claiming Daniel Ray, b.c. 1590, Denston, Suffolk, UK as their Most Distant Known Patrilineal Ancestor (MDKPA). Close Y-STR matches of this individual have taken the Family Finder autosomal DNA test and been found to fall under I-DF29>Y2592>CTS6364>CTS10028>S6346>L22

===NGS/WGS testing===
The individual claiming Daniel Ray as his MDKPA has taken the Big Y-700 test and been found to fall into the following haplogroup: L22>BY64836>FTA78769

==External Links and References==
* Anderson, Robert Charles, ''The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633.'' New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004. Pages 385-388.

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