Genetic Genealogy
The Edmund Rice (1638) Association has conducted extensive haplotype DNA testing on males known to or believed to have descended from seven sons of Edmund Rice. Data show that the 111 tested Y-chromosome markers (Y-STR) from known descendants of Edmund are consistent with Haplogroup I1 (DYS455 = 8; YCA-IIa,b = 19, 21) with likely Norse/Scandinavian (DYS511 = 10; DYS462 = 13) or lesser likely Anglo-Saxon deep ancestry origin. Thus Edmund's reconstructed haplotype lacks specific characteristics of Haplogroup R1b consistent with Celtic Welsh, Briton, or Irish ancestry predominantly found in other Rice family lines (See: Y-DNA haplogroups by ethnic groups). Additionally, the Haplogroup I1 result for Edmund Rice is consistent with his presumed origins in East Anglia, because this haplogroup is very frequently found among residents in that region of England and there is historic and archaeological evidence of Scandinavian colonization of the region
The testing also revealed direct male descendants with the surname King as a name change had occurred with Samuel Rice 1667-1713, (aka Lt. Samuel Rice King). Likewise some descendants with Edmund Rice genetic markers have the surname Royce due to name changes, e.g. Alpheus Rice 1787-1871 (aka Capt. Alpheus Royce). The testing further revealed genetic markers of Edmund Rice among members of the Mohawk nation with the surname of Rice; with the tested individuals most probably having descended from Silas Rice, one of four Rice boys who were captured during Queen Anne's War by Mohawks on 8 August 1704 at Marlborough (later Westborough), Massachusetts, carried off and raised in Kahnawake, Canada.
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