Some time ago I took a Y-67 DNA test through Family Tree DNA.  Y-DNA is the testing of the male Y Chromosome pattern transferred from male to male along a singular family line.  As I know that Jacob Cornelis Kruize is my most distant "known" male ancestor, my Y-DNA pattern will match his.  And every Kruizenga/Kruizinga male in the lineage of Jacob Cornelis Kruize bears the same Y-DNA pattern.

I took this DNA test in high hopes of breaking through our Kruizenga family brick wall: we don't know the name of Jacob Cornelis' father.  And via existing records it is likely we would never know. 

But here's the kicker... because of Y-DNA testing, and because every Kruizenga male bears the same Y-DNA pattern, the father of Jacob Cornelis and all male descendants of that father WILL BEAR THE SAME Y-DNA we do. 

And I am convinced that a match will one day hit.  Thus far... nothing.

But here's something interesting, something that I think is worthy of some discussion.  My Y-DNA Haplogroup of "I" was confirmed due to my testing positive of the mutation M253.  Take a look at the chart below.

Does this mutation M253 offer any clues as to our family origin?  It certainly does.  The Netherlands/Belgium area has a predominant M223, while the M253 strain is mainly located in the far northern Scandinavian countries: Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.  This strain is also found, in lesser numbers, in Northern France (French Occupation - soldiers?) and Scotland/Ireland.  Interesting. 

It is my suspicion, my personal theory, that Tryntje Sybolt, mother of Jacob Cornelis Kruize, had Jacob illegitimately with a soldier.  I have no proof of this.  It is just my gut theory.  I just find it strange that I can't find Jacob's birth baptismal record in any regional churches where Jacob allegedly was born.  Why not?  Did Tryntje have family outside the Netherlands?  All conjecture.  Just has my mind spinning.

I hope to one day HIT an exact match with some distant ancestor with our Y-DNA sequence - and the M253 mutation.  It's going to happen.  With Family Tree DNA becoming ever more popular, it may happen a lot sooner than expected.  And I will be certain to post OUR GOOD FORTUNE as soon as I know.