I ended my original Rosell, Rossell, Rozell and De Roselle families research post by saying that the paper trail has probably been exhausted and we must turn to science for a more accurate view of how these various Rosell/Rozel/etc. lines are connected.
I am very grateful to my Roselle second cousin for testing his Y-DNA with FTDNA! I can now be confident that, on my line, I know the haplogroup of my immigrant ancestor (barring any unknown paternal mishaps). My second cousin was tested at the "Big Y" level which shows all of his markers and, therefore, his exact haplogroup: E-FT248568. This falls under the general haplogroup of E-M35/E-V22 (23&Me shows E-V22 as L-677.
My second cousin had many Y-DNA matches and several with the "Big-Y" markers. From this, I can report with complete confidence that the brothers (Charles and Joseph Roszel of Sussex County, New Jersey) are related to the Peter Rozel/Roszel born approximately 1718 who married Ann Gray and moved to Loudoun County, Virginia.
The other very important fact now established by Y-DNA testing is that my Roselle line of New Jersey is not at all connected to the New Jersey Quaker line of Zachariah Rossell (I-FT207365 under the general haplogroup of I1. There were three men who descend from Zachariah Rossell who tested and fall in this same haplogroup. And, based upon their Y-DNA matches, this line was in England before coming to America.
I continue to urge men with any of these variant surnames to have their Big-Y DNA test done at FTDNA. The more branches (e.g. the Westchester County, New York branch and the Trenton, New Jersey branch) that are tested the closer we come to knowing exactly where our lines come together.
For my Y-DNA update of January 2024 please see this post:
https://branchesleavesandroots.blogspot.com/2024/01/setting-record-straight-part-three-what.html
