Hello Kathleen,

Click the Paternal Line link under My Ancestry from the 23andme Home Page for your grandson to get an overview of his Haplogroup assignment. The Map, History, Haplogroup Tree & Community subsections will be very helpful.

You should also develop an ancestor chart (family tree) for you grandson .... parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc. using birth, marriage and death records for each individual as applicable. In particular you want to follow his HAYES paternal lines. Your focus will be on Tappahannock, VA which is in Essex County, VA, right?

Hope this gets you started and best wishes as you await his Relative Finder results.

Art Thomas

Parent Message:

My Grandson whose Grandfather is a Hayes from Tappahannock VA has a E1b1a8a haplogroup

Any thoughts? it is at 23andme and his Relative Finder did not load yet.

Kathleen