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Thus far, FTDNA is batting a thousand for me, and I appreciate it.
All of my 24/25 matches faded.
I have a 34/37 with a man named Webb (not my surname), and that is the closest.
Those 24/25 matches with folks named Price (also not my surname) all fizzled. The last and closest of them (with a Dr. Price) stands at a genetic distance of 4. I don't know what happened with the others. They are even further removed.
My score in Whit Athey's Y-Haplogroup Predictor went from 66 for R1b to 73 (anything over 50 is considered a good fit).
Now I am waiting for my Deep SNP-R1b in Batch 155 and for someone with my surname or one of its variants to test and match me or come close.
Thus far, FTDNA is batting a thousand for me, and I appreciate it.
Glad to hear. As problematic as DNA testing can be, FTDNA deserves kudos.
Originally posted by Stevo
All of my 24/25 matches faded.
I have a 34/37 with a man named Webb (not my surname), and that is the closest.
Those 24/25 matches with folks named Price (also not my surname) all fizzled. The last and closest of them (with a Dr. Price) stands at a genetic distance of 4. I don't know what happened with the others. They are even further removed.
You're slightly better off that I am...my matches faded out at 25 markers and except for a distant cousin, I paid to have tested, my nearest matches are 33/37.
The good news is that when you and I see that match to someone of our surname, we'll be pretty sure we've found a relative.
Glad to hear. As problematic as DNA testing can be, FTDNA deserves kudos.
I agree. I am well pleased with FTDNA.
Now I'm hoping my Deep SNP-R1b (due July 17) will be on time, as well.
Originally posted by DMac
You're slightly better off that I am...my matches faded out at 25 markers and except for a distant cousin, I paid to have tested, my nearest matches are 33/37.
The good news is that when you and I see that match to someone of our surname, we'll be pretty sure we've found a relative.
I had a feeling those near-hits at 25 markers would fizzle out, and they did.
You are right, though. When we do finally get a surname match, it will be the real deal.
We just have to recruit some more folks for testing.
I would like to say that I like this forum - although it moves too damn slowly sometimes - and especially this thread, which has been a lot of fun for me and really relieved the tedium of waiting for test results.
This is mostly a friendly place, something that is rare among internet fora.
I wish we could post polls here and I also wish we could use avatars, though.
I'm still waiting for batches 143 (mtDNA re-runs) and 146 (37-to-66 upgrade). Frankly, I suspect that at this point all other work is secondary to getting the much-ballyhooed 37-to-66 upgrade out the door. For example, Ysearch still needs to permit the entering of all 66 markers.
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