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Originally posted by T E Peterman View PostNo one's DNA exists in isolation. Your y-DNA is inherited from your patriline & shared with all of your patrilineal (usually same surname) relatives.
Bits & pieces of your autosomal DNA are shared with relatives on all sides of your family. That is why Family Finder achieves the mystical task of finding family.
Timothy Peterman
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The R1b Backbone pack has gone up to $99, if anyone didn't already notice. This is still value for money for anyone who is predicted R1b from a Ydna 12,25,37 or 67 marker test. YSNPs are needed to confirm which branch of the R1b tree you are on.
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Originally posted by Lincoln View PostI am glad I did not order it. Group I am in said we should not, as it would be a waste or something.
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Originally posted by David Guetta View PostIf you haven't already ordered an individual SNP test for DF27 then the panel test could be useful for you. The WAHM is found in a wide variety of R1b subclades including U106 and P312 subclades and this test is a time and cost effecient way of covering the bases. Even if you have ordered DF27 it could still be useful, as the test includes some subclades of DF27 and there is no guarantee that you are DF27 anyway.
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R1b SNP sale: New Sample Required?
I sponsored a kit for Y37, just got the results - R-M269. I'm wondering about the SNP sale - will he have to re-swab, or can they use the same sample?
Also just ordered the upgrade to Y67 - can they use his same sample or will he have to re-swab? Thanks - new and overwhelmed - Copeland surname project -M Penrose
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In general, FTDNA should be able to use existing samples. If perchance the supply gets exhausted or "spoiled," FTDNA apparently now sends an email requesting postal address confirmation before sending out a new kit. You must respond to this email, otherwise--from what I've seen--your test order may be put into a "limbo" state.
As an administrator, I dread that limbo state because it is almost impossible to track--the test no longer appears on the administrator's Pending Lab Results page. This situation is particularly alarming when the test was very expensive (e.g., the Big Y). In my project, I know that one Big Y order is in limbo, and I worry that others might be also.
By the way: If you order anything more by September 5, try this coupon code:
swede2015
It appears to reduce by 15% the price of any purchase of $99 or more.
There is another coupon that apparently reduces by $30 the price of any purchase of $149 or more:
swede30Last edited by lgmayka; 30 August 2015, 07:04 PM.
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Okay. I'm confused. Confused because I don't always understand what I've done, after doing it .. or why. I ordered the R1b-M343 Backbone Pack when it was on sale. So I kept waiting for notification the testing was done since late July, but see today that it was completed 8/18 (no notification). I've previously been determined to be Y-DNA R-M222. Maybe the test wasn't right for me, maybe it was. I still don't know or understand. When I look at the SNP's on the descending lineage the lowest positive continues to be M-222 and at that point there's a solicitation to pay $119 for additional testing. I recall that we were told that if the test wasn't appropriate for us individually, after we paid and the results were in we wouldn't be charged. I'll have to look at my bank statement to see what happened. But I still don't know what I should be looking for, to determine if anything new is revealed. Sorry for being such a klutz with this stuff, but I've never fully understood the 'drilling down' into the DNA. Thanks for whatever "light" you can shed on my situation.
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Originally posted by Bill Masterson View PostOkay. I'm confused. Confused because I don't always understand what I've done, after doing it .. or why. I ordered the R1b-M343 Backbone Pack when it was on sale. So I kept waiting for notification the testing was done since late July, but see today that it was completed 8/18 (no notification). I've previously been determined to be Y-DNA R-M222. Maybe the test wasn't right for me, maybe it was. I still don't know or understand. When I look at the SNP's on the descending lineage the lowest positive continues to be M-222 and at that point there's a solicitation to pay $119 for additional testing. I recall that we were told that if the test wasn't appropriate for us individually, after we paid and the results were in we wouldn't be charged. I'll have to look at my bank statement to see what happened. But I still don't know what I should be looking for, to determine if anything new is revealed. Sorry for being such a klutz with this stuff, but I've never fully understood the 'drilling down' into the DNA. Thanks for whatever "light" you can shed on my situation.
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Originally posted by Bill Masterson View PostI've previously been determined to be Y-DNA R-M222.
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Originally posted by 1798 View PostIf you are still M222 after this test then you must be negative for all the downstream M222 SNPs that were in it.
Originally posted by lgmayka View PostAre you saying that, prior to ordering the SNP Pack, you had already undergone a SNP test at FTDNA which showed you to be M222+ ? If, prior to ordering the SNP pack, you were already a confirmed ("green") R-M222, then FTDNA should not have been advertising the SNP pack to you.
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Originally posted by Bill Masterson View PostThank you.
Yes, prior to ordering the SNP Pack I was shown to be M-222, and I received an e-mail suggesting I take advantage of the "special offer."
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