How Many People actually get Family Finder Results in the 3-4 week time Frame given..

[larzus]

I was wondering if perhaps they haven't released any results at all this week for any FF kits, which would be a little strange.

The good news is that all the extra sales generated by the big holiday sale might mean lots of new matches to come in the next few months!

Yes, I agree. The more matches the better.

I think it is the case though, that they have released no results at all.

I had a kit in Batch 601 which came through 7th January. Batch 602 is next and has not been released. So nothing has been released. There has certainly been a delay. I'm hoping they still want them through before Thursday when presumably Batch 603 ought to come out.

I've just had two kits batched on 14th Jan in Batch 605, received by lab on 16th Jan (about 12 hours ago I'm guessing). They are still batching to the same schedule, a batch a week.

[dna]

Perhaps many people gifted DNA Kits as Holiday presents, thus the FTDNA Lab might be busier than other times?

If you buy a kit, USPS has to deliver it to the recipient. Samples need to be taken and sent back to Houston. All that takes time.

Also, it appears that USPS delivers samples to FTDNA sometimes only once a week. So gifts from under the tree only got to the lab very recently...

W.

[dna]

[----] I was wondering if perhaps they haven't released any results at all this week for any FF kits, which would be a little strange. [----]

Does a match from the 13th of January (Tuesday) count?

W.

[larzus]

Does a match from the 13th of January (Tuesday) count?

W.

I'd really like to know. I don't have much data to work with here but for me, all the midweek new matches (eg non Thurs/Fri) have been very distant and US based and I thought were probably due to Ancestry transfers, or perhaps due to free transfers who have just paid the upgrade to unlock all their matches.

It seems a bit forward to email them and ask what batch they were in Hopefully one of them will have a clear tree connection and I can slip in the question while working out our MRCA.

[loudam]

My matches are like this since the start of January

30th Dec - Tuesday - 5 matches
2nd Jan - Friday - 1 Match
6th Jan - Tuesday - 5 Matches
9th Jan - Friday - 3 Matches
15th Jan - Thursday - 1 Match

Bit of a pattern there with the Tuesdays and Thursdays!!

Anyone want to add their names and kit numbers to a list so we can keep track of what kits results are coming in??

Louise - Batch 604

[ShellyH]

I was wondering if perhaps they haven't released any results at all this week for any FF kits, which would be a little strange.

I received 6 new FF results on the 13th, so some matches did come in. The other kits I managed received 1 or 2 that same day. Guess I was the lucky one this time.

[loudam]

I received 6 new FF results on the 13th, so some matches did come in. The other kits I managed received 1 or 2 that same day. Guess I was the lucky one this time.

13th was a Tuesday too!!!! Anyone else getting same dates for results the last few weeks??

loudam My matches are like this since the start of January

30th Dec - Tuesday - 5 matches
2nd Jan - Friday - 1 Match
6th Jan - Tuesday - 5 Matches
9th Jan - Friday - 3 Matches
15th Jan - Thursday - 1 Match

Bit of a pattern there with the Tuesdays and Thursdays!!

[ShellyH]

13th was a Tuesday too!!!! Anyone else getting same dates for results the last few weeks??

Lots of Fridays as well, almost no Mondays or Wednesdays.

December:
1 (Monday) - 1
2 (Tuesday) - 3
3 (Wednesday) - 1
9 (Tuesday) - 2
12 (Thursday) - 5
13 (Friday) - 1
16 (Tuesday) - 1
18 (Thursday) - 1
19 (Friday) - 3
29 (Monday) - 5
30 (Tuesday) - 6

January:
2 (Friday) - 1
6 (Tuesday) - 2
9 (Friday) - 1
13 (Tuesday) - 6

So, other than and couple here and there on Mondays and Wednesdays, and the large group on Monday 12/29 (probably a holiday thing since their office was open then), most of mine are coming in on Tuesdays (20 matches), Thursdays (6 matches) and Fridays (6 matches). Tuesday is the clear winner.



loudam My matches are like this since the start of January

30th Dec - Tuesday - 5 matches
2nd Jan - Friday - 1 Match
6th Jan - Tuesday - 5 Matches
9th Jan - Friday - 3 Matches
15th Jan - Thursday - 1 Match

Bit of a pattern there with the Tuesdays and Thursdays!!

[larzus]

Mine too.

December had new matches coming in on Thursday/Friday (Australia time). January is a bit all over the place but follows the same pattern as both of you.

My kit:

19th Dec - Friday - 3
30th Dec - Tuesday - 3
6th Jan - Tuesday - 3
7th Jan - Wed - 2
13th Jan - Tuesday - 1

My son's:

19th Dec - Friday - 1
30th Dec - Tuesday - 1
6th Jan - Tuesday - 3
7th Jan - Wed - 2
9th Jan - Fri - 1
13th Jan - Tuesday - 2
15th Jan - Thurs - 1

I guess we should be looking at Tuesday for the batch release. I had a kit in batch 601 which came through on the 7th Jan, so there hasn't been another batch completion. The others must be stragglers - reruns maybe, or privates who have gone public. Unless 602 is through and my kit had a problem. Always in the back of my mind.

[ShellyH]

The others must be stragglers - reruns maybe, or privates who have gone public.

Or Ancestry or 23andMe transfers since those aren't really batched since they're not going through the lab and are simply processed in 2 - 3 business days.

[MikeP]

predicted dates

I've noticed that the predicted dates drop on Sundays. Does this have any meaning? My kit was received on 1/3, watched on 1/8, and the predicted dates for my FF test dropped on the first and second Sundays from 3-4 to 2-3, now 1-2 ...

[loudam]

MikeP

Mine always change on a sunday evening, my dads changed this evening sometime from 2-3 weeks to 1-2 weeks...

The days we get matches etc are possibly slightly variable due to time differences especially if they release them at different times of the day too..

Tuesday does seem to be a good day for results so we'll see what batches results are coming from this tuesday!!

Louise

[ShellyH]

Good catch, MikeP! My cousin's kit changed from 3 - 4 weeks to 2 - 3 weeks today. He's getting quite impatient and eager to see his results. I know how that feels!

[MikeP]

Can't wait

I'm anxious also to get some results to look at ... I have a y-dna test, but that won't be ready for at least another month - if what I've read on the forum is correct ...

[loudam]

I'm the same MikeP

Waiting on my dads results!!!