Hello,
My cousin just upgraded their Y-DNA from a 12 marker to 37 marker. Now that the results are in, we are having trouble understanding what the results tell us.
Now besides my cousin, we found another relative who has the same common ancestor as our family...be he tested his DNA with ancestry. Now ancestry tests markers in a different order than familytree dna... so even though the other cousin had 37 markers tested... they are not the same 37 as our Y-DNA test. Still out of the common tested markers, my familytree DNA cousin matched my ancestry DNA cousin with all but one maker. Now their common ancestor was born in 1801 and died in 1861 so not that long ago really. I know from my experience with my Harris DNA that being off by one marker is quit common. However, usually when a family member is off by one marker, it is only a slight difference for instance, one value might be 24 and the other will be 23. But does it mean anything if the difference is further off. For instance on the Marker Y-GATA-H4, my cousin who tested with Y-DNA has the value 11, while my cousin who tested with ancestry has the value of 22. Is this normal and if not, what could it mean?
Also, my familytree DNA cousin, matches another surname 36 out of 37 markers, and a couple of other surnames 35 out of 37 markers...does this mean there is a family connection between the lines somewhere?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
My cousin just upgraded their Y-DNA from a 12 marker to 37 marker. Now that the results are in, we are having trouble understanding what the results tell us.
Now besides my cousin, we found another relative who has the same common ancestor as our family...be he tested his DNA with ancestry. Now ancestry tests markers in a different order than familytree dna... so even though the other cousin had 37 markers tested... they are not the same 37 as our Y-DNA test. Still out of the common tested markers, my familytree DNA cousin matched my ancestry DNA cousin with all but one maker. Now their common ancestor was born in 1801 and died in 1861 so not that long ago really. I know from my experience with my Harris DNA that being off by one marker is quit common. However, usually when a family member is off by one marker, it is only a slight difference for instance, one value might be 24 and the other will be 23. But does it mean anything if the difference is further off. For instance on the Marker Y-GATA-H4, my cousin who tested with Y-DNA has the value 11, while my cousin who tested with ancestry has the value of 22. Is this normal and if not, what could it mean?
Also, my familytree DNA cousin, matches another surname 36 out of 37 markers, and a couple of other surnames 35 out of 37 markers...does this mean there is a family connection between the lines somewhere?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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