Hello all,
Newbie here and trying to understand my results for the first time. I'm adopted and searching for anything re my past. I relative would be great, but even a surname from long ago would be nice. To that end, people in adoption forums recommended the Y-DNA test at the highest level I could afford. So I ordered the Y-DNA 111 marker test.
Results are in and I have no matches at 25 and up. At the 12 marker level I have 700+ matches of which 53 are exact (0). Within the exacts it appears a good chunk of the surnames are Irish (which makes sense from what I've learned so far).
Can I learn anything from my results? Are any of these surnames also my likely Paternal line? How can I find out? Or are the 12 marker tests too distant to learn anything as an adoptee? Is there a way to find out what marker/SNP is causing me to be so unique?
Also, I am in group M417. But I thought I'd learn more than this, especially at the Y-DNA 111 level (the price is crazy!). I already learned this much from 23andme. Do I have to order additional SNP testing to identify more? If so, how do I know which ones to order (without wasting even more money that I already did on the Y-DNA 111 test which ultimately proved a waste? FTDNA offers many options.
I truly appreciate any help and guidance you can offer. And please, I'm a newbie so please remember I don't know many acronyms and prefer laymans terms when explaining if possible.
Thanks so much!
Shane
Newbie here and trying to understand my results for the first time. I'm adopted and searching for anything re my past. I relative would be great, but even a surname from long ago would be nice. To that end, people in adoption forums recommended the Y-DNA test at the highest level I could afford. So I ordered the Y-DNA 111 marker test.
Results are in and I have no matches at 25 and up. At the 12 marker level I have 700+ matches of which 53 are exact (0). Within the exacts it appears a good chunk of the surnames are Irish (which makes sense from what I've learned so far).
Can I learn anything from my results? Are any of these surnames also my likely Paternal line? How can I find out? Or are the 12 marker tests too distant to learn anything as an adoptee? Is there a way to find out what marker/SNP is causing me to be so unique?
Also, I am in group M417. But I thought I'd learn more than this, especially at the Y-DNA 111 level (the price is crazy!). I already learned this much from 23andme. Do I have to order additional SNP testing to identify more? If so, how do I know which ones to order (without wasting even more money that I already did on the Y-DNA 111 test which ultimately proved a waste? FTDNA offers many options.
I truly appreciate any help and guidance you can offer. And please, I'm a newbie so please remember I don't know many acronyms and prefer laymans terms when explaining if possible.
Thanks so much!
Shane
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