"Predicted Haplogroup K-M9" after backbone testing

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Southeast Asian genes did reach Madagascar, from what others have told me. The shapes and sizes of the heat maps are the same for any individual in a specific cluster, however. They are not indicative of your unique origins, they just show where your ancestral group spread its genetic influence in general....

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I agree, FTDNA seems eurocentric, probably to cater to their customer base. I suppose more Asians need to test their DNA? Not only is Oceania not its own cluster, but it isn't even covered in the "East Asia Coastal Islands" heat map. Madagascar seemed to have made the cut though.
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Thank you!...

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I wish I could see the reference populations I matched most closely! The Asian Northeast chunk is alarmingly big....

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Before + After

Before & After images attached.

Question! Are the heat maps per cluster the same size/shape for everyone or are they tailored to our individual results? My Northeast Asia chunk is massive, as you can see, and I'm wondering if the darkest area is individualized...

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LOL I am now back to predicted K-M9. I'm beginning to think I'm getting real-time updates on my backbone testing. If O-L27 disappeared...does that mean it tested negative? I must learn to be patient

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Strange indeed!

After reading your post, I double-checked my page. I now have no haplogroup badge, N/A listed on profile, and am back to the originally predicted K-M9...

What an exciting week this has been!

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Gendal, this happened to me a few days ago. My Y-DNA haplogroup changed from O1a2/O-M50 to N/A to O-L127(equivalent to O3a1), all in one week. Maybe engineering is working on our accounts slowly, but surely?

Also, on the Haplotree page, there used to be a blurb under my assigned haplogroup...

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This was just posted on the FTDNA Facebook page in response to pop finder question:

Family Tree DNA
Not today, but as soon as we're able to announce the release date, we'll let you know!

So I guess what we're really waiting for is a release date announcement =/

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As of this afternoon, my uncle's haplogroup is still listed as "predicted," but has changed from K-M9 to a more specific O-L127.

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Nope, don't mind at all! Kit number is 332913....

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Thanks for replying Elise.

I'll keep checking for that confirmation!

I actually don't have any Y-DNA matches from FTDNA. Through Y-Search, the closest matches have haplogroups O and L, albeit with a genetic distance of >4.

From Whit Athey's predictor:...

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Jcsaxx, I just posted in another thread that my page now says that uncle's predicted haplogroup K-M9. He is still "waiting for results" apparently though, as there's no completion date and I didn't get a completion email.

I'm taking the K-M9 result with a grain of salt right...

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Sorry, just double checked and K-M9's descendants are MNOPS, not LMNOP (I got caught up in the alphabet...). Along with LT and Paragroup K* according to Wikipedia.

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My backbone results aren't due until 5/27, but I noticed today that there was a "Predicted Haplogroup" on my homepage, and that group is K-M9 (totally unexpected). The results page still lists completion as "pending." In the "Haplotree and SNPs" section, K-M9 is listed...