Sneak Peak at FTDNA New Features

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There is a RootsTech presentation for FTDNA called Sneak Peek at FamilyTreeDNA New Features and Upcoming Releases. First she describes what has already changed, then gives a preview of what is to come soon....

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If you join a project for your haplogroup, projects have forums and you could ask your question there. There might be project administrators or other members who could answer.
It is possible your private mutation could make a new branch.

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So, ethnicity estimates are well known to be the least accurate part of DNA testing for genealogy. Don't stress over the differences, and I wouldn't bother asking for a review, because the estimates will probably change whenever the next update comes out. I'm sure there are many posts here in the forums...

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Autosomal testing is the only way for a female to match people related to her father's family, unless she has a male relative with the same father who would test. She might need to do testing at other companies, or transfer to MyHeritage, which is the only one that will accept a transfer from FTDNA....

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Yeah, I don't think the Learning Center gets updated often enough.

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Don't know about MyHeritage, but for FTDNA: https://learn.familytreedna.com/ftdn...-with-matches/

You can choose to opt out completely from sharing with matches, or share with only certain levels: https://help.familytreedna.com/hc/en...2271-Setting-P...

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Sounds like he's fishing for business - basically a scam. Easiest way to see if he's a match to one of your kits, other than asking him which one, is to download their match lists and search for his name.

But why would a match contact you to solicit your business?

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Try http://www.familytreedna.com/contact.aspx

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d_w could follow this chart for a testing plan from the DNA Detectives:



It doesn't matter if you don't have unknown parentage, it's just a plan for efficient testing....