Too Many Matches

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Thank you very much for taking the time to look into this. I knew from reading previous answers that you were the right person to ask, but I didn't have any right to expect such thoroughness! Thanks again!

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vraatyah, can you help me with a question?

I see many questions about no or very few matches. My daughter in law (Phillipina) (8J3JQ), has no matches on HVR-1. My son (Y79NS), even though Haplogroup H, has no matches on 1 & 2.

I, however, as a T2 (CCY7D) (126C, 294T,...

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Thank you for the information. Since Russian soldiers burned the church records at my grandfather's birthplace in 1945, I may never know whether the first or second possibility is the right one.

I had a 37 marker y-chromosome DNA test done at Relative Genetics, which gave me about 70%...

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Polish Project

What is the "Polish Project"? I am not with ftDNA - can I access it?

My grandfather came from Upper Silesia, now Poland, and, though the surname is obviously German, I am haplogroup R1a1, which is more common in the East?

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Where to HVR-2 test?

I had HVR-1 tested last year at Oxford Ancestors, on a Mother's Day Special. (126, 294, 296, 304). Now I find that they do not do an upgrade to HVR-2. I asked Relative Genetics, as they have my Y-chromosome DNA, but they will only do the whole thing for $195....

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Thanks for the encouragement! I'll keep trying. I used to think the costs were the reason for reluctance, and I paid for a few myself, but I can't keep that up long. However, I've had a standing offer to pay for 12 for 4 months with no takers, so I really feel now that cost, at least alone, is not...

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I wonder about the MRCA calculations. What do they say about a 36/37 match? This is how a known 2nd cousin and I tested. Then, as Dentate says happens, I had a 34/37 with a previously unknown relative, but my 2nd cousin matched him at 35/37. It''s great fun - but I'm having difficulty getting many...

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When we started, Relative Genetics called it '37', now they call it '43'; they have added a few, and apparently gone back and tested our previous ones for the new total.

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Continuing - we have had some successes. Three of the U.S. families turned out to be related rather recently (-2 and -3 of 43), though we cannot find the MRCA by name. Two others that we thought probably were related, were.

I don't know. Did we waste money doing 37/43 markers, or ...

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I have a relatively uncommon surname - Gerstenberger. In the 1990 Census, it ranked 72,639th in frequency of surnames, with a Freq. of 0.000. There are only about 3 times as many households in Germany, and few in other countries, and my SWAG is that there are less than 2000 households worldwide....

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To njfreburg: actually the costs are significantly less - Y-chromosome 43 marker, for instance - $195!

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Timothy, could you please answer this for me? I'm a mtDNA haplogroup T (126, 294, 296, 304) by HVR-1. What further information might I gain by doing the HVR-2 test?

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1. No

2. What's puzzling?

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Shari, your DNA is compared with the Cambridge Reference Sequence (CRS), for differences. The CRS is merely the first woman tested, and has no magical significance. You just have the same sequence as she did, ie., the CRS.

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It is difficult to believe it would make any difference, since it is not a requirement of Relative Genetics, Oxford Ancestors, or Ethnoancestry!