Success with a twist

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Here is the response I got back from FTDNA this morning, to that very question:

"I apologize for the delay in seeing your R1b SNP results. As you know, we have successfully re-validated these SNPs and everyone who is waiting on the results has been pulled and is in the process of...

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I've had good success with one group I admin. Another group I'm a member of hasn't had good results getting pedigrees....

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I don't believe they can tell you which side if YOU take the test. I believe the only way would be to have both parents take the test.

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True it's not a hard fix. Unfortunately, most of the genealogy programs currently available aren't flexible. In my opinion there's only one genealogy software program out there that is flexible enough for super-users and collectors of genealogy data. I'd have to check it to see if it could handle the...

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Genealogy databases

One of the problems with databases is that no one format or structure meets all needs. The surname issue is a case in point. Even if GEDCOM formats allowed surname prefixes, the proprietary genealogy software probably wouldn't recognize it and wouldn't download that...

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Mine's the HT3 and is heavy on Spain and Ireland/Scottish Borders. Once again the Ireland/Scotland Borders regions show up....

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Here's the top 6 for me from that chart.

Santiago de Compostela 8.7
South Ireland 8.5
Pyrenees, Spain 5.2
Borders Scotland * 4.9
Barcelona, Catalonia 4.9
North Portugal 4.9...

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After less than 8 months of waiting, I've found a 24/25 match with another Pearson who traces his ancestry back to the same person. The twist comes in when I look at other members of my haplogroup and I find a second person who matches the other Pearson with a 25/25 match but his surname is Howell....

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ZENO chronicles

You might read up on the Zeno Chronicles. It alleges that a Sir Henry Sinclair made a journey in 1398 that made it into the upper U.S. seaboard. Reference stories of the Westford Knight.

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Ancestry by percentage



Genetree.com an entity of Sorenson Labs does an Autosomal DNA test and gives results by percentage....

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There's 300+ years to the common ancestor....

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Something similiar just occurred with my DNA tests. I found a 24/25 match with a one step mutation at DYS458. That person has the same surname as me and has documentation going back to the same ancestor.

It would be interesting to get him to do a 67 marker upgrade so we can completely...

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Does this sound scottish



Better to be known as a Kimball than a Campbell...at least when it comes to Scots. Mny of my kinsmen joking refer to the bloody Campbells whenever we meet at Scottish festivals here in the states. Out of all the battles my clan fought in we...

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Pictish roots



Not fast enough for this great-grandchild of Scotland! I raise my glass of Scotch to the Picts. A people my clan claims are a part of my ancestry as much as the Norse ! ...

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Scientists or academics value publishing their work...period! I know several PhDs, and a few scientific types, that would argue the validity of any test result if it contradicted their publish results of a similiar test. It doesn't matter which side is right or wrong in its conclusions. It all boils...