Elaine asked this question last month: <<How many people have actually had matches in your database. Close matches?>>
Because FTDNA did a resyncing of the database a couple of months ago, I may be missing something in the mitochondrial (mt) DNA grouping (can't ungroup and regroup people which went ka-phooey with the resync). And I'll give all matches, since there's not that many close ones. On the Y DNA side (male DNA - a man's father's father's father's line - all men, all the way back) 12 marker level: This is anthropological. Think Fred Flintstone. There are 22 different marker strings and they probably match way back in Africa, before the spread of mankind to Europe. 25 marker level: Less anthropological, but may still not be a good genealogy match. There are 3 matches, consisting of 7 different men. Three of the men have marker string A, two men have marker string B, and two men have marker string C. I didn't break this down for the 12 marker level because there were so many (and it's anthropological). 37 marker level: This is getting to be genealogical!! Three men match the same. But I think that they are all cousins and came from the same family researcher getting different cousins in her family to test. 67 marker level: None yet. On the mtDNA side (either male or female testing their mother's mother's mother's line - all women all the way back). 9 matches for haplogroup H, but these are all HVR1 matches (match probably back in Africa) with the exception of 2 of the people who have a really rare mutation. They did make I connection if my memory serves me right. 2 people match each other in haplogroup J at the HVR1 level 2 people match each other in haplogroup K at the HVR1 level 2 people match each other in haplogroup R at the HVR1 level 4 people match each other in haplogroup W at the HVR1 and HVR2 level. But, I think 2 of these testees were already known to be related to each other. I can't remember how the other 2 panned out. -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
