Before I knew about the Azores group, I had my brother's DNA done at
Ancestry.com. There were only four matches from about 300 years ago.
Only one person answered my email. I'm now trying to figure out how to
make a GedCom with this group. :-)
- Shirl -
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Paul <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
<<I've heard about Autosomal DNA testing, in fact Ancestry.com calls
it their AncestryDNA is it as accurate as they say it is?>>
Paul G,
I don't know what AncestryDNA calls their autosomal testing product.
They don't have very many Portuguese people over there. So your chance
of getting a match is slim.
Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) is another genealogy testing company. They've
been around since 2000. They have the largest genealogy DNA
database. We have 421 members in the Azores DNA project over there
and 161 have done the FamilyFinder test. That's FTDNA's autosomal DNA
test. The Madeira project has 117 members with 33 of them doing the
Family Finder test. FTDNA traditionally holds a Holiday Sale in
December. They've been putting Family Finder on sale for $199 instead
of $289 (plus $4 postage and handling if you are a new customer). One
of the admins will post the sale when we receive notification of it.
How accurate is the testing? As accurate as the science behind it.
I've tried to find AncestryDNA's advisory board and have been
unsuccessful. I know who's behind FTDNA. They publish that on their
Who's Who page. They have a bunch of big name geneticists who are
actively working in the field and publishing research. FTDNA gives you
results for only people you match based on the current science. CeCe
Moore, Your Genetic Genealogist, posted in her blog about problems
with AncestryDNA. I'd have to look up the URL for that. Problems with
matches, problems with not even being in the right haplogroup, people
getting back inconclusive results a disproportionate amount of time (I
think FTDNA is about 2%).
Ancestry has a cheaper price than FTDNA. But you do get what you pay for.
Cheri Mello
Family Tree DNA Admin
Azores DNA Project
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