Hi Cheri, I am one of the few people here that did DNA testing through 23andMe and transferred my RF results to FF. As part of the testing I also have my maternal & paternal haplogroup. Is there some way I can get them transferred to FTDNA? Or is there someone in the group that can 'interpret' them? Paul G. On Sunday, July 21, 2013 3:41:17 PM UTC-4, Cheri Mello wrote:
> The last couple of days, I've received some questions on DNA. So I > thought I would post here what I've been telling people. > > DNA testing is going to depend on your goal. And you may not yet know > your goal. If you went to the market with the goal of making banana bread, > you will go to the produce section. You may see apples (good for pie), > oranges (good for juice), and bananas (good for making your bread, as that > was your goal). I know that's a bit of an oversimplification, but if you > keep that analogy in mind, maybe it will help. > > There are 3 main types of DNA tests at Family Tree DNA: > Y-DNA, mtDNA, and Family Finder (autosomal DNA). > > The broadest overview of genealogy would be Family Finder. That covers > the testee's entire pedigree chart back about 200 years from his/her birth > year. My dad was born in the 1930s. So I should expect results that go > back to about the 1730s (and because of intermarriage, there's a couple of > lines further back, but that's more rare). My DNA only goes back to the > 1760s. So that's why I tested my parents too. This test also gives you > broad ethnic percentages (90% Western European, 10% Middle Eastern, for > example). > > The remaining 2 types of tests are a more narrow, focused view. > Y-DNA focuses on a man's strict paternal line: His father's father's > father's line only or the top of his pedigree chart. You need a Y-DNA 37 > or 67 to get into a genealogy time frame. This test will also give the > haplogroup on that one line: R1b is the most common male European > halpogroup. J2 is more indicative of Sephardic Jewish. > > mtDNA focuses on the testee's strict maternal line: His/her mother's > mother's mother's line only or the bottom of the pedigree chart. mtDNA > mutates very, very slowly. It's difficult to get a DNA match with a random > person. Most of the information is anthropological in nature. It's best > used if you and I had a theory that our mother's mother's mother's were > sisters and we couldn't prove it. So we both take the mtDNA test and it > comes out identical. Then we know our theory is right. However, the very > first match in the Azores DNA project with FTDNA was with mtDNA! Both > individuals has a really rare mutation. The woman in California matched a > man in Brazil! > > If you want to get started in DNA testing are are unsure where to start, > I'd suggest the Family Finder test that has the broadest overview of all > the lines of the testee's pedigree chart going back about 200 years. And > for this sale, FTDNA has the price of $99! (Instead of $289). > > Please order through the Azores DNA Project here: goo.gl/TyStn > > Cheri Mello, Rick Pimentel, and Nancy Jean Baptiste > Family Tree DNA Admins (volunteer) > Azores DNA Project > -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
