23 and Me's RF is the same as FTDNA's FF. 23 and Me also tested your Y-DNA and gave you your haplogroup. They also tested your mtDNA and gave you that haplogroup as well. But you transferred RF, not your Y-DNA or mtDNA. But I can tell you about them. I'll look and see if your phone number is listed on your FTDNA page. Then I'll send you a private email with some times and days to call. I think I have 2 more people to call and then I've cleared my back log.
Cheri On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > > -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- 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.
