Noted with thanks, Cheri! On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 9:44 PM, Edna Epps <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Cheri, this was helpful to me! > > Edna ([email protected] > Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, and for His > wonderful works to the children of men! > Psalm 107:21 > > On Jan 2, 2015, at 5:54 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > Since a few results from the beginning of the Holiday DNA Sale will begin > to hit us next week, I thought now might be a good time to go over this. > > Y-DNA: The top of the pedigree chart. Y-DNA traces a man's father's > father's father's line only. All men, all the way back. A man must take > this test. If you're a man, you are in luck. If you are not a male, > you'll need your brother, your uncle, a male cousin whose father's father's > father's line is the one you want. > > What you get back is a string of numbers. Let's say you are the guy on > top and your match is the guy on the bottom. > 13 23 14 11 11-14 12 12 12 13 13 2913 24 14 11 11-14 12 12 > 12 13 13 29 > (Don't get too excited over my example. I used the Western Atlantic Modal > Haplotype). > > What this means is you and your match have what is called a genetic > distance of one. Genetic genealogists are a bit acronym obsessed, so they > write GD=1. > > What it REALLY means though depends on the number of markers you test. > For a genealogical match, you need to test 37 or more markers (the tests > are for 37, 67, and 111 markers). There is nothing wrong with starting at > the 12 marker level and upgrading to the 37 or higher marker level as your > budget may allow. Just don't expect anything meaningful from a 12 or 25 > marker match. > > Here is Family Tree DNA's handy dandy chart if figuring out if the genetic > distance is meaningful or not at the higher marker levels. > 37 markers: http://goo.gl/VnivpP > 67 markers: http://goo.gl/GAU7zc > 111 markers: http://goo.gl/nvG0Hp > (FTDNA loves to rearrange things, so I just go to Google and type in: > genetic distance ____ markers) > > My dad has no 37 or 67 marker matches. He has 12 and 25 marker matches, > but I have the 12 marker turned off (he is grayed out if anyone matches > him). This is under the Settings tab, if anyone gets too many emails about > this level of matching. > > 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]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > -- > 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]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- Margaret M Vicente -- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
