Maria, I think the question you are asking is: If I get Family Finder DNA testing with ftDNA, do they use the same DNA you gave them in the first place to do Y testing? If that is your question, the answer is yes. If you are talking monetarily, each test price is separate unless they bundle certain tests to get more people to participate. I see you are interested in your husband's patrilineal line. If that is your only interest Y testing would be the course to take. When most of us talk about finding "cousins" it gets very complicated. We are not just talking about finding straight patrilineal lines or straight matrilineal lines. We are including the marriages, too. We have one mother and father, two grandmothers and grandfathers, four great grandmothers, and grandfathers, etc. Our DNA includes "cousins" from all of these people. If you have an interest in finding out all of your genealogy, I would think Family Finder would be the test you would find most useful. I hope this helps, Tish
On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Richard Francis Pimentel < rfrancispimen...@comcast.net> wrote: > *Yes Maria DNA can be confusing. Only a male can be tested for his Y- DNA > woman do not carry the Y Chromosome so they cannot be tested. The Family > finder test sample can be used to test the Y-DNA only if it came from a > male. The results of the Family finder test cannot be used for any other > information.* > > *I hope this helps* > > > > *Rick* > > > > > *Family Tree DNA Co-AdministratorAzores DNA Project* > > > > *Azores DNA Project Co-Administrators* > > *All unpaid volunteers * > > *Cheri Mello – **gfsche...@gmail.com <gfsche...@gmail.com>* > > *Rick Pimentel – **rickredle...@gmail.com <rickredle...@gmail.com>* > > *Nancy Jean Baptista - **fishsongf...@hotmail.com > <fishsongf...@hotmail.com>* > > *Kalani Mondoy - mamoah...@gmail.com <mamoah...@gmail.com> * > > > > > > > > *From:* azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Rosemarie Capodicci > *Sent:* Thursday, August 11, 2016 10:52 AM > *To:* azores@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA "Basics" question > > > > Marie Elena, > > Cheri is with her Mom this morning. Mom is having catarac surgery so I'm > assuming Cheri is busy! She will answer you as soon as she can! > > > Rosemarie > > rcap...@gmail.com > > Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, > > Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily > > > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 7:37 AM, Maria Lima <maria.lima...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > CHERI, > > You recommended to start with the family finder test. Can the results of > the FAMILYFINDER test be used to do a subsequent Y test? Am trying to > decide which DNA test to start with, or do we pay for both at the same time > (?). > > I already know my husband's patrilineal line going back to Sebastiaom > Jacome de Resendes. (I've gone back further than five generations on that > side.). But missing a generation or two to link in to the Mestre Antonio > Curvelo line. I don't know if the DNA test will help. Sorry if this is a > dumb question but don't know who to ask. > > On his mother's line I have not gone back five generations because a > maternal great grandmother was a "pais incognito" so that was a dead end. > > Thank you. > > > > > > Maria Elena > > -- > 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- sfig Researching Island: Santa Maria Freguesia: Santa Barbara -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
