DNA testing - genetic genealogy

[bamc37]

Hello Carol
Thankyou very much for your prompt and detailed response. I live in New Zealand but I presume the ftdna is available worldwide. I shall have a look at their website.
Regards
Brian

[Tisy]

Hi Brian,

Hello from across the Ditch!  I am in Victoria, Aus.   Also have a look at the Eupedia site - sorry I don't have the link, but once you are in, just search on y-DNA and you will find heaps of info.  Also the ISOGG site is very helpful.  ftDNA also have "FAQ's" with everything you will need to make a decision.   Be interested to hear the outcome of your test.

Carol

[bamc37]

Thanks Carol
I'll have a good read of the very interesting websites youve given me . I will certainly let you know when I go ahead and and what results I get
Brian

[Lookin2]

I have noticed re The Family Finder Test that others, on Facebook,  have had the 95% Orcadian, 5% Middle East, etc.  I am trying to figure out if just one branch could be listed as 95% .  If so, is it because so few have tested.  The two 3rd-5th cousins are in the US and one stated his line have been in US for 200 years!!

I have read FAQ but have not found an answer.  I am also beginning to wonder if this test will end up like the Y and Mt. tests , 10 markers, having a few matching strands to many???Lookin2

[Redroger]

My test has come through, I am over 95% Scandinavian, German and Northern French, which is something of a surprise but I think fits, the other 4% plus was African which again I think fits with the out of African theory. I do have a link with another bearer of my surname we share 33/37 markers, but as our paper trees diverged over 400 years ago, I think this is quite likely. However my closest match is with a man in Western Canada who shares 36/37 markers, but not my surname. I think one of my forebears was a naughty boy!
Lookin2 in my surname study, there are 10 participants, and the only relationship is the  33/37 markers I mentioned above, so I think small numbers involved is a major factor, things can only improve as more tests are made.

[youngtug]

http://youtu.be/RXXCUa7P2mQ

[Redroger]

Thanks for that Youngtug.

[sunnylew]

I was wondering if anyone could give an opinion on which test would be most suitable for my situation.

I think an auto-somal test is right, but am unsure.

I live in Australia and have traced all of my mother's lines to the boat they came in on but for one(my father came in 1953 so his side was much easier).

Family tales say that this woman was an Australian Aboriginal, and I have found not a shred of evidence for her, apart from her name at her daughter's birth.

The line back to her is from my mother (who would take the test) to her father, then to her mother's mother's mother's mother.

I am not interested in proving a relationship to someone living - more in determining whether there is any truth to the tale.

I think AutoSomal DNA is what I need, and have seen that some sites do have aboriginal populations to compare against.

My mystery lady lived in Tasmania, however, and my understanding is that the Tasmanian aboriginals were of an earlier migration than those on the mainland, and are not closely related. The site I saw that had aboriginal populations for comparison, also did not have any from Tasmania.

I'm not sure if it's possible, but what I would really like a test that could either prove or disprove this family tale.

Lewis

[roryw]

hi forum has anyone had a dna ancestry done at all any information would be great i am doing a y test with 44 markers and wanted to get some peoples thoughts wether or not it is any good and if you have found lines that are connected to you let us know and is their a site to put this information up on please let me know thanks rory
i didnt know where to put ths topic ok
rory