In taking the FTDNA FF test one might find some very unexpected results.  In the matches m y husband and I are related to several people wh o are related to each other, although my husband and I do not show up as relating to each other in the matches.  In further exploration I found a utility in GED match that shows my husband and I are 6.9 generations apart.  Thank goodness it was not closer.    ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christina Hunt" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 2:19:35 PM Subject: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] Family Finder Jim, I just want to agree with you. I just got my husband a DNA test for Father's Day and I got him the Family Finder. I don't expect much to come from the a Hunt YDNA test, but I really want to know about his Irish ancestors. I have seen people say autosomal is baloney, but having had it done for myself at Christmas time, I have had some very clear matches with people. Others have given me new ideas. All have pretty much been 6-8 generation back. Not just the 5 I thought I would see. No Bartletts yet though. I was hoping for my PA Bartletts to be "found". Chris [email protected] wrote: > Thanks for your summary - I agree. In teaching genealogy, I constantly state that ALL serious genealogists should take the Family Finder DNA test! > > It's taken a decade to get many genealogists to accept DNA testing and get interested in it. Unfortunately our message that only men can be tested has sunk in, and many will parrot that back to me - the education must start over. Now I always say there is a NEW DNA test ANYONE (males and females) can take that reports back your cousins from ALL your ancestry. I'll probably be saying new for the next decade. I add that Y-DNA and mtDNA testing cover less than one percent of your family tree; Family Finder covers it all, one hundred percent! Your Y-DNA and mtDNA Haplogroups provide deep ancestry on a very small part of who you really are (this last sentence is a little slight of hand, because FF does not give any Hg - it's intended to reinforce the thought that each person's genetic makeup (their essence, if you will) is so much more than what's indicated by Y and mt testing. We are much more diverse, and rich, that the old tests describe. > > Jim - ______________________________ For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please see: http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message