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 -

Christina, Thanks for the feedback. Although I have solid Y-DNA evidence of my BARTLETT line, I have only one match on this line. It all depends on how many descendants your PA ancestors had, how many have taken FF, and the luck of the draw as to what mix of DNA went to you and others who took the test. IMO, it's important to email every match, and look for others with ancestry in your area of PA. After you've done what you can with FF, be sure to visit GEDmatch.com and follow their instructions to upload your data to them. I've found over 200 additional atDNA matches (and emails) there. The more matches, the more opportunities to link with specific ancestors. Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Jun 17, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Christina Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > 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

Jim, In teaching genealogy I hope you give the website www.GEDmatch.com as a the place to compare both GEDCOMs and autosomal DNA results Curtis Rogers On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Christina Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >