How many years do you think it will be before someone develops a program that will be able to take a blank family tree and actually "plug in" all the Family Finder cousins for that individual ?? What an epiphany ! I would pay big bucks for that. All you geeks out there get to work on this. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Bartlett" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 9:04:09 AM Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] adding members to your FTDNA FamilyFinder project Gail 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 - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Jun 17, 2012, at 8:27 AM, Gail Riddell <[email protected]> wrote: > > This subject, along with some other project queries in the last couple of days has contributed to making me more aware of the advantages of looking at the Family Finder Matrix within my projects and utilising that matrix. > > Sadly, not many Y-DNA testers have bothered with Family Finder and they are, in my opinion, missing out on a vast untapped resource. > I say that because:- > 1. Many women do not have male siblings, nor a living father, uncle etc BUT those women who take the plunge into DNA and their atDNA (and test for Family Finder) often have wonderful genealogy trees > 2. If males do not test their atDNA (Family Finder), these same women will never be able to make contact (remember that it is often these women who have exemplary Family trees). > 3. Many men are ignoring the female sides of their genetic makeup and concentrating purely on their paternity - which may or may not be per their birth certificates. > > So, thank you all for bringing this matter up... my internal admin duties are now increased and enhanced as a result... > > Gail Riddell > ______________________________ 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
You take the FF test, and match me, and I'll fill in your match with me. Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Jun 17, 2012, at 9:39 AM, [email protected] wrote: > How many years do you think it will be before someone develops a program that will be able to take a blank family tree and actually "plug in" all the Family Finder cousins for that individual ?? What an epiphany ! I would pay big bucks for that. All you geeks out there get to work on this. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Bartlett" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 9:04:09 AM > Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] adding members to your FTDNA FamilyFinder project > > Gail > > 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 - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! > > On Jun 17, 2012, at 8:27 AM, Gail Riddell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> This subject, along with some other project queries in the last couple of days has contributed to making me more aware of the advantages of looking at the Family Finder Matrix within my projects and utilising that matrix. >> >> Sadly, not many Y-DNA testers have bothered with Family Finder and they are, in my opinion, missing out on a vast untapped resource. >> I say that because:- >> 1. Many women do not have male siblings, nor a living father, uncle etc BUT those women who take the plunge into DNA and their atDNA (and test for Family Finder) often have wonderful genealogy trees >> 2. If males do not test their atDNA (Family Finder), these same women will never be able to make contact (remember that it is often these women who have exemplary Family trees). >> 3. Many men are ignoring the female sides of their genetic makeup and concentrating purely on their paternity - which may or may not be per their birth certificates. >> >> So, thank you all for bringing this matter up... my internal admin duties are now increased and enhanced as a result... >> >> Gail Riddell >> > > > > ______________________________ > 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 > > > ______________________________ > 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