The paternal (y-DNA) test only looks at the Y-chromosome. There are 45 other chromosomes for a total of 46. The autosomal test looks at all 46 chromosomes. There are something like 70,000 different areas in the 46 chromosomes that are compared. An important aspect of this is that it doesn't matter if you are male or female. Unknown to me, a first cousin once removed who is a female did the autosomal test. When the results came in the Family Finder section of FTDNA predicted that we were either first or second cousins. I have quite a few matches at the predicted second to fourth cousin level. A lot of them haven't posted their GEDCOMs and others that have posted have very incompete family trees. As more people participate I expect that some brick walls will come down. A known third cousin of mine was predicted to be third to fifth cousin. Where the y-DNA test only showed Campbells (or men that should be a Campbell) the autosomal test includes everyone in your direct ancestral line who are compared with all the direct ancestors of other people being tested. So far only a few Campbells show up in my Family Finder results. Jim Campbell Earliest proven ancestor: John D. Campbell (1812-1890) Catawba County, NC On 8/12/2013 3:44 PM, ostiles@wcisp.com wrote: > > > What is the difference in the 2 tests? The paternal is the y-DNA > test. But what is the difference? > >
Thanks for the response. Is that test called the "Family FInder" test? -----Original Message----- From: Jim Campbell Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 5:48 PM To: campbell@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Campbell] Check out Family Tree DNA - Campbell DNA Project The paternal (y-DNA) test only looks at the Y-chromosome. There are 45 other chromosomes for a total of 46. The autosomal test looks at all 46 chromosomes. There are something like 70,000 different areas in the 46 chromosomes that are compared. An important aspect of this is that it doesn't matter if you are male or female. Unknown to me, a first cousin once removed who is a female did the autosomal test. When the results came in the Family Finder section of FTDNA predicted that we were either first or second cousins. I have quite a few matches at the predicted second to fourth cousin level. A lot of them haven't posted their GEDCOMs and others that have posted have very incompete family trees. As more people participate I expect that some brick walls will come down. A known third cousin of mine was predicted to be third to fifth cousin. Where the y-DNA test only showed Campbells (or men that should be a Campbell) the autosomal test includes everyone in your direct ancestral line who are compared with all the direct ancestors of other people being tested. So far only a few Campbells show up in my Family Finder results. Jim Campbell Earliest proven ancestor: John D. Campbell (1812-1890) Catawba County, NC On 8/12/2013 3:44 PM, ostiles@wcisp.com wrote: > > > What is the difference in the 2 tests? The paternal is the y-DNA > test. But what is the difference? > > _______________________________________ Remember to search the archives use this address http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=CAMPBELL Browse the archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/CAMPBELL/ Contact the List Manager mailto:campbell-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAMPBELL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message