Hi Aidan, I have respect for both FTDNA and ScotlandsDNA, so I have no complaints there, but ScotlandsDNA specializes in SNP testing and it seems that SNP testing is now on the list of priorities here on the M222 board. Yes, there is some ongoing criticism about the differences in the labeling of the SNPs, but I think that will eventually get straightened out. At FTDNA I found one 35/37 match having my same surname, with both of our families listed in the same Armagh parish register a couple of hundred years ago, and so it appears that we are long lost cousins, but by genetics and by paper trail I can go back only those couple of hundred years. So, my only option after that appears to be to "push" the yDNA to its limits, taking whatever tests could be necessary, and to see where that could lead. Best, Doug On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 4:49 AM, Aidan Byrne <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi. > > Thanks for the info Iain and Doug. > > It's great that you have decided to take the test as well Doug. > > That's very interesting Iain that their interpretation doesn't cover the > SNPs below M222. That makes up my mind then. I'll get the £129 test! > > - Aidan. > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Chromo2 (Iain Kennedy) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 06:50:44 +0000 > From: Iain Kennedy <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [R-M222] Chromo2 > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Doug, > > Is that a confirmed order placed now then? > > Iain > > > > > > > Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 20:21:59 -0500 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [R-M222] Chromo2 > > > > Hi Aidan, > > > > Apparently it is somewhat of a toss-up, whether to go with Chromo2 or Big > > Y, but I decided to go with Chromo2 simply because that is now the hot > > ticket item around here. > > > > This is the M222 project, and it all comes down to feeding the raw meat > to > > the researchers. > > > > Doug > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Susan Hedeen < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Dear Aidan, > > > There are some guys in the project who were sequenced pre-pilot and > > > others in the pilot of the Chromo2, Iain Kennedy being one of them; > > > their recommendation is the raw data for 129 pounds sterling. As I > > > recall there is a choice there, and the only thing you don't get w/the > > > raw data is their spin of a write up...but you get the raw data (Iain > > > Kennedy is accepting these results once they come in to check against > > > the SNP report you also get). Hope this Helps Susan > > > > > > On 11/17/2013 7:21 PM, Aidan Byrne wrote: > > > > What would anyone recommend ordering, the Chromo2 YDNA (?189) or the > > > > Chromo2 Raw YDNA (?129)? And which test is the most popular? > > > > > > > > Is it worth paying that bit extra? And if you order the Chromo2 YDNA > test > > > > do you still get the raw data as well? > > > > > > > > - Aidan. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > > > End of DNA-R1B1C7 Digest, Vol 7, Issue 449 > ****************************************** > > ------------------------------- > 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 >