John, Thank you. The Internet is a haven for abbreviations, and sometimes I can figure out or guess what abbreviations stand for, but then sometimes I cannot make heads or tails of them. Doug On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 8:29 PM, <Lochlan@aol.com> wrote: > > > In a message dated 10/12/2011 1:56:22 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > tuulen@gmail.com writes: > > Apparently I am M222, according to Family Tree, but I have no idea  as > to what WTY could be. > > Not that I need a detailed explanation, but  what is WTY and what could > WTY determine? > > If WTY indeed is relevant,  then I would be glad to make a financial > contribution. > > I don't think anyone  else responded to this.  WTY is an  initiative by > FTDNA to find new SNPs (Walk on the Y).   I first heard  of it several years > ago and it has found a lot of new SNPs but none for the  M222s tested to date. >  Ken Nordtvedt at the time didn't think any new SNPs  would  be found > downstream of M222 since it was such a young clade by  comparison with most > others.  After testing three Irish samples it's  doubtful anything would be found > in testing more.  Scottish samples?   Who knows? > > > John > > >  R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >