Position wise the coverage is far superior: for example only 50% of my FGC SNPs are being sequenced by BigY and about two thirds of David Wilson's. Although I haven't measured it I have the impression there are often more reads on BigY per position but there are so many anyway that is less of an issue - in fact Greg Magoon told me right at the start that for novel variants even one good read is sufficient. The post-sequencing analysis is far superior. I wouldn't hesitate if I was in your position. Iain > Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 11:19:55 +0000 > From: rob@themcfaddenproject.com > To: DNA-R1B1C7@rootsweb.com > Subject: [R-M222] Full Genomes vs. Big Y > > > I'm genuinely considering taking advantage of the $999 Full Genomes > offer, but I won't be making that decision lightly. I'm under the > impression that it is meant to be all-encompassing and that I wouldn't > need to take another Y STR or SNP test ever again. Is this true? How > are the results that have come through so far holding up? Any quality > concerns? > > Is it too early to judge the value of the Big Y test in comparison? > > Thanks, > Rob McFadden > S660+ > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Rob,    I ordered the Full Genome yesterday. You're looking at a price difference of only $300.00 and yet you get a much higher quality product from those I have spoken to who have chosen FGC. I certainly don't want to make any claims about it, but perhaps an analogy, that after the forums I read yesterday it almost looks to me that FTDNA hired a consulting firm that were scam artists; I've seen many businesses go under because of that. I even read one example where someone went through the process of ordering a SNP and was charged $39 for it instead of the advertised $31. Regardless, if you were to order FGC today, hopefully the mess will be cleared up by the time your test results came in. Slainte, Michael Anthony McNally f198682 Ysearch: SMP2Q Chromo 2 : S603+ On Sunday, April 27, 2014 8:15 AM, Iain Kennedy <ikennedy_msdn2@hotmail.com> wrote: Position wise the coverage is far superior: for example only 50% of my FGC SNPs are being sequenced by BigY and about two thirds of David Wilson's. Although I haven't measured it I have the impression there are often more reads on BigY per position but there are so many anyway that is less of an issue - in fact Greg Magoon told me right at the start that for novel variants even one good read is sufficient. The post-sequencing analysis is far superior. I wouldn't hesitate if I was in your position. Iain > Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 11:19:55 +0000 > From: rob@themcfaddenproject.com > To: DNA-R1B1C7@rootsweb.com > Subject: [R-M222] Full Genomes vs. Big Y > > > I'm genuinely considering taking advantage of the $999 Full Genomes  > offer, but I won't be making that decision lightly.  I'm under the  > impression that it is meant to be all-encompassing and that I wouldn't  > need to take another Y STR or SNP test ever again.  Is this true?  How  > are the results that have come through so far holding up?  Any quality  > concerns? > > Is it too early to judge the value of the Big Y test in comparison? > > Thanks, > Rob McFadden > S660+ > > > ------------------------------- > 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                         ------------------------------- 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

Ian, If I take the Full Genomes test, theoretically I wouldn't ever need to take any more Y tests. Is that correct? Quoting Iain Kennedy <ikennedy_msdn2@hotmail.com>: > Position wise the coverage is far superior: for example only 50% of > my FGC SNPs are being sequenced by BigY and about two thirds of > David Wilson's. > Although I haven't measured it I have the impression there are often > more reads on BigY per position but there are so many anyway that is > less of an issue - in fact Greg Magoon told me right at the start > that for novel variants even one good read is sufficient. > The post-sequencing analysis is far superior. > > I wouldn't hesitate if I was in your position. > > Iain > > > > > > >> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 11:19:55 +0000 >> From: rob@themcfaddenproject.com >> To: DNA-R1B1C7@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [R-M222] Full Genomes vs. Big Y >> >> >> I'm genuinely considering taking advantage of the $999 Full Genomes >> offer, but I won't be making that decision lightly. I'm under the >> impression that it is meant to be all-encompassing and that I wouldn't >> need to take another Y STR or SNP test ever again. Is this true? How >> are the results that have come through so far holding up? Any quality >> concerns? >> >> Is it too early to judge the value of the Big Y test in comparison? >> >> Thanks, >> Rob McFadden >> S660+ >>