I agree--comparisons are everything so I hesitate to encourage anyone to order Big-Y unless we know that we will have a good comparison. In the case of Britton Group 3, since we appear to have two distantly related branches, the ideal comparison would be one test for each branch. Lindsey -----Original Message----- From: Katie Rennie <katerennie4@gmail.com> To: Lindsey Britton <lplantagenet@aol.com>; genealogy-dna <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Oct 15, 2015 1:42 pm Subject: Re: [DNA] Advice Needed RE: Big-Y Comparisons for E-M35 Looking at the FTDNA group results, it looks like there's at least a few people who have taken the Big-Y. https://www.familytreedna.com/public/E3b?iframe=ysnp I'd probably contact one of the admins to see what they think. There's also a message board, though I haven't been there in a while and am unable to find a link at work. Maybe someone else can send it. My grandfather and my grandmother's father were also both E, (E-M84 and E-V13) so I'd be interested in the conclusion whether to test or not. My grandfather died last year so what FTDNA has is all that will ever be able to be tested. This is jmho, I'll preface and say that my interactions with Big-Y results have been limited but from what I've seen in another project, you really need at least 2 people to test because the majority of the use is in the comparison. So if one of his other Britton E-M35's tested, that would be where the greatest use would lie. Katie On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Lindsey Britton via <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: Britton Group 3 traces its ancestry to the island of Jersey c 1500 or before and belongs to Haplogroup E-M35. etc. One member has inquired about Big-Y. If he orders the test, how many good comparisons, of possible genealogical value, is he likely to have? I would appreciate any suggestions from experts on this Haplogroup. https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Britton?iframe=ycolorized Lindsey ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENEALOGY-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am an E-V13, and then took the Big-Y. Based on about 30 other V13s worldwide, we now have 3 more levels under V13, and I'm in one subgroup with another man on our own SNP (with plenty of other SNPs awaiting analysis) In the BARTLETT Y-DNA project there are several others with matching STRs. I've recommended that they take the relatively cheap V13 SNP pack. I presume since our MRCA is 300 years ago, that they would also be V13 and very probably have the same downstream SNPs I do. We are going to find out as one is doing the pack. This SNP pack (coupled with STR matches with me) should let them jump to a terminal SNP at very low cost - we'll see... Jim - www.segmentology.org > On Oct 15, 2015, at 7:58 PM, Lindsey Britton via <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > I agree--comparisons are everything so I hesitate to encourage anyone to order Big-Y unless we know that we will have a good comparison. In the case of Britton Group 3, since we appear to have two distantly related branches, the ideal comparison would be one test for each branch. > > Lindsey > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Katie Rennie <katerennie4@gmail.com> > To: Lindsey Britton <lplantagenet@aol.com>; genealogy-dna <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thu, Oct 15, 2015 1:42 pm > Subject: Re: [DNA] Advice Needed RE: Big-Y Comparisons for E-M35 > > > > Looking at the FTDNA group results, it looks like there's at least a few people who have taken the Big-Y. > > > https://www.familytreedna.com/public/E3b?iframe=ysnp > > > > I'd probably contact one of the admins to see what they think. > > > There's also a message board, though I haven't been there in a while and am unable to find a link at work. Maybe someone else can send it. My grandfather and my grandmother's father were also both E, (E-M84 and E-V13) so I'd be interested in the conclusion whether to test or not. My grandfather died last year so what FTDNA has is all that will ever be able to be tested. > > > This is jmho, I'll preface and say that my interactions with Big-Y results have been limited but from what I've seen in another project, you really need at least 2 people to test because the majority of the use is in the comparison. So if one of his other Britton E-M35's tested, that would be where the greatest use would lie. > > > Katie > > > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Lindsey Britton via <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Britton Group 3 traces its ancestry to the island of Jersey c 1500 or before and belongs to Haplogroup E-M35. etc. One member has inquired about Big-Y. If he orders the test, how many good comparisons, of possible genealogical value, is he likely to have? I would appreciate any suggestions from experts on this Haplogroup. > > https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Britton?iframe=ycolorized > > Lindsey > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENEALOGY-DNA-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 GENEALOGY-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message