I manage a small project that has confirmed the male patriarch. Years ago I tested my terminal SNP. What value does this new initiative offer individuals? Regards, Gregory Morley SAYRE DNA Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 6, 2015, at 9:12 AM, Mike W via <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > We've now hit over 7600 members in the R1b project. > > FTDNA has also updated its R1b-M343 Backbone SNP Pack. They've removed some > problematic SNPs and added some substitutes and most importantly added > DF27. They are rerunning the early testers who came out R-P312 but were not > testing for DF27 so we now are starting to see those updated results with > DF27 included. > > As a part of the refresh to the pack, they reduced the price to $79. The > standard price is $99. It's really a good way to get R-M269 lightly tested > people to move forward and get involved in deeper SNP testing. A Next > Generation Sequencing test is always preference but about the cheapest you > can get Big Y for is $500 so fit he budget doesn't allow then the R1b-M343 > Backbone SNP Pack is an excellent test. > > Please let people in your surname projects who are R-M269 (or R-P25 or > R-M343) and lightly tested know about this test. The $79 price did not last > long in the first run so I think people want to look at this quickly. > > https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/r-1b/about/background > > Regards, > Mike W > >> On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 7:23 AM, Mike W <mwwdna@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Great news! We just hit the 7000 mark. We now have 7000 members in the >> R1b project. This just makes the 67 STR GD sorting/matching, Signature >> marker with side by side SNP analysis more valuable. >> >> https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/r-1b/about/background >> >> Better news yet, we have an extremely diligent and professional >> co-administrator on board, Gail Riddell. Welcome, Gail. >> >> Mike W >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Mike W <mwwdna@gmail.com> >> Date: Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 4:47 PM >> Subject: R1b "Gateway" Project update and request >> To: DNA Rootsweb <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> >> >> >> I think we have something that is helpful newbie R1b folks.I've revamped >> the big, old Kerchner R1b project a couple of times. >> >> You can read more about the project and its goals here: >> https://www.familytreedna.com/public/r1b ( >> https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/r-1b/about/background ) >> >> and on the accompanying discussion group here: >> https://groups.yahoo.com/groups/R1b-YDNA >> >> I've got a help tool, a spreadsheet, that can help evaluate testing >> options leveraging 67 (or 111) STR haplotypes of folks that have done >> advanced SNP testing. You can see example screenshots here in this brief >> .pdf file. >> http://tinyurl.com/R1b-Haplotypes-Help >> >> Essentially, this is like having the Y Classic, Y Colorized and Y SNP >> project pages all combined into one, with the ability to select subgroups >> of your own criteria on the fly. >> >> Genetic Distances, Variances, Modes, Means, etc. are calculated for any >> selected group. >> >> Please invite any R1b predicted people in your projects to the R1b >> project. They should stay in their current projects. This is just to help >> them further define their more youthful haplogroups. >> >> Eligible testers are those that are >> 1) R1b confirmed or predicted haplogroup from FTDNA, >> 2) at 67 STRs or willing to upgrade (111 STRs is preferable), and >> 3) that join the R1b project. >> >> Regards, >> Mike W > > ------------------------------- > 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