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 > >