A member of our local DNA interest group has tested her brother at what sounds like 12 markers. He has no matches. She wonders whether adding markers would up his chances of getting a match. I said that my understanding was that usually it would not, but that if the non-matching markers were concentrated in the 12, conceivably a 25 or 37 marker upgrade might produce a match. Let me know if I have misrepresented anything there so that if necessary I can correct what I told her--I am not that experienced with Y so I am tentative about advising people on it. -- Karla Huebner calypsospots AT gmail.com

My adopted has only this year received his 1st 12 marker distant match in Russia, he R1a1a1. There is a percentage of men who receive zero matches and testing additional markers seldom changes things. His haplogroup will have a bearing on his number of matches. Is he tested at Ftdna or did he test through the Nation Geographic Geno 1 project. If Geno 1 make sure he has transferred his results and sample to Ftdna. Make sure that he has opted to be compared with the entire Ftdna database and that he he joins the appropriate Ftdna haplogroup project. RPaine -----Original Message----- From: Karla Huebner via Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 2:18 PM To: genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com Subject: [DNA] Y DNA query A member of our local DNA interest group has tested her brother at what sounds like 12 markers. He has no matches. She wonders whether adding markers would up his chances of getting a match. I said that my understanding was that usually it would not, but that if the non-matching markers were concentrated in the 12, conceivably a 25 or 37 marker upgrade might produce a match. Let me know if I have misrepresented anything there so that if necessary I can correct what I told her--I am not that experienced with Y so I am tentative about advising people on it. -- Karla Huebner calypsospots AT gmail.com ------------------------------- 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 have found that many people choose to not disclose 12 or even 25 markers Therefore, you won't see those unless you do upgrade. Doris On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Karla Huebner via < genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > A member of our local DNA interest group has tested her brother at what > sounds like 12 markers. He has no matches. She wonders whether adding > markers would up his chances of getting a match. > > I said that my understanding was that usually it would not, but that if the > non-matching markers were concentrated in the 12, conceivably a 25 or 37 > marker upgrade might produce a match. > > Let me know if I have misrepresented anything there so that if necessary I > can correct what I told her--I am not that experienced with Y so I am > tentative about advising people on it. > > -- > Karla Huebner > calypsospots AT gmail.com > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Thank you all for the insights on the Y DNA test! They provide lots of additional useful information for me to forward to our group member. Karla On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 7:28 PM, Doris Wheeler <doriswh@gmail.com> wrote: > I have found that many people choose to not disclose 12 or even 25 markers > Therefore, you won't see those unless you do upgrade. > > Doris > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Karla Huebner via < > genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >> A member of our local DNA interest group has tested her brother at what >> sounds like 12 markers. He has no matches. She wonders whether adding >> markers would up his chances of getting a match. >> >> I said that my understanding was that usually it would not, but that if >> the >> non-matching markers were concentrated in the 12, conceivably a 25 or 37 >> marker upgrade might produce a match. >> >> Let me know if I have misrepresented anything there so that if necessary I >> can correct what I told her--I am not that experienced with Y so I am >> tentative about advising people on it. >> >> -- >> Karla Huebner >> calypsospots AT gmail.com >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > -- Karla Huebner calypsospots AT gmail.com