Right, and if you add up all the Y-DNA, including Big Y and SNPs, mtDNA, and atDNA, I'll bet the number exceeds Ancestry's and 23andMe's. Doris On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 9:04 AM, Jim Bartlett via < genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Andreas > > FTDNA has hundreds of thousands of Geno kits on file, plus some from their > science side. I'm not sure what the grand total of all of them are. > > Jim - www.segmentology.org > > > On Nov 26, 2015, at 7:41 AM, Loretta Layman via < > genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > > Thank you for the correction as to atDNA Andreas. Perhaps FTDNA should > > restate their claim. It certainly was true for many years, but no doubt > > Ancestry's superior assets and advertising have begun to pay off in atDNA > > customers. As with society in general, those who have more money are > able > > to invest more and thus gain more. > > > > > > > > In any case, it still stands that Ancestry's reply claiming a lack of > female > > interest in Y-DNA is simply false. > > > > > > > > Loretta > > > > > > > > From: Andreas West [mailto:ahnen@awest.de] > > Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2015 3:18 AM > > To: Loretta Layman; genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com > > Subject: FTDNA's claim to have the largest DNA database is wrong! > > > > > > > > Loretta, > > > > > > > > > > > > a small correction. FTDNA's claim to have the world largest DNA database > is > > wrong. Either 23andme or Ancestry has it, both have over 1 million atDNA > > tests since months. FTDNA doesn't even have half of that. > > > > > > > > They have the largest Y-DNA and mtDNA database in the world. > > > > > > > > I know it's just Marketing bla bla but let's keep it straight and factual > > > > > > > > Andreas (WEST) born BASSO > > > > > > > > My ancestors: <http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Basso-Family-Tree-23> > > http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Basso-Family-Tree-23 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 >