Karla Most of us tend to be more knowledgeable about our own haplogroup so you can probably get better information if you mention what haplogroup the friend is working with and what part of the world the lineage came from. The databases are largely composed of men with ancestry from western Europe. RPaine -----Original Message----- From: Karla Huebner via Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2015 9:53 AM Cc: genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DNA] Y DNA query 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 ------------------------------- 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