Tanya, I second the previous poster: you need to get a participant to test 67-111 markers. You are indeed at the first steps, and any single result can be a false paternal event. For that reason, if your participant has a male cousin, that is a good target, while a brother is usually not. Spread your net as far as possible from the one you have. Also, keep an eye on the (small) RIGDON and (perhaps future) RICHEN results. The RICHENS look like derived from REICHEN (German) but this is just the sort of morphing (Ridgeon-Richen) that takes place in American perhaps more than in Britain. The 12-to-46 markers tests are useful for corralling haplotypes, but when it comes to interpreting surname "pools," matches below 67 markers are poor for genetic distance in case of non-Ridgeons, while a 111 match even without the surname can be a possible clue to a commonality somewhere in the past. The issue with 111 is of course the cost and that so few (relatively) have done them, but the sale is on! I have just paid to upgrade my personal 67 markers to 111, even though I already have them! The STR values derived from Big Y will not show up on my FTDNA STR grid, and since I am now at the point in my Project where refinement is needed over corralling, I feel hypocritical asking for that level for New Members when they cannot see mine. The only solution is to explicitly upgrade my previous STR test. I cannot overemphasize how important the more-results-the-more-accurate when it comes to as surname-based YDNA Project. Please consider 67 the lower limit for that purpose. Clinton Slayton(6996) -----Original Message----- From: GOONS [mailto:goons-bounces+cslayton19=windstream.net@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tanya Kimber Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 1:54 PM To: GOONS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [G] Y-DNA Results question Hi all I've just got the Y-DNA results back from FTDNA for my first Ridgeon participant. I know that I now need to do a lot of reading and research myself but wanted to put a question 'out there' for comment as I am a bit concerned! My participant has been allocated a Haplogroup and has a lot of matches at the 12 marker level, but only 1 at the 25 marker level and none at all at the 37 marker level, which I understand is quite rare. My concern is what this means! I am worried that perhaps this means that the sample wasn't very good and it has been possible to extract only limited information from it. I would be really grateful for any views/knowledge/ideas/comments on this outcome as I guess this may affect where I go next with my study. Many thanks. Tanya (6296) ridgeon@one-name.org _____________________________________________ Information and admin page: http://one-name.org/guild-information-administration/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus