Here is a message from our lifetime member Paul Petit and I'm sure it will be informative to many on the list. Ruby From: cpettit@telis.net [mailto:cpettit@telis.net] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 6:03 PM To: recasto47@frontier.com Subject: Message from West_Virginia:WV DNA Project Updated Web Page Hello All I've been plagued with computer problems since last August and seem to finally have things back to normal.... I've been working off webmail off and on .. so if any of you have tried to contact me and not received a response, please feel free to resend. 1. I have set up haplogroup subgroups for those with common ancient ancestry to see results which are similar and be able to see colorized mutations of individual makers. FTDNA had some limitations in size of subgroups which are fixed and with no subgroups there is not ability to use the colorized genetic distance. 2. FTDNA also keeps updating their computers, programs and organization for test results. For those who have not looked in while please re-familiarize yourself with the new formats and functions. 3. Recently we lost a WV Cousin Ethel Nielsen who has been working on family lines in Harrison County. Ethel and her husband have been very generous with the HCGS. She will be missed. She facilitated a cousin to do a DNA test. A few days after she passed I was contacted by another researcher I have been corresponding with her over as Ohio line from the same time period, same last name and same HG. Ethel must still be working hard on the "other side of the river". This brings up the issue about whether you have thought about the fate of your DAN contribution to the public genealogical and genetic data for future use. I am finding avid genealogists do their history for their family and the family who has n enjoyed the results of their efforts do not many times have any one to continue the search. FTDAN has added and Beneficiary page to all tests kits. You should think about what will happen to your DNA test after you pass. You can consider anyone interested in keeping eh information available and doing additional testing should be considered. 4. I would also point out that storage of DNA for the 25 year period has not reached that point and we do not know of DNA actually will be sore for that long. I know I spoke with Bennet Greenspan about autosomal testing at the Salt Lake Conference a couple of years ago and he told me that they found a good percentage of DNA tests pulled out of storage for autosomal testing when it was made available turned out not to be viable. It is unknown what the problems was - possibly inadequate samples in the first place. You may want to submit additional DNA anytime you do an upgrade. 5. We have had situations where DNA testers find difficulty understanding DNA test results in their surname projects- Projects like the WV DNA project may not help you very well with surname line research with DNA, but it does also provide you with additional resources for getting opinions and advice.. it is easy to give general advice but sometimes specific applications can be tricky- people with other experiences in other projects come together in geographic project like this and might be able to give you that one pointer which you need to make things work. 6. Please be ambassadors for this project and DNA testing in general a it does provide a community perspective of NDA which p[assed thorough a particular place. It is a way for people to get into the DAN signatures of all their lines which may not be evident in Surname projects. 7. For those not aware, FTDA has dropped the price of the 12 marker test to $49. These are not genealogically significant but they can be used to prove a line may not be related to your line, also get an idea if it MIGHT be related and be away to get other DNA into the databank and storage. 8. I am giving a presentation on DNA next month in So Cal _ I am interested in getting screen shot of DNA test results form all companies.. particularly success stories.... IF anyone is interested in assisting with this project please elt me know what your skills are and how you can help.. Best regards Paul Pettit FTDNA W VA DNA Project Admin Disclaimer: Family Tree DNA is not responsible for the safety and security of files downloaded from third-party sites. If at any time you want to stop receiving e-mails from your DNA Project Administrator, please go to the "Setup Preferences" section of your personal page and change the corresponding setting. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- This message was processed by the FTDNA Email System. The original headers are: To: recasto47@frontier.com CC: GUID: 687add06-2532-42ea-841f-a58068d54cef @ ::1