Eugene,   Y-DNA is from the Y-Chromosome - paternal line only.  mtDNA is mitochondrial DNA - maternal line only.  Family Finder uses Chromosomes 1 - 22 - all ancestral lines.   It has the potential of matching you with someone from your father's mother's father or you mother's father's mother or any other combination.   This is a new product so their database is small but it will grow.  Go to your "myFTDNA" website.  There should be a link with information about this product.   Please verify that you do want to purchase this product Jim Barrett - Timpson, TX Please Help Benjaman Kyle http://home.flash.net/~parino/bkyle.htm Barrett Surname DNA Project http://www.flash.net/~parino/barrett-family-dna-project.htm Powell Surname DNA Project http://www.flash.net/~parino/powell-surname-dna-project.htm --- On Tue, 2/23/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [POWELL-DNA] FTDNA Family Finder - Very Special - Limited Offer To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 10:14 PM Jim, I would like to do it from the Powell line, kit #132854, Powell Branch VA-17, Eugene D. Powell, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) I have all lines back 5-7 generations with reasonable certainty. Only thing I'm not sure of is what this is going to tell me. Eugene In a message dated 2/23/2010 8:29:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  [email protected] writes: I  received the following message from FTDNA. "As you know from the  email we sent last week we have begun a limited rollout of our newest product,  the Family Finder. The pre-launch has gone very well and later this week  we'll be uploading the first 48 samples that customers ordered last week,  during the initial hour of the rollout. We expect to ‘stress test’ the system  and deliver results for 1 full plate (96 samples) next week, and 2 plates  (192) the following week. Processing will be ramping up to several hundred  kits per week. We are now prepared to offer to each of our Group  Administrators the opportunity to participate in the 2nd phase of the  pre-launch of this exciting new tool. Each Group Admin may select one kit #  that He/She would like to order a Family Finder test at the introductory price  of $249." I am not going to order a kit for myself so I'm  offering one person the the Barrett project and one person in the Powell  project the opportunity to place an order.  Who that person will be is up  to you.  If you would like to be the one person from your project to be  able to order the kit let me know. My requirements:  You  must be willing to pay the $249 and I ask that you have most, if not all, of  your lines traced back four or five generations as this test will be  matching on all of your lines.  You MUST be the contact for the  kit. I have no idea what will happen to the price for this kit  over the next year or two.  I would expect this to be a good price if you  are interested. This has to be a first come first serve  basis.  If you are interested send me the kit number, the name of the  person who was tested and the contact e-mail address for the kit.  My  only part in this will be to send you information to FTDNA.  As with any  order the payment goes to them.  They will contact you.  If they  have an extra sample for you I understand they will use it.  If not they  send you another kit. I will let the project  members know when I have sent FTDNA a kit number, but I won't send  that message until tomorrow. Jim Barrett - Timpson,  TX ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list,  please send an email to [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message