POWELLs, Here is my 2 cents on the subject. It surely would be nice if the person replacing us after we are gone (the beneficiary), is someone interested in putting money into the kit for upgrades when needed, for markers & SNPs. I am overstepping to make a suggestion, but it seems obvious to me to recommend that each set of POWELLs do the 23andMe test while it is only $99 + S&H to determine one's deep clade, then confirm (test) that SNP at FTDNA & start the downstream (more recent) SNP testing in one's deep clade haplogroup project here at FTDNA, unless your feel inclined to do WTY for $950 or Nat. Geog. Geno 2.0 for $199.95. I understand FTDNA is no longer offering their $139 deep clade test. After the 1st SNP ($39), each SNP test is only $29. Then we could see how close of kin our various sets of Powells (& other surnames) are kin to each other, i.e. how RELATIVELY close of kin. Ancestry.com is just as cheap as 23andMe, but does it give one one's Y-SNP? If so where do I find it. I have done my autosomal at all 3 companies. As far as I know, 23andMe is the only company of the 3 to give one one's deep clade SNP. Autosomal testing (e.g. 23andMe & Ancestry.Com's new test & FTDNA's Family Finder) is what I do to make sure I match my various Y-DNA DNA donors i.e. get DNA evidence that they are kin to me. For instance my MRCA with my POWELL DNA donor is my 3-greats grandfather Caleb POWELL Sr., since my 2-greats POWELL ancestor is a daughter of this Caleb POWELL Sr. & thus I lose the POWELL-Y because my 2-greats POWELL is a female. So my donor is my 4th cousin (if we are in the same generation). I would think all your POWELL kin via females would appreciate having their POWELL Y-DNA donor having the autosomal test done to check that their own autosomal test matches his autosomal test. One can download one's million SNP autosomal test results from 23andMe.Com & for $89 paid to FTDNA, one can upload the 23andMe results to FTDNA thereby having a Family Finder result also for no more than the sale price of Family Finder which is $199 on sale. Plus with 23andMe we get the 245 "Health" [& traits] Reports & probably about a thousand matches & your mtDNA deep clade & % Neanderthal. I am expecting FTDNA to have a $50 sale on the uploads of results from 23andMe to FTDNA. -- James W. Green-R-Z5 III 285 Agnew Road Winnsboro SC 29180-6975 803-635-9236 BroomDNA@Juno.Com ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Jim Barrett <parino@flash.net> To: diane branam <tracer4236@yahoo.com>, powell-dna@rootsweb.com Subject: [POWELL-DNA] Beneficiary Information Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 13:04:23 -0700 (PDT) Of course you are welcome to use it.   One thing I failed to mention is the +Page Help button just above the Beneficiary Information tab.  You should click on it for additional information and explanation.  Jim Barrett - Timpson, TX Powell Surname DNA Project http://jpbdna.com/powell-surname-dna-project.htm --- On Mon, 4/1/13, diane branam <tracer4236@yahoo.com> wrote: From: diane branam <tracer4236@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [POWELL-DNA] Our Website To: "powell-dna@rootsweb.com" <powell-dna@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, April 1, 2013, 2:19 PM Thank you Jim, I will use this for the Powell project and if you don't mind I will copy this to my Branam DNA project members.  ~Diane ________________________________ From: Jim Barrett <parino@flash.net> To: powell-dna@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 7:05 AM Subject: Re: [POWELL-DNA] Our Website This is a good question for all of us.  We need to provide for someone to take over for us when the time comes that we need or want help with our DNA.   1) To add someone to the distribution of our Powell-DNA list send me their e-mail address.  That is all it takes.   2) And this is the BIG ONE!  Go to your myFTDNA website.  Click on My Accounts, select Contact Information, add new e-mail address near the bottom, click on SAVE. Click on My Accounts again and select Beneficiary Information.  Complete the three fields.  If you don't do anything else PLEASE take this last step. Jim Barrett - Timpson, TX Powell Surname DNA Project http://jpbdna.com/powell-surname-dna-project.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POWELL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________ How to Sleep Like a Rock Obey this one natural trick to fall asleep and stay asleep all night. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/515a0f0e3f593f0e50b3st01duc