Does he just want to know about the surname/male line (top line of the pedigree)? If so the Y DNA test at FTDNA is what he wants starting with 37 markers. If he wants to know about ALL sides of his ancestry and find cousins on both paternal and maternal side I'd suggest starting with the AncestryDNA autosomal test. If he wants to know all of the above...he should both. He can always upload his AncestryDNA results to FTDNA Family Finder later on to have additional resources. Joan Young jyoung6180@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: cegarner via <roots@rootsweb.com> To: Karen Isaacson Leverich <karen@mtpinos.com> Cc: Karen Isaacson Leverich via <roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, Apr 6, 2016 10:46 am Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] More questions about DNA I'm still confused as to which DNA test is the best to use. My brother is willing to do the testing on my Father's Family. Which DNA test is best to use to get the best results, FTMDNA or Ancestry? Need some help here!! Thanks, Carolyn Flint Garner ---- Karen Isaacson Leverich via <roots@rootsweb.com> wrote: > I asked awhile back for advice on which DNA test(s) to order ... my 97 year old aunt was willing and she is the last of her generation on that side of the family. Given her age and tendency to dehydrate, we've ordered the autosomal DNA kit from FamilyTreeDNA, which uses a cheek swab rather than spitting into a cup (or whatever), plus they keep the DNA for many years, in case new tests become available. She hasn't done hers yet, but I just did the same test and sent it in yesterday. Anyone have any idea how long I'll be waiting for my results? Obviously we won't have hers until after she tests. :-) > > Meanwhile, given the feedback here about how many more matches one can get doing the Ancestry DNA test... I think I know that I can migrate results from Ancestry to FamilyTreeDNA, but can it work the other way? Or if I want the benefits of having my DNA available at Ancestry, do I also need to do an Ancestry DNA test? And if I do, will I learn anything different from the DNA itself, or the advantage is just that my same old same old DNA will be usable on Ancestry? > > Obviously still a newbie at this, LOL! > > Karen > karen@mtpinos.com > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ===== If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

He may find a surname project already posted on FTDNA. If so, the Y-DNA test results will show which line he descends from. When I did that I was able to provide one more earlier generation and I was hoping to find one, not provide it. Gale Gorman Houston On Apr 6, 2016, at 9:53 AM, Joan Young via <roots@rootsweb.com> wrote: Does he just want to know about the surname/male line (top line of the pedigree)? If so the Y DNA test at FTDNA is what he wants starting with 37 markers. If he wants to know about ALL sides of his ancestry and find cousins on both paternal and maternal side I'd suggest starting with the AncestryDNA autosomal test. If he wants to know all of the above...he should both. He can always upload his AncestryDNA results to FTDNA Family Finder later on to have additional resources. Joan Young jyoung6180@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: cegarner via <roots@rootsweb.com> To: Karen Isaacson Leverich <karen@mtpinos.com> Cc: Karen Isaacson Leverich via <roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, Apr 6, 2016 10:46 am Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] More questions about DNA I'm still confused as to which DNA test is the best to use. My brother is willing to do the testing on my Father's Family. Which DNA test is best to use to get the best results, FTMDNA or Ancestry? Need some help here!! Thanks, Carolyn Flint Garner ---- Karen Isaacson Leverich via <roots@rootsweb.com> wrote: > I asked awhile back for advice on which DNA test(s) to order ... my 97 year old aunt was willing and she is the last of her generation on that side of the family. Given her age and tendency to dehydrate, we've ordered the autosomal DNA kit from FamilyTreeDNA, which uses a cheek swab rather than spitting into a cup (or whatever), plus they keep the DNA for many years, in case new tests become available. She hasn't done hers yet, but I just did the same test and sent it in yesterday. Anyone have any idea how long I'll be waiting for my results? Obviously we won't have hers until after she tests. :-) > > Meanwhile, given the feedback here about how many more matches one can get doing the Ancestry DNA test... I think I know that I can migrate results from Ancestry to FamilyTreeDNA, but can it work the other way? Or if I want the benefits of having my DNA available at Ancestry, do I also need to do an Ancestry DNA test? And if I do, will I learn anything different from the DNA itself, or the advantage is just that my same old same old DNA will be usable on Ancestry? > > Obviously still a newbie at this, LOL! > > Karen > karen@mtpinos.com > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ===== If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ===== If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message