John, I have been a member of your group for several years and I've never had an assessment of my Y-DNA versus anyone else in the group. It has been hard to keep up with considering the number of members you now have. I know there are no exact matches, but I've not seen anything even close. My Y-DNA tracks back to Nordic regions, so I was hoping to find a clan that had Nordic roots similar to mine. If you find time, could you glance at mine and see if you see any near matches to any specific clan. I did have a 25-marker match with a Laurenson. We compared notes and both know of Danish roots, but wasn't interested in our links. Thanks, Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "John A Hansen" <jahansen@brigadoon.net> To: <SCOT-DNA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 11:18 PM Subject: [SCOT-DNA] FW: [DNA] PERCENTAGE MATCH SUCCESS RATES FOR SURNAME PROJECTS ? > > > Dear Bill: > > I'm not sure how you are counting "matches". > > I just looked at our rate on the Scottish Clans Project. > We basically accept anyone that claims to have a > Scottish Heritage. Althouth this may narrow the > randomness a bit ... but not much > > We have received 395 members as of tonight ( Sept 4 2006). > There are 405 notices of matches from Family Tree. Obviously > there were a number of families and Clan members that > joined together and had their DNA tested here. > > I was somewhat surprised by the number > of "close matches"..... even on 37 markers. Most were > of the 33,34,35,36,37 .. therefore a 99.% probability > > Best Regards > John A Hansen > Scottish Clans admin > www.beintouch.com > www.brigadoon.net > > > > > From: "Lowe DNA" < bbailey.lowedna@baileyconnection.com> > Subject: [DNA] PERCENTAGE MATCH SUCCESS RATES FOR SURNAME PROJECTS ? > Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 19:40:33 -0500 > List... > > I am interested in the match success rate of > SURNAME PROJECTS that have close matches at > 23 or more markers on 25; or, 33 or more > markers on 37. > > We coordinate three projects and these are our > matches rates as of today.. > > Lowe (we require 25 markers to enroll) > ....25 matches out of 53 men which is a > ....42% match rate. > > Stephens-Stevens (we require 25 markers to enroll) > ....27 matches out of 57 men which is a > ....47.4% match rate. > > Bailey > ...24 matches out of 49 men which is a > ...49% match rate. > > I would like to hear from other list members who > are project coordinators to find out if the 42-50% > match rate is standard at 25 and 37 markers > with FTDNA, and other, testing companies. > > As always, thanks > > Bill > > > > ==== SCOT-DNA Mailing List ==== > Have questions about lab cost? Contact the Project Manager, > John A. Hansen, directly at dnaclans@brigadoon.net and he will > provide a private answer. > Want to join the Project? Visit: http://www.ftdna.com/surname_det.asp?group=Scottish-Clans&projecttype=G > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >