Ray, You're only getting there part way. The 37-marker test will give you a better idea of how recently you and the other McDonald have a common ancestor. It's a great start though. Cliff. Johnston "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay ----- Original Message ----- From: "M" <fisemicr@yahoo.com> To: <SCOT-DNA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 9:32 AM Subject: [SCOT-DNA] Re: Fundamental queries > Hi Athol. I am a MacDonald that first tested > 12 markers ( with the Clan Donald Family Tree DNA > project). I had some matches but was told by > the project administrator that little could be > told from 12 markers. I upgraded to 25 markers > and was lucky enough to get one perfect match > with a McDonald. He is of Keppoch branch, > Bohuntin cadet family. I've now got a direction > to go in to break through my brick wall. > > Any questions, please email me at the address > below. > > Raymond MacDonald > fisemicr@yahoo.com > > --- > From: "acmcdonald" <macdon@iinet.net.au> > Subject: Fundamental queries > Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 22:18:49 +1000 > > A couple of fundamental questions from someone one new > to the concept of genealogical DNA. > > As first step I had a 12 marker Y test completed. The > results provided 2 exact matches and 8 with a genetic > distance of 1. None of the matches had the same > surname as my own, however, so I understand that my > relationship with these other gentlemen is quite > distant. > > > ==== SCOT-DNA Mailing List ==== > Need to contact the list admin? > Send your email to Scot-DNA-admin@rootsweb.com > Want to post? > Send your email to Scot-DNA-L@rootsweb.com > Need to unsubscribe for vacation or? > Send your unsubscription request to Scot-DNA-L-request@rootsweb.com > Scot-DNA list is a flame free zone. > Want to join the Project? Visit: > http://www.ftdna.com/surname_det.asp?group=Scottish-Clans&projecttype=G > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx