> In a message dated 3/26/2006 3:00:41 PM Central Standard Time, > dmcduke@comcast.net writes: > A much easier way, is by using Dean McGee's Y-DNA Comparison Utility... > http://www.mymcgee.com/tools/yutility.html . You'll still need to have > your > haplotype data in a spreadsheet format in order to load it into the > utility > but it does the conversion to the *.ych format for you. > Dean McGee's Y-DNA Comparison Utility substitutes a zero for any marker > value > that is blank, because of lack of data. I initially converted a 23 > person, > 48 marker spreadsheet with a lot of blank spaces using his utility, then > ran > Fluxus. The program turned itself off. I then tried a simple case with > one > zero for a marker that was 22 for other subjects and it drew 22 mutations. > So > make sure all your cells have data. Also, McGee's program converts FTDNA > DYS389i and DYS389ii data as it stands and doesn't convert to DYS389i and > DYS389B. > So Fluxus thinks there are two mutations between a 12, 29 set and a 13, 30 > set > instead of one. I imagine it would have problems with the DYS464 data > also. > > Bruce Baird Both very good points. I'm usually deleting the DYS464 data before running it through Fluxus because we have several participants who tested with Sorenson and they don't test for that marker. I also make sure that I have a like number of tested markers for all the participants I run through the program. I've never bothered running the 12 marker haplotype through because I just don't see the use in it. With the FTDNA 25 marker results, I'm running 21 markers through Fluxus...25 minus the DYS464's. At the FTDNA 37 level, I'm taking out the DYS464's as well as DYS607, 576,570, and CDYa&b, which are not tested by Sorenson, so I'm actually running 29 markers through. You do need to make sure whatever markers you are using are all populated for all haplotypes to get good results. David M