Hej Johanne - From what I know, the Geno 2.0 kit will mainly be of use for Y-SNP information, so it will mostly be useful for men, and is more useful for those interested in deep ancestry rather than genetic genealogy per se. It does have some mitochondrial DNA SNPs and some autosomal SNPs, but if you are interested in one of these areas, I would recommend the full mitochondrial DNA test at Family Tree DNA or the Family Finder DNA test at FTDNA, respectively. Mitochondrial DNA again is most useful for deep ancestry. For finding relatives in genealogical time frames, the Family Finder test is the best bet. There is also a similar test available at 23andMe, but their main emphasis is health-related information, which may or may not be of interest to you. You can find more information here: http://www.familytreedna.com/ https://www.23andme.com/ I have tested at FTDNA and have the National Geographic Geno 2.0 kit sitting on my desk now, but I have not used 23andMe, so I'm not very familiar with their autosomal test. Incidentally, National Geographic uses FTDNA's lab to process their kits. My evaluation of this may be colored by my results with these tests - I have made connections in two cases with the Family Finder test, and had no luck with the other tests I have taken. Hope this helps - Mark Johnson Oconomowoc, Wisconsin Ysearch/Mitosearch 3VP37 On 23-Oct-12 11:22 AM, Johanne Tournier wrote: > Hi, All - > > > > I just received an email from Nat'l. Geographic about their own > "genographic" test. The cost is $199.95. I would be interested in anyone's > opinion as to whether this is a worthwhile investment, or whether there are > other kits out there that are a better buy, give more in-depth information, > and so on. Here is a link to the website. I hope it works! > > > > http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/ngs/browse/productDetail.jsp?productId=20 > 01246 > <http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/ngs/browse/productDetail.jsp?productId=2 > 001246&gsk&code=EM102212I> &gsk&code=EM102212I > > > > Johanne > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Johanne L. Tournier > > > > Email - jltournier60@hotmail.com > > or jltournier@xcountry.tv > > > > "With God, all things are possible." > > - Jesus of Nazareth > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SWEDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks, Mark! I got similar info but worded a bit differently, on the Denmark list, so putting both messages together is very helpful. I've never had any DNA testing done, and I'm really interested in it, but it's also expensive, so I want to be sure that I'm going the right route before I pay $$$$ for one or more tests. I'm female, so some of these tests won't work for me anyway. Take care, and thanks again for the helpful information. Johanne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Johanne L. Tournier Email - jltournier60@hotmail.com or jltournier@xcountry.tv "With God, all things are possible." - Jesus of Nazareth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: sweden-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sweden-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mark D. Johnson Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 4:29 PM To: sweden@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SWEDEN] Nat. Geo. DNA test kit - a good deal? Hej Johanne - From what I know, the Geno 2.0 kit will mainly be of use for Y-SNP information, so it will mostly be useful for men, and is more useful for those interested in deep ancestry rather than genetic genealogy per se. It does have some mitochondrial DNA SNPs and some autosomal SNPs, but if you are interested in one of these areas, I would recommend the full mitochondrial DNA test at Family Tree DNA or the Family Finder DNA test at FTDNA, respectively. Mitochondrial DNA again is most useful for deep ancestry. For finding relatives in genealogical time frames, the Family Finder test is the best bet. There is also a similar test available at 23andMe, but their main emphasis is health-related information, which may or may not be of interest to you. You can find more information here: http://www.familytreedna.com/ https://www.23andme.com/ I have tested at FTDNA and have the National Geographic Geno 2.0 kit sitting on my desk now, but I have not used 23andMe, so I'm not very familiar with their autosomal test. Incidentally, National Geographic uses FTDNA's lab to process their kits. My evaluation of this may be colored by my results with these tests - I have made connections in two cases with the Family Finder test, and had no luck with the other tests I have taken. Hope this helps - Mark Johnson Oconomowoc, Wisconsin Ysearch/Mitosearch 3VP37 On 23-Oct-12 11:22 AM, Johanne Tournier wrote: > Hi, All - > > > > I just received an email from Nat'l. Geographic about their own > "genographic" test. The cost is $199.95. I would be interested in > anyone's opinion as to whether this is a worthwhile investment, or > whether there are other kits out there that are a better buy, give > more in-depth information, and so on. Here is a link to the website. I hope it works! > > > > http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/ngs/browse/productDetail.jsp?produc > tId=20 > 01246 > <http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/ngs/browse/productDetail.jsp?produ > ctId=2 001246&gsk&code=EM102212I> &gsk&code=EM102212I > > > > Johanne > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Johanne L. Tournier > > > > Email - jltournier60@hotmail.com > > or jltournier@xcountry.tv > > > > "With God, all things are possible." > > - Jesus of Nazareth > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SWEDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SWEDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message