Jim If you have taken the yDNA test from FTDNA, can they use the same sample to do FF? On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 12:27 AM, Jim Bartlett <jim4bartletts@verizon.net>wrote: > All together the 7 who took the Family Finder test had 2,000 matches. It's > just an indication of how many others are in the mix and weather we're > likely to get many Common Ancestors from the NN. -- Douglas Burnett Satellite Beach FL As a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), the National Genealogical Society (NGS), the Florida State Genealogical Society(FSGS) and the Virginia Genealogical Society(VGS), I support and adhere to the APG's Code of Ethics.

I am on the computer right now, so I'll answer this question. Yes. You can order FF from already existing DNA on hand at FTDNA. I am a widow. My husband did yDNA testing for me very early in FTDNA's infancy. I just ordered the FF test to be done for Jack this year and there was no problem using the sample that they had on hand. I did this because I am looking for every possible clue as to what his real male connection might be. My husband's results came back soooooo disappointing! His yDNA does not match the family group that I had done ten years of research on! So I asked my son to do testing to make sure that there wasn't a lab error back in the early days of FTDNA. My son was a yDNA match for my husband....no lab error....but interestingly enough, my son is one marker mutation from my husband.....so don't let the arguments take you in-- that you can tell how close the relationship is by how close the match. The yDNA mutations are RANDOM! They can happen between any two generations. marsha moses > Jim > If you have taken the yDNA test from FTDNA, can they use the same sample to > do FF? >

Jim Absolutely. You still pay, but no new sample required. My uncle did Y in 2004, and died in 2006. I paid for a Family Finder test on that sample in 2011. It's always good to get key relatives to submit a DNA sample for any test, just to get it on file. FTDNA stores each sample for 20 years! This service is included in the price. As is an email to you with all future matches. (I get such an email at least monthly) Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Oct 20, 2012, at 9:32 AM, James Burnett <dougb81042@gmail.com> wrote: > Jim > If you have taken the yDNA test from FTDNA, can they use the same sample to > do FF? > > On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 12:27 AM, Jim Bartlett <jim4bartletts@verizon.net>wrote: > >> All together the 7 who took the Family Finder test had 2,000 matches. It's >> just an indication of how many others are in the mix and weather we're >> likely to get many Common Ancestors from the NN. > > > > > -- > Douglas Burnett > Satellite Beach > FL > As a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), the > National Genealogical Society (NGS), the Florida State Genealogical > Society(FSGS) and the Virginia Genealogical Society(VGS), I support and > adhere to the APG's Code of Ethics. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VA-NORTHERN-NECK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message