G'day We Aussies have some of the same issues as the USA in connecting with UK cousins. I have 56x 12 marker matches: 1 is from Australia, 1 is from NZ, 0 from the UK. Part of the problem might be marketing. I have never seen an advertisement for FTDNA in any Australian publication, genealogy or otherwise. Not one. I don't know what the situation is with FTDNA/iGenea marketing to the UK. Anyway I have recently asked FTDNA to cast their net a bit wider. Cheers Brent
Yes, indeed, the U.S. and Australia share having an immigrant population of persons displaced from their origins. It stands to reason we'd be the first to embrace DNA testing for genealogical purposes. As far as I know, FTDNA does not advertise, beyond the fact that the web site itself is an advertisement, as are the individual project web sites. The internet is global, so no geographic region is any less favored over any other, beyond the fact that the clientele still largely speaks English. That is changing, though, as I see more projects appearing for surnames and regions that are not Anglocentric or even Eurocentric. FTDNA is very dependent on its project admins for promoting DNA testing. *We* are their advertising force. If a project admin is not out there "selling" their project, they shouldn't expect their project to grow based on FTDNA's advertising -- because they're not advertising! Diana > -----Original Message----- > From: y-dna-projects-bounces@rootsweb.com On Behalf Of Troy > Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 2:11 AM > To: y-dna-projects@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Y-DNA-projects] Country of Origin Participation > > G'day > > We Aussies have some of the same issues as the USA in > connecting with UK > cousins. I have 56x 12 marker matches: 1 is from Australia, > 1 is from > NZ, 0 from the UK. Part of the problem might be marketing. I have > never seen an advertisement for FTDNA in any Australian publication, > genealogy or otherwise. Not one. I don't know what the situation is > with FTDNA/iGenea marketing to the UK. Anyway I have recently asked > FTDNA to cast their net a bit wider. > > Cheers > Brent >