Project News
1. I recommend that project members join the appropriate Y-Haplogroup project. This is entirely free, and takes only a couple of mouse clicks. First click on the blue "JOIN" button on your FTDNA personal page, then scroll down until you come to the yDNA projects. Joining one of these projects adds to the cumulative knowledge about the various Y-Haplogroups and helps you to learn more about your deep ancestry, before the advent of surnames.
2. Also consider sending a DNA sample to the Sorenson Molecular Genetic Foundation. This is also entirely free and very easy. The SMGF database offers yet another way to find DNA matches (both yDNA and mtDNA). Go to www.smgf.org to get all the information. A personal note: It took about a year for me to find the results of my SGMF testing (they don't send you the info; you have to search their database). It has been worthwhile for me, since SMGF tests some different markers than does FTDNA, I now have a total of about 76 markers. The more data, the better!
3. Exciting news (Jan '09)! The R1a1 Bradberry line has been shown to match closely with the yDNA of a Bradbury family in Yorkshire (unfortunately, no representative of this Yorkshire line is yet a member of the project). This is the first known "jumping of the pond" by a Bradberry using DNA matching.