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Y-DNA12 - 12 Marker Test: this test is the world standard to verify the Y chromosome for genetic matches between males. Results are placed in our Y-DNA database and when 2 people show the same identical results, we will inform both parties if they have both signed the FTDNA Release Form. The customer receives a Certificate & report generally describing Y-DNA sequencing and the meaning of the probability between matches.
Ethnic and Geographic Origins: All Y-DNA tests allow you to identify your ethnic and geographic origins, both recent and far distant on your direct male descending line. Among others, you will be able to check your Native-American or African Ancestry as well as for the Cohanim Ancestry.
Addendum: The above words were Marie Sellers Hollingers', who founded this site and kept it up and kept us all together for so many years. I want to leave her words as she wrote them when she started this project. At the time it was true that a 12 marker Y-DNA test was the standard & sufficient and that still may be within some surname groups. However, within our group there may be cases where a 37 marker or greater test would help in connecting an individual to a family group. That is not always the case though, so please don't rush out and upgrade unnecessarily. Sometimes what is more needed is whatever family background you might have. We have many instances within our group where people have upgraded to high levels of Y-DNA markers but where that extra data does not help distinguish between family groups, whereas more paper trail data would. If any of you have any questions as to how to proceed, please ask away. To females with Sellers ancestors/ancestresses and to males with female Sellers ancestresses please join the group with your autosomal DNA results and family histories We need to use all of the data we have to be able to connect our family trees to one anothers. And sometimes it turns out that Sellers' married Zellers'(etc,) and that just makes this even more fun.
Ethnic and Geographic Origins: All Y-DNA tests allow you to identify your ethnic and geographic origins, both recent and far distant on your direct male descending line. Among others, you will be able to check your Native-American or African Ancestry as well as for the Cohanim Ancestry.
Addendum: The above words were Marie Sellers Hollingers', who founded this site and kept it up and kept us all together for so many years. I want to leave her words as she wrote them when she started this project. At the time it was true that a 12 marker Y-DNA test was the standard & sufficient and that still may be within some surname groups. However, within our group there may be cases where a 37 marker or greater test would help in connecting an individual to a family group. That is not always the case though, so please don't rush out and upgrade unnecessarily. Sometimes what is more needed is whatever family background you might have. We have many instances within our group where people have upgraded to high levels of Y-DNA markers but where that extra data does not help distinguish between family groups, whereas more paper trail data would. If any of you have any questions as to how to proceed, please ask away. To females with Sellers ancestors/ancestresses and to males with female Sellers ancestresses please join the group with your autosomal DNA results and family histories We need to use all of the data we have to be able to connect our family trees to one anothers. And sometimes it turns out that Sellers' married Zellers'(etc,) and that just makes this even more fun.