Project News
Latest update...9/02/09...5 results to date and as expected all are a close match. Individual test participants are responsible for the purchase of a DNA test kit from FamilyTreeDNA. The Y-DNA25: 25 Marker Test provides accurate linkage information (discounted cost of $148 plus s/h). However, if you believe you share a paternal ancestor with persons already participating in the study, you might consider the Y-DNA37: 37 Marker Test ($189 plus s/h) for even more accurate results (provided the other participants you are attempting to match have at least 37 markers tested). The new Y-DNA67: 67 Marker Test ($269 plus s/h) is mostly useful in special situations where maximum accuracy is needed. For those wishing to make the lowest initial investment in the testing, the Y-DNA12: 12 Marker Test provides a crude determination of possible shared ancestry, and could always be refined later with additional markers (from the original test sample) if the 12 markers match others in a particular family line. If you don't have a match with others in the first 12 or 25 markers, then there is not much sense worrying about refining the results. On the other hand, those people who have exact matches with others might wish to explore the additional precision the upgrade would provide.
Instructions on joining our project and obtaining the kit are provided at the link below
https://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.aspx?code=A66759&special=true
Using the test kit, the participant scrapes the inside of their cheeks with two swab-like scrapers, and then inserts the scrapers into tubes filled with fluid designed to arrest bacteria growth. The swabs are then sent back to FamilyTreeDNA for analysis. In approximately 7 weeks, results will be mailed to the participant, and to the Group Administrator. There are options for having notices sent from FamilyTreeDNA to other individuals when the DNA results match.
After the results are received by the Group Administrator, they will be posted (WITH THE PARTICIPANTS PERMISSION) on this web site. For the project to be credible, several people within each line will need to be tested to validate the DNA markers for the line.