This project is dedicated to the Y-DNA/mtDNA study of persons testing derived (positive) for the O Y-Haplogroup SNPs and F mtDNA SNPs or predicted as such. The O Y-DNA Haplogroup Project/F mtDNA Haplogroup Project will provide Researchers and Project Members with an organized layout of project STR markers results with project members assigned to proper subclades, which are defined by specific SNP's. The assignment of members to subclades will be done in accordance with the Cullen/Nordtvedt predictive tool but mainly FTDNA individual SNP testing, SNP Packs testing and Big Y-500 testing. If you order Big Y-500 test you will not need to carry out further Y-DNA testing at FTDNA. You may choose to have the analysis of your Big Y-500 raw data BAM file done by a third party such as YFull and Full Genomes Corp (FGC). Please consult with a Project administrator. As Project Administrators, we are doing our best to make everyone's genealogical research easier by organizing these SNP's and understanding the history of the O Y-DNA Haplogroup and the F mtDNA Haplogroup. Eventually we will arrive at a point where we can match specific SNP's to specific surnames going all the way back on the SNP tree to the emergence of both the O Y-DNA Haplogroup and the F mtDNA Haplogroup. FTDNA is assigning names to new SNPs found and where shared these appear on their Haplotree. Raw data BAM files can also be analysed by YFull.com and also Full Genomes Corp. We will then have both a historical and geographical understanding of these Haplogroups and all the human beings who have belonged to it. Because we know how valuable all this information is, we cannot be dissuaded from this goal. We know this project is on the right path. The O Y-DNA Haplotree is incredibly old, approximately 41,500 years old and our surviving lines are much, much older than in the I Haplogroup, for example. The F mtDNA Haplogroup is over 43,400 years old. In other words, we can expect a much more complex tree. We are working with ISOGG and FTDNA and others to get this new knowledge officially recognized. It will be beneficial to everyone who is O Y-DNA+ and F mtDNA+. As you can see, we are on the right path to accomplish our goal: match specific SNP's to specific clan groups and surnames going all the way back on the SNP tree to the emergence of the O Y-DNA Haplogroup and the F mtDNA Haplogroup, many thousands of years ago. Join us in this Age of Genetic Discoveries!