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From: "Roger Townsend" <>
Subject: [DNA] Re:relative genetics?
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 12:17:57 -0500
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Do you have a URL for Relative Genetics?

Roger

----- Original Message -----
From: "Orin R. Wells" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [DNA] Re: testing services & data banks


> At 11:23 AM 4/2/02 -0500, Roger Townsend wrote:
>
> >I have also seen geneology.com or similar name with a 23 point test, yes
> 23 points, they make it clear that it is a YEARLY FEE to be on their site,
you
> could be paying out a lot of money over a long period of time for a
service
> that costs them next to nothing. There is no information on storage or
> upgrading or even on the sample kit. I suspect that they are using
> familytreedna services at the University of Arizona also.<<
>
> Not so. It is Ancestry.com and they are using Relative Genetics. Yes,
> they have a fee for the storage and I have to agree with you that the cost
> of storing a small vial -not even the size of a blood vial, just can't be
> $25 per year. I don't know if Relative Genetics even offers at this time
> to store the samples although logic would say that it is probably Relative
> Genetics that would likely store the Ancestry.com samples as I suspect
> Ancestry.com does not have the facilities for this. Obviously they and
> Ancestry.com have not gotten the picture that when they have larger and
> better tests they would have a ready made base of client samples with many
> probably willing to pay a bit to get more resolution and thus add to the
> bottom line with little effort. Something that clearly has not been lost
> on FamilyTreeDNA.
>
>
>
> Orin R. Wells
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