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From: Beth Long <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Some truth in article was Re: Answer from AncestorsMagazine
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 07:19:49 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <170684.52703.qm@web90401.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


Hi Larry,

I completely agree. Without the affordability of the 12-marker test, we could never have started our Bukovina Hungarian project. It's easy to upgrade to more markers if/when we find a 12/12 or an 11/12 match. When these matches occur, the North America (read: "paying") project members get a lot more interested and frequently pay for the upgrades.

Some of the people we test in Transylvania are a total "shot in the dark" (we test them based solely on their surname). If they don't come close to matching their Bukovina surname counterpart, we just leave it at 12 markers for the time being and go on to something else.

Our 110 members represent 11 different haplogroups; I think much of the advice given on this list pertains to R1b British Isles ancestry, which has its own test strategies and issues.

Beth Long

Larry Vick <> wrote:
Actually, the 12-marker test is very useful for our haplogroup Q1¢s in our VICK project. It is far from a "complete waste." We have no trouble identifying descendants of our immigrant ancestor with 12-markers, and the price makes it easier to recruit participants.


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