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From: Kim Spangrude <>
Subject: Re: [Q-B-I] Exciting DNA news
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:50:03 -0700
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Hi again, Susan!

I suppose that in some families (for example, our Townsends), there
will be thousands and thousands of close matches. I know that the
Quaker community back then was very close, and people tended to marry
back and forth between families; the Pearsons and Townsends, the
Cains, the Parsons, the Cadwalladers, Coxes, Wheelers and on and on.
My husband (a stemcell biologist) tells me that autosomal DNA testing
is more "unstable" the further back it looks, and therefore it is most
useful for the first several generations; and, another nice thing
about it is that the test looks at more markers than the yDNA or
mtDNA, and so the likelihood of finding more matches is greater. I
think I may go ahead and do this test; do you know if ftDNA can use
the sample from our Townsend man that I sent in a few years ago, to do
autosomal dna testing, or will it need to be a fresh sample?
Kim
On Feb 26, 2010, at 4:13 PM, Susan Rosine wrote:

>
> Hey there Cousin Kim (through the Quaker Townsends)!
>
> Autosomal looks at more than one ancestor. Y-DNA looks at just your
> male Townsend line (for example). A male carrying the surname of
> Townsend must take the test, and it will only look at the direct
> paternal line.
> mtDNA looks at the direct maternal line of a person. So, right away,
> you are able to see more than just the two lines (y and mt).
>
> Every time a man and women have a child, the child gets a random mix
> of half of his dad's DNA, and half of his mom's. This is called
> autosomal DNA. Siblings will not get the same mix; it's random!!
>
> For example, my dad and his sister already did this autosomal test
> with 23andMe (where it is more expensive). They do not match
> exactly, but they share about 50% of the same DNA segments. They
> each got a random mix from their parents. Now, when my dad had me, I
> only got half of his! So, as you can see, you can lose a lot of your
> ancestors' DNA pretty quickly--but at the same time, you'll also get
> a random blend of many ancestors' DNA.
> Now comes the fun part!! Once you get your results, you'll also get
> notifications of who you match with. You then trade emails with each
> other, sharing ALL your known surnames. You should be able to find a
> common ancestor.
>
> Kim, let's say you had your Townsend man do the test. I've already
> signed up my father to do it through FTDNA. My Townsend ancestor is
> on my dad's side of the family. He MIGHT still have a segment of
> Townsend DNA. And your relative may have that same segment. They
> would compare info and discover the common ancestor, and common DNA.
> My dad does not carry the surname of Townsend, so he can't test with
> the Townsend DNA project, but through this new testing he can
> hopefully find out if he has any Townsend DNA that made it down to
> him.
>
> My dad's sister already found a match with 23andMe on her Quaker
> Heaton line. She matches with another person who has the same Heaton
> ancestor. However, my dad does not match his sister or this person
> on this segment of his DNA, so he inherited a different segment than
> his sister!!
>
> Once the test opens up to everyone sometime in March, anyone can
> take the test, and we should start seeing lots of matches to distant
> cousins of all sorts of our ancestor surnames, because it won't
> matter what your own surname is, or what your Y-DNA or mtDNA results
> are!!
> Susan
>
>
> From: Kim Spangrude
> Subject: Re: [Q-B-I] Exciting DNA news
> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010
> Susan,
> How is the autosomal DNA different from the other two? In what
> scenarios would it be helpful to have results from this test?
> Kim
>
>
>>>
>>> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:22:29 -0700
>> From: Susan Rosine
>> Subject: [Q-B-I] Exciting DNA news
>>
>> Hello everyone!
>>
>> Some of you may already have received an email from FTDNA, inviting
>> you to participate, at a special low introductory price, in their
>> newest type of DNA test, which they are calling "Family Finder".
>> This test looks at your autosomal DNA, NOT your Y-DNA and NOT your
>> mtDNA. If any of you have tested with 23andMe, it is similar to
>> their Relative Finder.
>>
>> For those who did NOT receive an email from FTDNA about the special
>> price offer, the British Quakers DNA project has been allowed to
>> offer ONE person in our project the special price (Rootsweb does
>> not allow publication of price information).
>>
>> If anyone is interested, it's limited to ONE offer from our
>> project. First come, first served! You must already be a member of
>> the British Quakers DNA project through FTDNA, and you must not
>> have already received the individual offer from FTDNA.
>>
>> Here is the an extract from the notification that project
>> administrators received:
>>
>> "We are now prepared to offer to each of our Group Administrators
>> the opportunity to participate in the 2nd phase of the pre-launch
>> of this exciting new tool.
>> Each Group Admin may select one kit # that He/She would like to
>> order a Family Finder test at the introductory price of $xxx. "
>>
>> You will find more information about the test on your own personal
>> myFTDNA page.
>>
>> The Family Finder test will be open to everyone else in March, but
>> I do not know what the price will be at that time. I can tell you
>> that it is a very good deal right now, based on what they charge
>> for this test at 23andMe.
>>
>> Susan
>
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