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Your Y-DNA may help you find genetic cousins along your direct paternal line. Planned comparisons are the best choice. To set up a planned comparison, select two men who you believe share a direct paternal ancestor. Have both men take a Y-DNA

Member Y-DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 7/15/2021

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A man's direct paternal lineage is the line that follows his father's paternal ancestry. This line consists entirely of men. A man's Y-chromosome DNA (Y-DNA) is the same or very similar to his father's Y-DNA, his grandfather's Y-DNA, his great

If both you and your Y-DNA match have taken the Family Finder autosomal test but do not share any detectable autosomal DNA, it means that your relationship is unlikely to be within the past five generations. Autosomal DNA dilutes very rapidly

This is another bit of fiction that needs to be wiped out. Click here to read more in Eastman's Online Genealogy