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What will a Y-DNA test tell me?

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Created: Tuesday, 05 September 2023 15:01

Last Updated: Tuesday, 05 September 2023 15:03

Published: Tuesday, 05 September 2023 15:01

Written by Nancy Kiser

• Identify your family’s detailed placement on the Great Family Tree of Mankind
  
  
• Discover your surname history and how it relates to other families
  
  
• Validate your known paternal line genealogy and get additional clues for research beyond the historical records
  
  
• Your results may enable the creation of a new branch representing a patrilineal ancestor’s genetic signature that you might be able to identify
  
  
• You might be able to see if your paternal line is related to ancient DNA from archaeological remains, and when your common ancestor lived.

Should I upgrade to additional Y-DNA STR markers?

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Created: Friday, 20 October 2023 17:02

Last Updated: Friday, 20 October 2023 17:04

Published: Friday, 20 October 2023 17:02

Written by Nancy Kiser

You should test more Y-DNA markers when you want to compare additional markers against others with similar results.

Additional STR markers will refine your matches. If you currently have many Y-12, Y-25, Y-37, or Y-67 matches, you should certainly consider upgrading your Y-DNA profile to a higher level.

The level that you choose and the need to upgrade depends on:

• Your goals,
• The amount of testing already completed by others in a Group Project that you are joining,
• The degree of certainty for a relationship (match) that you desire.

For genealogical matching, the most important factor is the degree of certainty that your near or exact matches are indeed related to you in recent generations. 

Generally, testing additional STR markers will:

• Narrow the expected time to a common ancestor with an exact match,
• Increase the degree of certainty for a near or exact match,
• Reduce the number of irrelevant matches.

Early Bird Sale

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Created: Friday, 27 October 2023 12:51

Last Updated: Friday, 27 October 2023 12:52

Published: Friday, 27 October 2023 12:51

Written by Nancy Kiser

Family Tree DNA is holding a sale until 19 November 2023. The 37 marker Y-DNA test is on sale for $99 plus postage. Please be advised this is the only test on sale that can be used to compare with other Phillips men in our DNA project. Here is a link to a page where you can order the test through our project which will guarantee your results will be placed in our project.