About Y-DNA and mtDNA...

[Enflamme]

I wish to order both tomorrow, but i do not know what "version" buy...

In your opinion, what is the "best" between these different versions of Y-DNA and mtDNA?


Y-DNA:

Y-37

Y-67

Y-111



mtDNA:

MtFull Sequence

MtDNA Plus



I ask because I would not buy a "superior" version when it is not worth it.


My second question:
how does it work? They will send me another kit or when I buy the Y-DNA and mtDNA (either one or the other I will see), both will "activate" on my account, so no need to send a kit?

Sorry if my questions are not very understandable

Thanks.

[Kriptc06]

Y67, and MTplus, if you can afford full seq, go for it.

With 67 marked you will likely know a internatiade clade, which for most people is enough, but beware that it's not the haplo that FTdna will predict, because FTdna only used the first 14 markers to predict the haplo. I advise you to use nevgen.org.

Cheers and gluck

Some people say mtplus is a waste of money but for me it's enough. Plus will give you a basic clade, full will give you your terminal clade.
But one can look at your hrv1 and hrv2 mutation and give you your intermediate subclade. again, not the one FTdna gives you,, but yet another analysis over your results.

[Kriptc06]

If you wanna go cheap go Y37 and mtdna plus. I think this is the most basic you could get.

I don't recommend Y25 or Y12, for a unexperienced person it will look incomplete and ambigous, I did Y12 and I got a ultra basic clade E-M35, basically just the E clade (E1b)

[Enflamme]

Y67, and MTplus, if you can afford full seq, go for it.

With 67 marked you will likely know a internatiade clade, which for most people is enough, but beware that it's not the haplo that FTdna will predict, because FTdna only used the first 14 markers to predict the haplo. I advise you to use nevgen.org.

Cheers and gluck

Some people say mtplus is a waste of money but for me it's enough. Plus will give you a basic clade, full will give you your terminal clade.
But one can look at your hrv1 and hrv2 mutation and give you your intermediate subclade. again, not the one FTdna gives you,, but yet another analysis over your results.

Thanks.

[Enflamme]

If you wanna go cheap go Y37 and mtdna plus. I think this is the most basic you could get.

I don't recommend Y25 or Y12, for a unexperienced person it will look incomplete and ambigous, I did Y12 and I got a ultra basic clade E-M35, basically just the E clade (E1b)

And so, I have to get another kit or so they will activate both on my FTDNA account?

[Dick]

Y-37 is good enough but I also did the "Big Y" which explores deep ancestral links on you paternal tree. I also did MtFull Sequence which provides you with a more refined mtDNA haplogroup and close matches list unlike Mtdna plus. They will send you a kit and keep your saliva for any of their tests available for future use.

You also get "matches maps" like mine:

Ydna


Mtdna

[Enflamme]

Y-37 is good enough but I also did the "Big Y" which explores deep ancestral links on you paternal tree. I also did MtFull Sequence which provides you with a more refined mtDNA haplogroup and close matches list unlike Mtdna plus. They will send you a kit and keep your saliva for any of their tests available for future use.

You also get "matches maps" like mine:

Ydna
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Mtdna
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So if I understand correctly, i should have two kits?

A kit on which i would connect to see my dna result and another kit for haplogroup (Ydna and mtDNA)?

[Dick]

So if I understand correctly, i should have two kits?

A kit on which i would connect to see my dna result and another kit for haplogroup (Ydna and mtDNA)?

No garcon, they send you just one kit.

[Kriptc06]

And so, I have to get another kit or so they will activate both on my FTDNA account?

One kit is enough, and if you did family finder, no new sample is needed.

[Kriptc06]

Y-37 is good enough but I also did the "Big Y" which explores deep ancestral links on you paternal tree. I also did MtFull Sequence which provides you with a more refined mtDNA haplogroup and close matches list unlike Mtdna plus. They will send you a kit and keep your saliva for any of their tests available for future use.

You also get "matches maps" like mine:

Ydna
[img]http:i63.tinypic.com/2it0ilt.jpg[/img]

Mtdna

Big Y is kangz, yeah ya right I forgot that one, but sadly one cannot do it without a STR test first.