Barreldriver
05-07-2011, 01:06 AM
I did the Population Finder test when it first came out at FTDNA prior to testing with 23andMe, since then they've upgraded to the Illumina chip from Affymatrix. This thread is for those who've also tested with Population Finder to post their results, I've been tested on both PF platforms and I have to say even though the Illumina results are more specific I got some weird calls. I had sent my raw data from PF to Dr. McDonald but he said the results he got from the Illumina update are identical to what I had from 23andMe so no need to delve into that here.
Me results:
The Affy chip results were simply 100% Western European with a margin of error of 0.01%.
The Illumina Results were 86.80% Western Europe (my Western European component according to the regions listed under the colored map being French, Orcadian, and Spanish) then 13.20% Europe (the populations that make up this percentage being Tuscan, Finnish, Romanian, Russian and Sardinian). The margin of error was 9.72%, I had emailed Dr. McDonald about my margin of error and he agreed with my view regarding it, basically with the margin of error 9.72% of my DNA was hard to split between the populations I matched under Western Europe and Europe, a more realistic result in line with my known ancestry would be had if I give the margin of error in favor of the Western European category giving me percentages of 96.52% Western Europe (French, Orcadian and Spanish) then 3.48% Europe (Tuscan, Finnish, Romanian, Russian and Sardinian).
The French and Orcadian components being explained by my predominating British Isle's ancestry, someone with ancestry from England and such I would assume to fall in between an Orcadian and a French person, the Spanish component is explained by some Iberian ancestry allegedly Portuguese, others say it's Spanish the surname being Carrica/Carrico settled in Maryland prior to the revolt against the crown.
The little bit of Sardinian that shows up I could possibly attribute to a hypothesized Maltese connection as from what I've read on wikipedia Sardinia and Malta has a degree of similar settlement (Phoenicians, Romans, Vandals, Goths, Byzantines, and Saracens) my Pass family claimed to be descended from the same family as the John Pass who owned in part the foundry which the Liberty Bell was recast in, John Pass was said to have been Maltese, what is interesting is Dr. McDonald picked up some Middle Eastern segments on his version of the chromosome mosaic so I'm guessing that this has something to do with it, that or Moors via my Iberian ancestors. The Tuscan component struck me by surprise as did the Russian and Romanian, I cannot explain those in the context of my known genealogy.
http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k438/ragnarok1227/PopulationFinderIlluminaChipresults.jpg
Me results:
The Affy chip results were simply 100% Western European with a margin of error of 0.01%.
The Illumina Results were 86.80% Western Europe (my Western European component according to the regions listed under the colored map being French, Orcadian, and Spanish) then 13.20% Europe (the populations that make up this percentage being Tuscan, Finnish, Romanian, Russian and Sardinian). The margin of error was 9.72%, I had emailed Dr. McDonald about my margin of error and he agreed with my view regarding it, basically with the margin of error 9.72% of my DNA was hard to split between the populations I matched under Western Europe and Europe, a more realistic result in line with my known ancestry would be had if I give the margin of error in favor of the Western European category giving me percentages of 96.52% Western Europe (French, Orcadian and Spanish) then 3.48% Europe (Tuscan, Finnish, Romanian, Russian and Sardinian).
The French and Orcadian components being explained by my predominating British Isle's ancestry, someone with ancestry from England and such I would assume to fall in between an Orcadian and a French person, the Spanish component is explained by some Iberian ancestry allegedly Portuguese, others say it's Spanish the surname being Carrica/Carrico settled in Maryland prior to the revolt against the crown.
The little bit of Sardinian that shows up I could possibly attribute to a hypothesized Maltese connection as from what I've read on wikipedia Sardinia and Malta has a degree of similar settlement (Phoenicians, Romans, Vandals, Goths, Byzantines, and Saracens) my Pass family claimed to be descended from the same family as the John Pass who owned in part the foundry which the Liberty Bell was recast in, John Pass was said to have been Maltese, what is interesting is Dr. McDonald picked up some Middle Eastern segments on his version of the chromosome mosaic so I'm guessing that this has something to do with it, that or Moors via my Iberian ancestors. The Tuscan component struck me by surprise as did the Russian and Romanian, I cannot explain those in the context of my known genealogy.
http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k438/ragnarok1227/PopulationFinderIlluminaChipresults.jpg