Just purchased a FTDNA Y dna test

[Ayetooey]

Finally did it. It was a tough decision, but I went for Y67 for now. I will probably upgrade to big Y in the summer when I have more money. Since it's overseas shipping I likely won't receive my kit till the 2nd week of January. I'm going to guess I probably won't get my results to late Feb or March.

[Kamal900]

It's a good thing that we have a FTDNA lab here in Dubai, lol.

[Ayetooey]

It's a good thing that we have a FTDNA lab here in Dubai, lol.

Wow, that's pretty cool. I'm guessing I'll end up having mind sent back to the US. Shipping 23andme back to USA from Britain was an absolute nightmare. I ordered my 23andme kit this time last year, the kit didn't get back to the 23andme Labs till Feb as bad weather hit my shipping route.

[dosas]

I am a bit of an idiot with my purchases, I bought the Y67 then upgraded to Y111.

Then, my brother gifted me the Big-Y since he said it was on offer and it was related to him, as well, lol.

Talking about buyer's remorse. :p

[Kaspias]

I'm planning to order Y-37. Should i?

[gültekin]

I'm planning to order Y-37. Should i?
fool trap,pure waste of money. just y-12 , then if you want to go, Big Y-500. $499.00

[Kaspias]

fool trap,pure waste of money. just y-12 , then if you want to go, Big Y-500. $499.00

I have Y-12. Then i think i'm going to take SNP pack from YSEQ.

[gültekin]

I have Y-12. Then i think i'm going to take SNP pack from YSEQ.
save your money. you will buy big-y anyway

[Ayetooey]

I'm planning to order Y-37. Should i?

I'd go for something higher if you've got the money. I'm going for Y-67 now so my spit file is on record when I go for big Y in the summer.

[Artek]

Depends mostly on your goals and your background. I think that doing at least Y-37 or Y-67 is absolutely necessary when:
1)you belong to a well covered haplogroup or
2)you come from a relatively well DNA-testing covered country.

Of course when you do the test for the first time, you will not know the first for sure. You may start with whatever option and upgrade but IMHO Y-37 is reasonable.

It may not be so beneficial when you belong to a truly rare branch or your branch is so young, that everyone matches at Y-111 and Y-STR testing resolves nothing (issue specific mostly for Jews but applies to some extent to other branches as well like R1b-M222, R1a-YP1337 etc.).

In any case - one cannot really know whether by doing only Y12 he is missing something or not.

I didn't miss a thing myself. No matches on Y-37 and above. I've done Big Y and Y-67 but so far I have no Y-STR match above Y-25. That is likely going to change in the future but I also realise weaknesses of Y-STRs. That's why SNP testing is a necessary step.

What's quite funny, my closest Big Y match is a guy who isn't even visible on my Y-12 list. Guy who is visible on my Y-STR matches list is a more distant match.
Furthermore, list is dominated by Scandinavians who belong to totally different branch deep under Norse Z284 ;)

But that's just my case. Some people are much more lucky in that aspect than I am.

[gültekin]

I'd go for something higher if you've got the money. I'm going for Y-67 now so my spit file is on record when I go for big Y in the summer.
Big-Y will give you STR analizes also, so no need to order extra Y-67 inshallah
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https://www.theapricity.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=83423&d=1545909039

[Ayetooey]

Big-Y will give you STR analizes also, so no need to order extra Y-67 inshallah
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https://www.theapricity.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=83423&d=1545909039

I am not buying an extra Y-67 Akhi. I don't have the money for big Y so I brought Y-67 with the intention of upgrading to big Y in the summer, you can pay the difference and you get a slight discount I'm sure.

[Dick]

I am not buying an extra Y-67 Akhi. I don't have the money for big Y so I brought Y-67 with the intention of upgrading to big Y in the summer, you can pay the difference and you get a slight discount I'm sure.

67 is suffice. You probably already have a clue who your matches will be and you can find out your clan.

[Ayetooey]

67 is suffice. You probably already have a clue who your matches will be and you can find out your clan.

http://www.njegos.org/clans/stcgora.jpg

Why did you go all the way for big Y in the end? Cos you've got a rare subclade I'm guessing?

[Dick]

Why did you go all the way for big Y in the end? Cos you've got a rare subclade I'm guessing?

I didn't have any matches in the Balkans at 37 markers. I did Y37 and then upgraded.


https://i.imgur.com/Z6MRIl7.jpg






I'm the Serb flag obviously

https://www.yfull.com/tree/I-S2077/

[Ayetooey]

Could anyone give me insight into this international shipping stuff? I ordered a week ago, my package reached Chicago 4 days ago, and it hasn't updated since on my tracker, when I use international tracking sites it say's "in transit" no clue what country my test kit is in right now.

[Leto]

Could anyone give me insight into this international shipping stuff? I ordered a week ago, my package reached Chicago 4 days ago, and it hasn't updated since on my tracker, when I use international tracking sites it say's "in transit" no clue what country my test kit is in right now.
It must arrive soon, I believe. Maybe by Monday or so.

[Dick]

Big-Y will give you STR analizes also, so no need to order extra Y-67 inshallah
83423


Yo gult, did you upgrade your yfull from hg19>hg38?

[Lucas]

No need to worry. My first order which I resend to USA was special package with tracking. I was afraid and check few times a day the progress...
Now I send them package for my daughter and used simple, low-cost letter without any tracking. It arrived in USA after 10 days or so. Any problems.

[Tommy Tipper]

I am in Britain and you will see its held at Chicago for a few days and when you track the return its again held at Chicago i think its a Customs clearance depot

[Ayetooey]

I am in Britain and you will see its held at Chicago for a few days and when you track the return its again held at Chicago i think its a Customs clearance depot

Yes. It's been at Chicago since 29th, that was last time my tracker updated. Hopefully it moves soon.

[Ayetooey]

My tracker just updated for the first time since since the 29th of December, and my package is now in Britain. What a great Christmas present.

[Ayetooey]

My tracker just updated for the first time since since the 29th of December, and my package is now in Britain. What a great Christmas present.

And its here, sending it off tonight, then for the long ass wait.

[rein]

Who needs Y67 when you can get an SNP pack for your subclade from YSEQ.

[Ayetooey]

Who needs Y67 when you can get an SNP pack for your subclade from YSEQ.

I want to trace matches as well as subclade. I'm going for big Y eventually.

[Ayetooey]

Package has been received by FTDNA. Waiting game now.

[Dick]

Package has been received by FTDNA. Waiting game now.

is there an expected date?

[Ayetooey]

is there an expected date?

Nope it hasn't been acknowledged by FTDNA yet, it just says on my package tracker it was delivered on the 16th.

[Ayetooey]

My sample has been received by the lab, no batch updates yet, I will likely be waiting for a while.

[Luke35]

My sample has been received by the lab, no batch updates yet, I will likely be waiting for a while.

We will see who get their results first. YSEQ received my sample several days ago...

[Ayetooey]

We will see who get their results first. YSEQ received my sample several days ago...

Likely you, I'm not expecting anything till April/May at earliest, they've already told me they have a much higher than average amount of samples atm due to Christmas sales, which test have you done?

[Luke35]

Likely you, I'm not expecting anything till April/May at earliest, they've already told me they have a much higher than average amount of samples atm due to Christmas sales, which test have you done?

N1a-VL29 Panel.
They test these three SNP's first (23andMe says I am M2783) and then they work their way down from there.
Y5004
L550
M2783

I am very interested what the subclade will be as it is so rare in Hungary.

[Ayetooey]

N1a-VL29 Panel.
They test these three SNP's first (23andMe says I am M2783) and then they work their way down from there.
Y5004
L550
M2783

I am very interested what the subclade will be as it is so rare in Hungary.

Oh interesting, well mine is just a y-67 str test, but i will likely buy SNP packs based on what the various dna projects suggest.

Yeah your Y dna seems cool and very ancient, mine is more cookie cutter lol.

[Ford]

It took two months for my kit to arrive at my home to the point where it reached them in Texas... My results are expected mid to late February. I guess we can only sit and twiddle our thumbs meanwhile haha

[Ayetooey]

It took two months for my kit to arrive at my home to the point where it reached them in Texas... My results are expected mid to late February. I guess we can only sit and twiddle our thumbs meanwhile haha

February isn't too bad. Which tests did you order?

[Ford]

February isn't too bad. Which tests did you order?

I ordered the Y-37 test at ftdna. February isn't too bad but also keep in mind that I ordered the kit the 30th of November :(

[Leto]

I ordered the Y-37 test at ftdna.
An offtopic question: are you more NE European than Serbian averages on GEDmatch? I've not seen your Dodecad K12b results.

[Ford]

An offtopic question: are you more NE European than Serbian averages on GEDmatch? I've not seen your Dodecad K12b results.

I generally plot on the edge of Serbian clusters, northern pulled basically.

My Dodecad K12b, I can pm you more results if you're interested.
1 North_European 43
2 Atlantic_Med 26.71
3 Caucasus 20.66
4 Southwest_Asian 4.76
5 Gedrosia 2.96
6 Siberian 1.46
7 Northwest_African 0.41
8 East_Asian 0.05

[Ayetooey]

Got expected batch dates!

Family Finder FamilyFinder 02/13/2019 - 02/27/2019
Y-DNA67 Y-DNA1-12 Markers 03/06/2019 - 03/20/2019
Y-DNA67 Y-DNA13-25 Markers 03/06/2019 - 03/20/2019
Y-DNA67 Y-DNA26-37 Markers 03/06/2019 - 03/20/2019
Y-DNA67 Y-DNA38-47 Markers 03/06/2019 - 03/20/2019
Y-DNA67 Y-DNA48-60 Markers 03/06/2019 - 03/20/2019
Y-DNA67 Y-DNA61-67 Markers 03/06/2019 - 03/20/2019

[Dick]

Got expected batch dates!

Family Finder FamilyFinder 02/13/2019 - 02/27/2019
Y-DNA67 Y-DNA1-12 Markers 03/06/2019 - 03/20/2019
Y-DNA67 Y-DNA13-25 Markers 03/06/2019 - 03/20/2019
Y-DNA67 Y-DNA26-37 Markers 03/06/2019 - 03/20/2019
Y-DNA67 Y-DNA38-47 Markers 03/06/2019 - 03/20/2019
Y-DNA67 Y-DNA48-60 Markers 03/06/2019 - 03/20/2019
Y-DNA67 Y-DNA61-67 Markers 03/06/2019 - 03/20/2019

yeah, 2-3 months seem correct

[Ford]

My results just came in, unexpectedly. They were supposed to come 11-25th of February, maybe your results will come earlier too.

[Ayetooey]

My results just came in, unexpectedly. They were supposed to come 11-25th of February, maybe your results will come earlier too.

Nice to know, I will make sure to check every day or two, since FTDNA has a problem with emailing me lol.

You should make a thread on your y-37 results would be interested to see em.