Is ftdna MyOrigins worth it?

[GoneWithTheWind]

They already have my sample. But Im skeptical. I see Europeans there who get only like 60% Euro.

[Peterski]

I got 100% European. Which ones get only 60%?

[GoneWithTheWind]

I got 100% European. Which ones get only 60%?

Some South Europeans. Albanians, Greeks, fyroms and Italians etc. Get like 60%-80% European. And Anatolian and Caucasus score.

An Albanian here I recall got only 68% Euro and clustered with Tuscans and got 100% Tuscan.

These same ppl on 23andme get like 99%-100% Euro

It could be all "ancient", or they are asuming it as such as they list haplogroups like J2b and E as levant etc but with that logic all European ydnas originated outside and most should get some non euro. that makes it not seem worth it except that they have my sample and i could run it through gedmatch.

[Peterski]

Many Greeks are descended from Anatolian Greeks. Maybe such Greeks get only 60% European?

BTW, these people who get 60-80% Euro, what else do they get (what is the remaining 40-20%)?

[GoneWithTheWind]

Many Greeks are descended from Anatolian Greeks. Maybe such Greeks get only 60% European?

BTW, these people who get 60-80% Euro, what else do they get (what is the remaining 40-20%)?

Mostly Caucasus and Anatolian.

Yes, Greeks descendant of Anatolian Greeks get some non euro on the 23andme I've seen.

But it doesnt explain Albanians or Tuscans for example who barely get any non euro on 23andme.

An Albanian user here I saw got on ftdna like 79%-80% Euro but on 23andme 99,9%-100% and this person also cluster with Tuscans or close.

[Voskos]

ofc its accurate. plus they offer ftdna ancient origins for free.

[Peterski]

ofc its accurate. plus they offer ftdna ancient origins for free.

Ancient Origins is not so accurate. "Metal Age Invader" is not Yamna / Steppe, but more like CHG.

[GoneWithTheWind]

ofc its accurate. plus they offer ftdna ancient origins for free.

So youre saying Tuscans, Balkanites etc have recent non European origin? (I'm sure some do just like Eastern and Northerns etc do).. And that 23andme is inaccurate? Because there are people who have tested both and on 23andme they get 99%-100% European.

On 23andme Greeks who have non euro ancestry get that. Greeks who don't have recent non euro get 99% euro etc. But what is really euro anyway..

What exactly makes it accurate unless its "ancient" which is pointless to test for anyway. It doesnt make sense that its ancient either as most Europeans should get non euro then..

[War Chef]

If I transfer my 23andme raw data to FTdna will I get different results than waiting for the kit and spitting in it? I'm guessing FTdna tests different markers?

[GoneWithTheWind]

If I transfer my 23andme raw data to FTdna will I get different results than waiting for the kit and spitting in it? I'm guessing FTdna tests different markers?

Can you post your 23andme results and whats your ancestry?