Does AncestryDNA sequence the Y Chromosome, and if so how much?

[Varg Vikernes 2]

One of the main reasons I purchased a test from 23andMe is the fact that their tests gives you your haplogroup. In fact, its probably one of their main USPs. However, I have read since that you can use third party tools like Morley's DNA and Cladefinder to generate your haplogroup from Raw DNA (which I wasn't aware of).

Ergo, my question is since you get no haplogroup info from Ancestry, do they bother sequencing the Y chromosome, and if so how detailed are the results if you import their Raw DNA into something like Morley's DNA? Would they be as detailed and granular as the subclade you get from 23andMe, which is quite deep?

[Badr madani]

In my opinion just stick with 23andme its more accurate.

[Jana]

One of the main reasons I purchased a test from 23andMe is the fact that their tests gives you your haplogroup. In fact, its probably one of their main USPs. However, I have read since that you can use third party tools like Morley's DNA and Cladefinder to generate your haplogroup from Raw DNA (which I wasn't aware of).

Ergo, my question is since you get no haplogroup info from Ancestry, do they bother sequencing the Y chromosome, and if so how detailed are the results if you import their Raw DNA into something like Morley's DNA? Would they be as detailed and granular as the subclade you get from 23andMe, which is quite deep?

You can extract your haplogroup from ancestry test, trough Morely or yseq cladefinder, and it will be accurate, but only basic clade and not a specific subclade.
If you know you are R1a, ancestry can't help you there because you won't learn anything new.

[Graham]

Claderunner can give you the YDNA from ancestry. Gave it a shot, very fast.