2012 Holiday Sale

[xajapa]

For those who have been interested in getting their dna tested, or if you would like to upgrade, FTDNA is having a sale from now until the end of the year:

This is a courtesy e-mail to you about a sale that we are announcing to all of our customers, therefore you do not need to re-post it in your administrator's bulk e-mail system.

As we ended our 8th Annual Genetic Genealogy Conference, several conference participants asked us to start our year-end sale as soon as possible. In answer to those requests we decided to start it immediately:

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New Kits Current SALE
Y-DNA 37 $149 $119
Y-DNA 67 $239 $199
mtFullSequence (FMS) $299 $199
SuperDNA (Y-DNA 67 and mtFullSequence) $518 $398
Family Finder $289 $199
Family Finder + mtDNAPlus $438 $318
Family Finder + mtFullSequence $559 $398
Family Finder + Y-DNA 37 $438 $318
Comprehensive (FF + FMS + Y-67) $797 $597

Upgrades Current SALE
Y-Refine 12-25 Marker $49 $35
Y-Refine 12-37 Marker $99 $69
Y-Refine 12-67 Marker $189 $148
Y-Refine 25-37 Marker $49 $35
Y-Refine 25-67 Marker $148 $114
Y-Refine 37-67 Marker $99 $79
Y-Refine 37-111 Marker $228 $188
Y-Refine 67-111 Marker $129 $109
mtDNAPlus $149 $129
mtHVR1toMega $269 $179
mtHVR2toMega $239 $179
mtFullSequence Add-on $289 $199
To order this special offer, log in to your personal page and click on the Order An Upgrade button in the upper right corner. A link to the login page is provided below. ALL ORDERS MUST BE PLACED AND PAID FOR BY MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2012 11:59:00 PM CST TO RECEIVE THE SALE PRICES.

Log In to Order an Upgrade.

Best Regards,
Bennett Greenspan
President
Family Tree DNA
www.familytreedna.com
"History Unearthed Daily"

[Sultan Suleiman]

And people actually pay real life money for this

[Blackout]

What does a persons 'DNA' tell them?

[xajapa]

Yes, they do pay. For some people, especially a person who may not know their ancestry, there can be an interest in such things. I have corresponded with Europeans who can recount their ancestors back 500 years. Many new world individuals lost that trail when their ancestors immigrated, but they still have an interest in it. I have discovered some interesting things about my genetic and genealogical background. Furthermore, it is a hobby. I don't waste my money on alcohol and drugs, so I figure I may as well spend it in something. One more point, I have found that some people don't wish to discover their actual genetic and genealogical background. They have a preconceived notion of who they are and where they have come from and they might be shocked and disappointed to find out they aren't what they claim to be, or they are something they don't wish to be. For example, Hitler's y-dna (passed on from father to son) is E1b1b. It is most commonly found in the Berbers of Morocco, in Algeria, Libya and Tunisia as well as among Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews.

[Artek]

For example, Hitler's y-dna (passed on from father to son) is E1b1b. It is most commonly found in the Berbers of Morocco, in Algeria, Libya and Tunisia as well as among Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews.

What a dumb propaganda, they haven't revealed Hitler's E1b1b subclade.
It's probably E-V13, which is between 5 and 10 % in Austria and Southern Germany.

[zlakopistou]

What a dumb propaganda, they haven't revealed Hitler's E1b1b subclade.
It's probably E-V13, which is between 5 and 10 % in Austria and Southern Germany.

Propaganda? Where?

It's just ignorance.

[xajapa]

I just know what I read. Still, this demonstrates some of the interesting aspects of getting your dna tested.

[Albion]

I'm tempted to get the ydna 12 marker + family finder. What does family finder test though? Is it str or snp? Do they show admixture?

[Legion]

There are a number of meaningful reasons to get DNA tests, including medical ones.

[Artek]

I'm tempted to get the ydna 12 marker + family finder. What does family finder test though? Is it str or snp? Do they show admixture?

It looks like .
You also receive raw data (your genome uploaded to a file), so you can use it with admixture calculators like Dodecad and many other tools. Without this raw data FamilyFinder is almost worthless.

I hope you plan to extend y-dna markers to at least 37 in the nearest future, brother.