FTDNA’s Family Finder – first results are in
Friday, 2010-04-23My “Family Finder – Overview and Recommendations” post is at Invisible Histories and I am currently in the process of drafting a follow-up on the Family Finder results and success we’re seeing so far in the Finland Project. It should be posted by early next week.
But briefly: Family Finder tests over 500,000 SNPS across your 22 chromosomes and shows matches anywhere from close relationships (immediate family, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th cousins) up through 5th and more distant cousins in FamilyTreeDNA’s database. Looking at the results of just 19 members, I think this test has tremendous potential for the Finland Project. Of those 19, 11 are related to at least one other project member, most of them not having known about that connection before. We are already seeing multiple, previously unknown 3rd and 4th cousin matches as well as 3 more 5th-to-distant cousin (also previously unknown) connections that have now been confirmed through the paper trail.
Since within the next week Family Finder will be made available to the general public, I strongly encourage any project members who might be interested to order it now; FamilyTreeDNA will be giving current customers first priority in test processing. Based on the enthusiastic response FTDNA has already seen during the beta launch, public demand will no doubt be high. The retail cost is $289 and you can find the order link in the left side menu of your FTDNA account page
I would be happy to answer any questions; please email fimtdna@gmail.com
Laura
