Project News

[27 Jun 10] 182* YDNA + 53* mtDNA participants

*Includes 18 haplotypes from the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation (SMGF) Ychromosome database
**Includes (17) partial (207 base pairs) HVR1 mtDNA profiles from Late Saxon burial site (9th-11th c.) at Castle Mall, Norwich, NFK published by Topf, et. al 2006

[17 Jul 09] New YDNA mapping analysis provided on the Haplo Map page courtesy of Stephen Arbon.

[9 Aug 08] YHRD comparison tables removed due to changes on YHRD website disabling haplotype links. Participants are encouraged to visit YHRD site for results comparisons.

[13 Apr 08] YDNA haplogroups revised from ISOGG 2007 YDNA tree structure to "major haplogroup" + lowest measured or predicted downstream YSNP. This change is brought about to simplify haplogroup and subclade nomenclature in light of revised 2008 YCC YDNA tree, which significantly revises many of the haplogroup branches in uses over the last couple of years.

[13 Apr 08] YDNA Analysis participant comparison pages revised to incorporate Genetic Distance (GD) and Time to Most Recent Common Ancestor (TMRCA) results with participant profile results. GD and TMRCA results are viewable by clicking on the desired Surname_ID. GD and TMRCA results displayed are for that participant with all the other participants within the same haplogroup.

[29 Feb 08] Donations to the Project General Fund are now being accepted. Funds are held in trust by FamilyTreeDNA and will be used to support participant YDNA DeepSNP testing, and YDNA and mtDNA profile testing upgrades through FamilyTreeDNA at the Project Administrator's discretion. The current General Fund status is shown on the FamilyTreeDNA-hosted project page.

[23 Feb 08] FamilyTreeDNA now offering R1b1c9 and R1b1c10 ("U-series") subclade testing. All FTDNA customers who are haplogroup R1b1c (and not already found R1b1c6 or R1b1c7), and interested in knowing more about their deep ancestry are strongly encouraged to take the FTDNA DeepSNP-R1b and U-Series tests. The same testing is available for non-FTDNA customers through Ethnoancestry.