Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Going Big(Y)

FamilyTreeDNA currently has a Black Friday/Thanksgiving sale on their products, including the Big Y-700 DNA test. After looking at this for a few years, I've decided to take the plunge on yet another DNA test.

I've tried a number of DNA tests since 2008, originally taking the Ancestry Y DNA and mtDNA tests, then later the Ancestry autosomal DNA test, and National Geographic's short-lived Geno 2.0 test. My 2008 Ancestry Y test gave me a haplogroup R1b, and mtDNA haplogroup A. The 2018 Geno 2.0 test had more refined haplogroups for both, returning a result for R-U152 on the Y DNA, and A2d on the mtDNA side. I'm interested to see how these change when my big Y and mtDNA results arrive sometime in 2025.

I am also curious to see how this test and the information received afterward compares with other test results I administer for myself and others in the family. I'm interested in the possibility of gifting a test to another on my Dad's side of the tree. 

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