FamilyTreeDNA: What to Do After You Take This DNA Test

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  • Опубліковано 15 січ 2025

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  • @pravoslavn
    @pravoslavn 5 років тому +8

    A VERY well done presentation, Sir ! For a living, I gave presentations on technical material for 30 years, so I can tell you from experience that you do veyr well in your own presentations. Anxious to see your other videos.

  • @BuzanArabia
    @BuzanArabia 3 роки тому +1

    Hi
    How to Connect to existing person in ftdna family tree
    thanks

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  3 роки тому

      I'm not exactly sure what you're asking. If you're trying to determine how you're related, that involves using triangulation and a variety of other tools. If you're trying to do something more technical, then you'll want to reach out to the FTDNA support staff.

  • @nickidaisyreddwoodd5837
    @nickidaisyreddwoodd5837 5 років тому +1

    Fascinating. It can figure out whether a match comes from my father's or mother's side? That is quite something. I bought one today.

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  5 років тому +1

      Yep, you have to identify some relatives on each side, but then it can identify others for you.

  • @deloresmower4015
    @deloresmower4015 Рік тому +1

    I am interested in learning if I have Native American Ancestors as my Maternal grandmother claimed to be Native American. What test do I need to take?

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  Рік тому

      A mtDNA test might show a known native american haplogroup as long as the ancestry continued to follow the matrilineal line.

  • @LeeRalph100
    @LeeRalph100 4 роки тому +3

    Thank You for your Videos!! I have just gotten my Y test back and I am totally stumped! I first did my Ancestry DNA which pointed towards an NPE a few generations back (yet recent enough that I knew one involved)... I had several close unknown matches..yet none on a line that I had researched for 30 years. All of these unknown matches were related to each other. This and other info supported the NPE event theory.
    Now my dilemma. Today I got back my Y DNA results hoping to prove or disprove the NPE theory. Yet none of the Y matches seemed to match the NPE surname, although of the 15 Y matches.. there were 3 different surnames that showed up more than once. Of these, two were at the 1 Genetic Distance rating.
    I am really stumped by the results of the Y DNA!! Any thoughts or Ideas would be greatly appreciated.
    These tests have called into question 30 years of research!

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  4 роки тому +4

      What you may have is a series of NPE events within a group of people. The actual surname, may or may not be one of the ones in your list.

  • @elizabeth-annmarais8400
    @elizabeth-annmarais8400 2 роки тому +1

    Good day, how accurate will the DNA test be to proof that my father in laws grandfather's nephews are related to my kids?

  • @sarahannsqueaks4283
    @sarahannsqueaks4283 4 роки тому +2

    I transferred raw data from Myheritage to Family tree dna. The numbers seem a little off and some of the countries are different

  • @cicilofgren
    @cicilofgren 5 років тому +3

    Family tree DNA just changed the starting page today, September 17.

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  5 років тому

      I know, I have the worst luck sometimes. It would be nice if I had advanced notice of things like this so the video isn't obsolete shortly after posting.

  • @DinoPasic
    @DinoPasic 2 роки тому +3

    Hi, i am coming from Balkan, actually Bosnia and Herzegovina. And i made some research on the net about DNA results that are offered on the market. Some of them are offering very basic infos and your company is offering a lot more. For example, i see people from Balkan and their results at myharitage and that is 80-90% Balkan, rest is North Europe, and that is end of story. I mean that is not satisfaction. And interesting to mention is that Balkan has old genetics, so Europe is having matching with us but people think they had grandma on the North. So i like to see deeper look into it. For our countries i would like to find some affordable solution, because we had war. And still today we have a lot of discussion between people because they think they are different, mostly because of religion belief. Our faces are similar, so i think we have same genetics, religion is brought to us. That information would be crucial if can make some collective testing in former Yugoslavia countries.

  • @SereniaSaissa
    @SereniaSaissa 5 років тому +2

    FT DNA has certainly done some drastic changes. The Page that Andy is on (0:55) has been changed - a lot!!!! The Family tree link is no longer at the top. Now it is at the Bottom!!!!

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  5 років тому +2

      Grrrr. I hate it when companies change their pages right after I do an explanation.

  • @jamesdorsey7385
    @jamesdorsey7385 Рік тому

    Great video. I have the same Y-67 haplotype as you. Does that mean we are related?

  • @jclcrow2621
    @jclcrow2621 11 місяців тому

    Thank you so much for this. I find their level of information provided hard to make use of in search of possible family members. It’s very confusing.

  • @Lia_T
    @Lia_T 4 місяці тому

    With no family tree option on FTDNA itself, and linking now to myHeritage for that, how to see some of this information has changed. Also the screens are a bit different now.

    • @Nashmi-JO
      @Nashmi-JO 4 місяці тому

      Yes we need a new video

  • @lwinner2
    @lwinner2 4 роки тому +2

    Enjoyed the video-very informative! Question: How do I capture the segment data from a DNA match in FamilyTreeDNA to copy to my DNA Painter chromosome map? Thanks!!

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 роки тому

      You need to use their chromosome browser and then download the segment data as a csv file.

  • @monkeypie8701
    @monkeypie8701 2 роки тому +2

    How come in Chromosome Painter there are two sides to each chromosome, but in Chromosome Browser there is only one?

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 роки тому

      In Painter, it is showing you both your maternal and paternal chromosomes and the ethnic distribution estimate between them. In Browser, you are comparing yourself to another person and likely you only share DNA on one side of the family, so only need to show 1 chromosome.

  • @theropesofrenovation
    @theropesofrenovation 2 роки тому +1

    I can't even figure out "exact match" means. The surnames are those I've never heard of. What is an EXACT MATCH on Y-DNA

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 роки тому

      It means that you have no differences between yourself and the match. A genetic distance of 0.

  • @ritakeyes9665
    @ritakeyes9665 3 роки тому +2

    I had my father’s Y-DNA tested and at the 67 marker test he has a genetic distance of 1 with one person. We have a brick wall for the my 2nd ggfather of my male line. The person my father’s 66 of 67 markers match is a family whose farm was very near my 3rd ggmother (the mother of my unknown 2nd ggfather). My hypothesis is that my 3rd ggfather is from this family line. How do I prove or disprove this hypothesis?

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 роки тому +2

      I talk about Genetic Distance in my latest video. Questions like yours prompted me to make it. Watch that and then let me know on that video if you have a follow-up question. ua-cam.com/video/kTAcIJeMjZU/v-deo.html

  • @julesguerard2849
    @julesguerard2849 3 роки тому

    Do you have a similar video made 2021?

  • @rockyfjord3753
    @rockyfjord3753 3 роки тому

    Ancestry is said to have the largest database for North America, and My Heritage for Europe and
    Jewish ancestry.

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 роки тому +1

      MyHeritage does have a different market and customer base that Ancestry. However, I would recommend people be in both since it's easy. Test with Ancestry and transfer your DNA to MyHeritage (for less than the cost of a DNA test). Then you can be in both.

  • @raymondbelarista866
    @raymondbelarista866 Рік тому

    My father's name was changed here in the U.S. , So when I want to see matches and everything, Should I enter his Actual name or the name that he wound up with?

  • @glamdring52
    @glamdring52 5 років тому +1

    Nothing in this video resembles any screen that I see when I log in on my android tablet.... I need info on dashboard 2... and I am unable to edit or add in family tree.

  • @anpowicasta2135
    @anpowicasta2135 Рік тому

    The ftdna test is inaccurate . And their panel is wrong on my test

    • @satioOeinas
      @satioOeinas 3 місяці тому

      How do you know that it is inaccurate? Worked well for me

  • @Strawberry-o9y
    @Strawberry-o9y Рік тому

    What if you don't know the names of your family?

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  3 місяці тому

      You build your tree as best you can. Then you triangulate your DNA matches to see the potential ways you relate with them. As others with trees with names, dates and places, link up to you, then you'll discover the whose who in your family tree.

  • @michaelwhalan9783
    @michaelwhalan9783 5 років тому

    On the UA-cam video, February 15 2013, interview with Neil De Grasse Tyson about the Russian meteor explosion they first interview a ice hockey player in Russia named Garnett, so you can see a distant relative.

  • @LDSpros
    @LDSpros 5 років тому +1

    I have watched hours of HFH videos and there is something that I just don't understand. The tools are kind of fun, colorful, and interesting; but they don't really help me build my own Family Tree. Are people engaged in DNA research primarily interested in identifying their closest "cousins" and grabbing their email addresses? I want help building my Family Tree.

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  5 років тому

      DNA is a tool that can be used to help build a family tree. It is rarely useful without traditional genealogical records.

  • @karlayork877
    @karlayork877 5 років тому +1

    Great video, but one comment about the earliest "known" ancestor. I'd take those listed ancestors with a block of salt; a big chunk of those are wrong. Too bad people aren't required (or even allowed) to document how they reached their conclusions.

    • @nickidaisyreddwoodd5837
      @nickidaisyreddwoodd5837 5 років тому

      Our earliest known ancestor is the first self replicating amino acid swimming in the primordial soup of geothermal mineral water about 4 billion years ago.

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  5 років тому

      Devon encourages people to document their research in her videos. Help share those videos so people can be encouraged.

  • @kristinamickwitz3542
    @kristinamickwitz3542 5 років тому

    Почему они Африканские гены не показывают ,генетики утверждают что первые предки в Африке появились.
    I have a lot of cousins in the UK but ftdna doesn't show them on the marches map

  • @1.1797
    @1.1797 Рік тому

    I started on Ancestry before I found out years later about Family Tree DNA. Wish I'd known about FTD beforehand. Ancestry doesn't really show you a whole lot, def not in comparison.

  • @petea1918
    @petea1918 4 роки тому

    Hi Andy,
    I’ve just received back my FTDNA 111 marker test and have nobody who match with me. However, at 67 markers I have matches but don’t share the name surname as me. One of the matches matched with me who had taken the 111 marker test but now don’t match with me and my 111 marker test...why is this?
    Hope you can answer this question for me.
    Kind regards,
    Peter Whitehead.

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  4 роки тому +1

      There must have been enough differences in the extra 44 markers to make it so that your match at 67 was not a match at 111

  • @tracysk1
    @tracysk1 5 років тому +2

    Interested in the video that discusses how to utilize the chromosome browser for my research. Thank you.

  • @elizabethmoore6467
    @elizabethmoore6467 4 роки тому

    I recently got the results of a Y DNA test which had been requested on behalf of a relation or mine. I have offered to administer the results by linking them to my own FTDNA tree. The email gives the following instructions:
    Login to myFTDNA account
    Click on myFTDNA in top left corner and find Y-DNA menu
    From Y-DNA menu select matches
    WHEN IF DO ALL THAT I JUST GET THROUGH TO ADVERTISEMENTS FOR BUYING MORE TESTS
    Could you possibly help me with this?
    I have also tried to upload the results to GEDMATCH but it asks for a file from my computer??? How do I use the kit number to create a file on my pc???
    Thank you in advance for any assistance....it is a long time since I did my own test so I have forgotten what procedure I used.

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 роки тому

      First... I hope you've reached out to FTDNA support. They're best for specific technical issues.
      For GEDmatch , be sure to download the DNA from FTDNA ua-cam.com/video/-Z4vyKuSXa4/v-deo.html
      Then transfer that file that you downloaded in this fashion ua-cam.com/video/XZfF1juyHbI/v-deo.html

  • @rotagbhd
    @rotagbhd 2 роки тому

    The brother of a GRANDparent is a GRANDuncle, not a great uncle, no such thing. Otherwise, great video..

    • @FamilyHistoryFanatics
      @FamilyHistoryFanatics  2 роки тому +1

      Actually, that is not grammatically accurate across all English speaking cultures. The words “great” and “grand” are synonymous when you go that far down your family line, so it’s possible to hear “grand-uncle” used as well as "great-uncle."