Category Big Y

Elmer A2284 and Unexpected Outcomes

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Continuing from Big Y and the Dreaded No Call and Adventures in Big Y and YSEQ The quick recap: We’re attempting to use the Big Y results from two Elmers whose most recent common ancestor is Edward Elmer 1610. Each of…

Big Y and a dreaded “No Call”

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We’ve gotten the results from our second big Y Elmer testing pillar and…we have a problem. For a look at what we’ve been attempting to do see Adventures in Big Y and YSEQ and my partial return from YSEQ. What could…

Z18 Panel Results and Nostalgia

As per usual, while I wait, I write. Lucky for me there are lots of great new things over at the R-Z18 and Subgroups project. One of these is the recent returns from the Family Tree DNA Z18 panel. As…

Partial Return from YSEQ

Elmer arms with question marks

I thought I would mark the time a bit in a post about my experience with YSEQ so far. I ordered six SNPs at $17 apiece on the 20th of June. My kit arrived at my house a few days…

Common Ancestors and Speculations

While I’m waiting (which is very hard for me to do) I’m prone to fits of speculation. With another round of age estimates, I thought I would pick up where my last post, kind of, left off. My mental questions…