DNA Day Sale - Big-Y $150 off
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I hope everyone is doing well. We haven't had any new tests on our
branch of the tree lately, but now is the optimal time for us to recruit new Big-Y testers. Big-Y is on sale for only $450 through Thursday of this week. If everyone on this list would send just a couple e-mails to some of their close Y-DNA matches, we likely could recruit several new testers. Someone asked for some positive messaging to help recruit Big-Y testers, so I wrote the following, in case you'd like to use or modify it: Big-Y testing maps the genetic tree of humanity. We're slowly mapping every Y-DNA mutation to particular ancestors - some known by name and some too ancient to be known. Even for very old common ancestors, these markers provide a unique identifier for them - a way to identify family tree connections that could not possibly be made using genealogical records. Traditional genealogy works from modern day and builds the tree backward from us to our ancestors. Y-DNA genealogy works in reverse - we've identified mutations in our ancient ancestors and are identifying new cousin relationships, new branches, and more defined family timelines with each new Big-Y test. For many family lines, we're still very much in the early days of this research, but each new test provides better clarity. On our own Z16357 part of the Y-DNA tree (), we are getting much better defined branches. We're getting closer to knowing geographies of some of our ancestors - where and when they lived in the British Isles in the last few thousand years. As we define and verify the individual mutations that form new branches on our tree, we are paving the path for others to eventually take very inexpensive DNA tests to see how their direct male line connects with the rest of humanity. This future is only possible if we pave the way by investing in Big-Y! Thanks, Jared Smith |
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That's excellent news! This will be a very nice addition to that portion of the tree. I'll keep an eye out for the results, but when you see them come in, ping me and I'll take a close look. It would be especially helpful if I can get their raw data files to analyze. It would be wonderful if this tester would join the group here. Thanks, Jared Smith On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 4:40 PM, Fran Pillsbury <franp1@...> wrote:
Happy to report that Kit 601582, my new project member, ordered Big-Y last |
Jared Smith