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Title, sorry if I am mistaken. I see on the public block tree several descendants of a snp, most being family finder results, if I test positive for the same SNP from my big y results and am part of some downstream branch will I see those family finders people (their names and contact info) on the matches similar to str matches?

A maternal uncle did the big-Y test through Family Tree DNA and was identified as belonging to the R-BY164688 haplogroup. In the ‘notable connections’ section of the report, it listed Ernest Hemingway as a close connection (“1 in 250,000, only 3 customers are this closely related”) and estimated a shared ancestor circa 1700. This seems awfully close - and since we have no connection to the last name, suggests an NPE somewhere along the line (his or ours?)

Of the four matches we do have at Y-111, the last paternal ancestor claimed for each is:

1. ⁠Ebenezer Smith (c. 1750, US)
2. ⁠Stephen Smith (1805, Ontario)
3. ⁠Allen Smith (1781, Cape Cod)
4. ⁠Ralph Hemenway (1603, England)

Looking through records, there appears to have been an unknown father disrupting the direct line between Ralph and Ernest (with the last name passed down direct from the mother). However for match 4 - I wasn’t able to tie that match directly back to Ernest Hemingway or Ralph Hemenway. Seems like a gap in the paper trail.

Does anyone know how they identify these notable connections? Did Family Tree assume this match’s information was solid or might there be more rigour behind it?

Submitted for Big Y as an upgrade in March 23rd, March 25th lab began processing received today July 1st. Was a frustrating experience as they initially quoted 8-10 weeks and it soon became 11,12,13, and finally on week 14 they arrived. I was batch 1705. Hope this helps anyone waiting better estimate when to expect their results.

Hey! What is your batch number if you recently received your family finder DNA test result?

My closest match has a genetic distance 3 how likely for that to be slave era? How likely for us the have the same bigy700 if I updated? R-BY96587 his big-y

I purchased wgs with a 30x pass through rate rather than buying the big y-700 test from ftdna. Will my y haplogroup results still be reliable?

Currently, FTDNA will not accept the current format of Ancestry downloads.

Has this happened in the past/should I expect that they will eventually correct this?

Which one do I get next? I already have my AncestryDNA results and there’s an interesting ethnic result I got there which could be broken further with more info from other results.

Note, I don’t want to “look for my family members” (I already have an Ancestry subscription for that).
I simply want to know more about my ethnicity percentages.

Ethnic background: Mexican, Spanish, Sephardic Mediterranean Jew or Levantine (great grandparents arrived Mexico claiming“Lebanon citizenship” and being Christians. They might have lied based on my AncestryDNA results and were Turks or Jews without Levant origins, or simply The Ottoman Empire was too widespread)

Hello! On June 22 my Big Y 700 status changed to 'Results completed', but I barely see any results, only predicted haplogroup.

How long does it take to see final results including confirmed haplogroup?

W jaki sposób odesłać test z Polsk do USA.W listach tylko dokumenty mogą być .Paczek pocztą nie wysyła .Kurierzy kosztują 250-350 zł

Can anyone help me with my haplogroup G-Y286299 which google says is the same with this one G-FT301483
Can please anyone help since is extremely rare and i don’t have more information!
Thank you

My mother’s and father’s families have been established in Antalya for seven generations. Prior to that, our ancestry traces entirely back to Crete. We are descendants of Cretan immigrants. 🇹🇷🇬🇷🌿

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