Test prices for FamilyTreeDNA are posted on their web site.

Donald W. Moore
Virginia Beach, Virginia


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Donald W. Moore
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On Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Madaline Preston wrote:

> Can anyone give "guesstimates" as to the costs of these tests?
> M
> 
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Joanne Thorne <[log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask])>wrote:
> 
> > Bill and Ladies,
> > Have been reading these DNA posts. I am so interested and
> > I must admit it all gives me a big headache. I am so totally
> > uninformed and find it all very confusing when trying to learn
> > what to expect. Some of you who have had the testing done
> > seem so excited and I wonder exactly what I will know, after I
> > have a test, that I do not know now? I do not know of anyone
> > in my family that has been tested.
> > Subscribing to another site is not something I wish to do right
> > now. Can anyone recommend a book that would help?
> > Thank you.
> > Joanne Yeager Thorne
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Davidson" <[log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask])>
> > To: <[log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask])>
> > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 5:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Genealogy
> > 
> > 
> > Doris,
> > > 
> > > In addition to the "male Y chromosome test" that is "representative" of a
> > > male (only) DNA donor, his father, his father's father, his father's
> > > father's father, etc., there is also a "female test" (the mtDNA test) that
> > > is "representative" of a male or a female donor, his/her mother, his/her
> > > mother's mother, his/her mother's mother's mother, etc. (note: each of
> > > those women will typically have had a different "birth last name" as well
> > > as a different "married last name," so using this test presents an extra
> > > "research challenge" for that reason). There is now a third test that
> > > anyone (male or female) can take, and it will show DNA "matches" to any
> > > "biological cousins" who also took that test....male or female and
> > > irrespective of their surnames....who share a common ancestor within about
> > > 4 or so "generations back" (this test apparently gets a little unreliable
> > > back beyond 4 generations or so). Using this test also presents an extra
> > > "research challenge," since you will probably get matches to some surnames
> > > that you never knew had any connection to your family (the same could also
> > > be true, of course, with the above mtDNA test). As this third test becomes
> > > more popular, the "odds" of finding many "matches" will continue to
> > > increase. Family Tree DNA calls this last/third test the "Family Finder"
> > > test. I used Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) for my Y chromosome test. That is the
> > > same company that National Geographic uses for DNA testing, and I can
> > > highly recommend them.
> > > 
> > > Bill D.
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