If a person tests with 23andme and you are a male, you will receive Y and 
MTDNA info along with admixture results. They, also like FTDNA, have a 
function that compares your DNA with others in their database. Also, they 
were doing the testing for Ancestry.com. What I do know is the 23andMe also 
tests for health/disease issues. They worked with the Urban League and Dr. 
Gates and Dr Kittles on a project for African American and are now working 
with Parkinson's Research. I think many use FTDNA because it was the first 
or one of the first testing companies and worked with NatGeo and IBM, but 
they are also one of the most expensive companies to test with.

Right now you can order a kit from 23andme for $99.00, ( 3 types of 
testing), plus a $9.00 per month subscription fee billed to a credit or 
debit card. I'm not sure what the cost is with FTDNA. The best candidate for 
testing is a male family member. I have no connection with any of these 
companies other than someone who has tested with both.



-----Original Message----- 
From: Madaline Preston
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:13 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Genealogy

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]>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]>
> To: <[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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