Great presentation, I'm new to this, so I'm trying to get up to speed. This was very helpful. I've done my BigY700 and I'm working on getting my brother to do it as well. Looking forward to the second part of the presentation.
Thank you for helping me to understand more, one of those R1b M269>L23>L51>P310>P312>BY25512>BY68000>FT384325 and my mother is a Maori and her mtDNA is B4a1a1c
This is very helpful and well done. I am interested in the table you used to rank y markers from 1 to 111 based on the speed of mutation. Is that table one that is unique to your y dna or is it useful for looking at the mutation speed of y markers for anyone. If so where can I find it. Thank you for the presentation.
It's going a bit far calling y dna the most powerful...since only the male species carry it and it only shows lineage on a male to male line. If you are lucky enough to have such a line unbroken by females it only tells a tiny part of one's story and I, for one, am interested in all my ancestors...not just one male. Even mt dna would tell more but autosomal has the potential to tell the whole story.
Autosomal DNA will confirm your family tree to 5 generations. More, if you have a really good tree. Autosomal won’t tell you if your paternal surname names changed sometime in the past. Y-DNA will do that, telling us that we have to look for a Non Paternal Event. Y-DNA gives you a haplogroup that is thousands of years before surnames. The Big-Y gives us more recent branches to connect the far, far past to the more recent past of hundreds of years. That is what makes it the most powerful of tests. Males are not the only ones who can use Y-DNA. Females can have their brother, father, uncle, or cousin take the test, as long as it is on her father’s side of the family. It is an UNBROKEN line of males. It is unbroken because a brother and sister had a father. That father has to have a father also, on for thousands of years, unbroken. mtDNA works similar, but is not as powerful. The reason being that Y-DNA mutates approximately every 80 to 100 years. mtDna mutates every few thousands of years, making it much harder to use.
@@tomjmartinez You and Lenore are both missing a very important aspect of Y-DNA testing. You can use Y-DNA to find out more about ANY male in your ancestry. You trace down from any male ancestor to find a living male descendant. Then see if that man is willing to take a Y-DNA test. I have proven ancestry of multiple lines in my family using this technique. Find any male ancestor and see if he had a son who had a son . . . . Use public family trees for this process. I am a female, and I use Y-DNA of males I have never even met to prove multiple ancestral lines. I use the same process with mtDNA to prove female ancestry.
Lenore, as you know one half of your ancestors are males. Therefore, you can potentially use Y-DNA to prove any of those lines as long as you can find a living direct-line male descendant. mtDNA actually tells less than Y-DNA because mtDNA has far fewer positions and mutates much less frequently. But it can still be used for any of your female ancestors as long as you can find a direct-line female descendant. The problem with autosomal DNA is that you inherited only half of your parent's DNA and approximately 25% from each grandparent. After several generations you have have inherited little, or nothing, from that ancestor. Y-DNA and mtDNA are different. They are not broken up with each generation; they are inherited intact. So, ultimately, Y-DNA is the most powerful tool for tracing ancestry.
I agree "most powerful" is a little over the top but it is all relative. Pun intended. It depends on what you are looking for. If you consider your male line your most important line, yDNA testing has more potential for a home run. The problem with all forms of DNA testing is that it is all potential. On both sides of Tom's points above: Will Autosomal confirm your tree to 5 generations? Potentially. Will yDNA give you information on your surname and changes to your surname? Potentially. You don't have any chance of determining things if you don't have the matches. If someone asked me what I believed was the most powerful DNA test I would say Autosomal because it is more likely to have the matches to help and it does what I consider the most important thing. It potentially confirms your tree for several generations. I would always recommend Autosomal testing first but not everyone is going to see things the same way.
Great presentation, I'm new to this, so I'm trying to get up to speed. This was very helpful. I've done my BigY700 and I'm working on getting my brother to do it as well. Looking forward to the second part of the presentation.
Thank you for helping me to understand more, one of those R1b M269>L23>L51>P310>P312>BY25512>BY68000>FT384325 and my mother is a Maori and her mtDNA is B4a1a1c
This was helpful to get a general understanding of what my Big Y can tell me.
Does anyone know if he has his own YT channel?
This is very helpful and well done. I am interested in the table you used to rank y markers from 1 to 111 based on the speed of mutation. Is that table one that is unique to your y dna or is it useful for looking at the mutation speed of y markers for anyone. If so where can I find it. Thank you for the presentation.
Great presentation....
Thank you for this! I am doing research on Sanchez de Inigo Surname. Shalom y YHVH te bendiga y Que Viva la gente de Norte !
I thought I would pop in and see what my cousin has to say about y-dna.
Thanks for this video. And on a personal note, it appears you are a Lamanite………8-). I am glad you came over from the dark side…..8-)
It's going a bit far calling y dna the most powerful...since only the male species carry it and it only shows lineage on a male to male line. If you are lucky enough to have such a line unbroken by females it only tells a tiny part of one's story and I, for one, am interested in all my ancestors...not just one male. Even mt dna would tell more but autosomal has the potential to tell the whole story.
Autosomal DNA will confirm your family tree to 5 generations. More, if you have a really good tree.
Autosomal won’t tell you if your paternal surname names changed sometime in the past. Y-DNA will do that, telling us that we have to look for a Non Paternal Event. Y-DNA gives you a haplogroup that is thousands of years before surnames. The Big-Y gives us more recent branches to connect the far, far past to the more recent past of hundreds of years. That is what makes it the most powerful of tests. Males are not the only ones who can use Y-DNA. Females can have their brother, father, uncle, or cousin take the test, as long as it is on her father’s side of the family. It is an UNBROKEN line of males. It is unbroken because a brother and sister had a father. That father has to have a father also, on for thousands of years, unbroken. mtDNA works similar, but is not as powerful. The reason being that Y-DNA mutates approximately every 80 to 100 years. mtDna mutates every few thousands of years, making it much harder to use.
@@tomjmartinez You and Lenore are both missing a very important aspect of Y-DNA testing. You can use Y-DNA to find out more about ANY male in your ancestry. You trace down from any male ancestor to find a living male descendant. Then see if that man is willing to take a Y-DNA test. I have proven ancestry of multiple lines in my family using this technique. Find any male ancestor and see if he had a son who had a son . . . . Use public family trees for this process. I am a female, and I use Y-DNA of males I have never even met to prove multiple ancestral lines. I use the same process with mtDNA to prove female ancestry.
Lenore, as you know one half of your ancestors are males. Therefore, you can potentially use Y-DNA to prove any of those lines as long as you can find a living direct-line male descendant. mtDNA actually tells less than Y-DNA because mtDNA has far fewer positions and mutates much less frequently. But it can still be used for any of your female ancestors as long as you can find a direct-line female descendant. The problem with autosomal DNA is that you inherited only half of your parent's DNA and approximately 25% from each grandparent. After several generations you have have inherited little, or nothing, from that ancestor. Y-DNA and mtDNA are different. They are not broken up with each generation; they are inherited intact. So, ultimately, Y-DNA is the most powerful tool for tracing ancestry.
@@lindajonas3954 well said Linda. I actually know this. I didn't miss it, I just didn't put it in. I'm glad you brought it up though.
I agree "most powerful" is a little over the top but it is all relative. Pun intended. It depends on what you are looking for. If you consider your male line your most important line, yDNA testing has more potential for a home run. The problem with all forms of DNA testing is that it is all potential. On both sides of Tom's points above: Will Autosomal confirm your tree to 5 generations? Potentially. Will yDNA give you information on your surname and changes to your surname? Potentially. You don't have any chance of determining things if you don't have the matches. If someone asked me what I believed was the most powerful DNA test I would say Autosomal because it is more likely to have the matches to help and it does what I consider the most important thing. It potentially confirms your tree for several generations. I would always recommend Autosomal testing first but not everyone is going to see things the same way.