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Saturday, December 10, 2016

Blaine's 20 genetic genealogy questions

Blaine T. Bettinger - who recently published a genetic genealogy book and keeps a blog at http://thegeneticgenealogist.com/ - posted a 20 question list on the ISOGG Facebook Group - I specifically wanted to bring that to the Czech mutation of the site, but will keep bilinguality.

1. First person you DNA tested?
All living grandparents at once.
2. What was your own first test?
Autosomal at 23andMe.
3. Year you took your first test?
2013

4. What was your most recent test?
SNP pack at 
yseq.net
5. Have you done full mtDNA genome?
Nope.

6. What is your mtDNA Haplogroup?
T2b

7. Any exact mtDNA matches?
Do not know.

8. Max Y-DNA markers you/male relative tested?
37

9. What is your father’s Y-DNA Haplogroup?
I-Y4882 (downstream I-S17250)

10. Any exact Y-DNA matches? 
No

11. Tested at all of the Big 3 Companies? 
Yes

12. Have you had a whole-genome test?
No, waiting for the price to drop some more ;)
13. About how many tests do you control/administer? 
15
14. Do you use GEDmatch? 
Yes
15. Favorite GEDmatch tool? 
One-to-one comparison.
16. Were you able to test any of your parents? 
Yes, both.
17. Were you able to test any of your grandparents? 
Yes, 3.
18. Age of the oldest person you’ve tested? 
89
19. Are you all done testing relatives? 
NO!
20. If you could ask ANY one ancestor to test, living or dead, who would it be?
Perhaps my nearest ancestors, fathered by unknown person - Antonin Sula and Anna Chrencikova, both my great great grandparents.


Looking forward to read yours :) Here is the empty list (by Blaine):
1. First person you DNA tested?
2. What was your own first test?
3. Year you took your first test?

4. What was your most recent test?
5. Have you done full mtDNA genome?
6. What is your mtDNA Haplogroup?
7. Any exact mtDNA matches?
8. Max Y-DNA markers you/male relative tested?
9. What is your father’s Y-DNA Haplogroup?
10. Any exact Y-DNA matches?
11. Tested at all of the Big 3 Companies?
12. Have you had a whole-genome test?
13. About how many tests do you control/administer?
14. Do you use GEDmatch?
15. Favorite GEDmatch tool?
16. Were you able to test any of your parents?
17. Were you able to test any of your grandparents?
18. Age of the oldest person you’ve tested?
19. Are you all done testing relatives?
20. If you could ask ANY one ancestor to test, living or dead, who would it be?


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