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Wing genealogist: FTDNA

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Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) is the oldest and largest Y-DNA and mtDNA testing company for personal/genealogical usage. They offer both Short Tandem Repeat (STR) testing (in bundles 37 Y-STRs and 111 Y-STRs) as well as Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) through their Big Y-700 test. Prices for these products are available at their [https://www.familytreedna.com/products/y-dna#compare website] and they have sales from time to time.

The GSMD sponsors the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/mayflowersociety/about Mayflower DNA Project] led by Robert "Mike" Terry (Kenneth Whittemore assisting on the Y-DNA side) with Susan Abanor working on the mtDNA side. There are a number of surname projects associated with Mayflower passengers as well as the sons in-law.

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	The GSMD sponsors the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/mayflowersociety/about Mayflower DNA Project] led by Susan Abanor (Kenneth Whittemore assisting on the Y-DNA side) with Susan Abanor working on the mtDNA side. There are a number of surname projects associated with Mayflower passengers as well as the sons in-law.		The GSMD sponsors the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/mayflowersociety/about Mayflower DNA Project] led by Susan Abanor (Kenneth Whittemore assisting on the Y-DNA side) with Susan Abanor working on the mtDNA side. There are a number of surname projects associated with Mayflower passengers as well as the sons in-law.
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		+	FTDNA also offers an autosomal DNA test, which they call the Family Finder test. They recently are assigning Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroups from this test, but these results typically are very ancient with more precise assignments being given by their Y-DNA and mtDNA test offerings.


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 The size of a dataset is important as the larger the dataset, the more refinement can be made in placing the family into what is called their [https://isogg.org/wiki/Haplogroup "Haplogroup".] By and large their [https://www.familytreedna.com/public/y-dna-haplotree/A Y-DNA haplotree] is the de facto standard in the genealogy field. Their [https://www.familytreedna.com/public/mt-dna-haplotree/L mtDNA haplotree] currently only is broken down by the [https://www.phylotree.org/ PhyloTree] standard (Build 17, which dates back to Feb 2016 with no plans on updating the standard). FTDNA has stated they will be updating their haplotree as part of their [https://www.familytreedna.com/mtdna-million-mito-project "The Million Mito Project].
-The GSMD sponsors the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/mayflowersociety/about Mayflower DNA Project] led by Robert "Mike" Terry (Kenneth Whittemore assisting on the Y-DNA side) with Susan Abanor working on the mtDNA side. There are a number of surname projects associated with Mayflower passengers as well as the sons in-law.
+The GSMD sponsors the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/mayflowersociety/about Mayflower DNA Project] led by Susan Abanor (Kenneth Whittemore assisting on the Y-DNA side) with Susan Abanor working on the mtDNA side. There are a number of surname projects associated with Mayflower passengers as well as the sons in-law.
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	The GSMD sponsors the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/mayflowersociety/about Mayflower DNA Project] led by Robert "Mike" Terry (Kenneth Whittemore assisting on the Y-DNA side) with Susan Abanor working on the mtDNA side. There are a number of surname projects associated with Mayflower passengers as well as the sons in-law.		The GSMD sponsors the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/mayflowersociety/about Mayflower DNA Project] led by Robert "Mike" Terry (Kenneth Whittemore assisting on the Y-DNA side) with Susan Abanor working on the mtDNA side. There are a number of surname projects associated with Mayflower passengers as well as the sons in-law.
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	Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) is the oldest and largest Y-DNA and mtDNA testing company for personal/genealogical usage. They offer both Short Tandem Repeat (STR) testing (in bundles 37 Y-STRs and 111 Y-STRs) as well as Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) through their Big Y-700 test. Prices for these products are available at their [https://www.familytreedna.com/products/y-dna#compare website] and they have sales from time to time.		Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) is the oldest and largest Y-DNA and mtDNA testing company for personal/genealogical usage. They offer both Short Tandem Repeat (STR) testing (in bundles 37 Y-STRs and 111 Y-STRs) as well as Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) through their Big Y-700 test. Prices for these products are available at their [https://www.familytreedna.com/products/y-dna#compare website] and they have sales from time to time.
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		+	The size of a dataset is important as the larger the dataset, the more refinement can be made in placing the family into what is called their [https://isogg.org/wiki/Haplogroup "Haplogroup".] By and large their [https://www.familytreedna.com/public/y-dna-haplotree/A Y-DNA haplotree] is the de facto standard in the genealogy field. Their [https://www.familytreedna.com/public/mt-dna-haplotree/L mtDNA haplotree] currently only is broken down by the [https://www.phylotree.org/ PhyloTree] standard (Build 17, which dates back to Feb 2016 with no plans on updating the standard). FTDNA has stated they will be updating their haplotree as part of their [https://www.familytreedna.com/mtdna-million-mito-project "The Million Mito Project].

	The GSMD sponsors the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/mayflowersociety/about Mayflower DNA Project] led by Robert "Mike" Terry (Kenneth Whittemore assisting on the Y-DNA side) with Susan Abanor working on the mtDNA side. There are a number of surname projects associated with Mayflower passengers as well as the sons in-law.		The GSMD sponsors the [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/mayflowersociety/about Mayflower DNA Project] led by Robert "Mike" Terry (Kenneth Whittemore assisting on the Y-DNA side) with Susan Abanor working on the mtDNA side. There are a number of surname projects associated with Mayflower passengers as well as the sons in-law.