"The Differentiator" - GeneTree's new Y-DNA19 test

GeneTree has announced its new Y-DNA test extending 19 markers beyond its current Y-DNA46 test.    This new test includes 17 alleles not included in FTDNA's Y-DNA111 test.    It also includes two of the 'fast-moving' markers often missing from other labs' results, DYS570 and 576, but not CDYa&b.

The markers offered in the new test are:

DYF387a

DYF387b

DYF399a

DYF399b

DYF399c

DYF403Aa

DYF403Ab

DYF403Ba

DYF403Bb

DYF404a

DYF404b

DYS518

DYS526B

DYS547

DYS570

DYS576

DYS612

DYS626

DYS627

GeneTree very generously offers their new test to those who have either ordered a Y-DNA 46 marker test from them or who have hand entered results into their site.

The price for the test is $94.99 and discounts are available to returning GeneTree customers.    It is offered here.

Orange Co., NC Berrys

I just received this from Ben Henderson:

THE NAME OF MY BOOK IS: “OUR BERRYS IN FRONTIER AMERICA”
I have an enormous volumn discount for printing my book.    I have decided to pre-sell the book because once I place the order my discount price will be gone.
My current price is $29.50 per book including shipping.    If I sell all of the books I have printed the same book printed one book at the time would have to sell for $55.00    I do not want anyone who wants a copy to be left out of the discounted price.
If I receive any orders after February 14th I cannot guarantee you will get the discounted price.    I plan to place the order on February 15th.

The Book is a hardback 8 ½” x 11” letter size book and will be registered in the Library of Congress.
It will be laser printed on acid free paper for a long life expectancy.
There are 300 pages and 269 images, forms, documents, and records about our Robert & Elizabeth Cate Berry family who lived in Orange County, North Carolina. It also tells how their children pioneered the frontiers as our nation grew.
ORDER FORM:
Number of copies wanted:_________________
Amount of Check:________________________
Ship my order to Address:
Name__________________________________
Address:­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­________________________________
City, State, and Zip:_______________________
Make check to Ben Henderson
Mail to:
B.B. Henderson
4505 Revere Drive
Raleigh NC 27609-5247

Anyone who might be interested in purchasing this book should contact Ben directly.

DNA's function and replication

This is just a bit beyond our immediate interests and I might not have posted except that it was done by one of us - - - - Berrys.

Impressive.    Use full screen.

Australian biomedical animator Drew Berry, who was recently awarded a MacArthur fellowship, makes movies illustrating the processes of DNA's function and replication, and how it fits inside a cell.    At a TEDx talk recently posted online, he describes his work as a continuation of the scientific tradition of drawing or sketching to illustrate an idea.Discover Magazine

Waiting at Rainbow Bridge

Arimarlisa's Phantom V Reiteralm NA
July 14, 1996 - January 9, 2012


PhantomMy Sweetie

Just this side of heaven is a place called the Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to the Rainbow Bridge.

There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.    There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor.    Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.    The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing;   they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance.    His bright eyes are intent.    His eager body quivers.    Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again.

The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head.    You look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together…

Author Unknown

Merry Christmas

Click on these gifts to open -

Another 23andMe offer

23andMe has just posted this offer.    As I figure it, the price with the offer must be $76 but I'm guessing you still have to have the subscription.    Offer expires December 27.


Here's a clickable version of the link.    http://www.23andMe.com/a/ff1/u2h7q

Black Friday/Christmas sale

GeneTree has just sent out this reminder:

"Our annual Christmas Sale is going on now.    Order by Friday at 3pm MT time with USPS standard shipping to insure your kit arrives in time to be wrapped and put under the tree."

If you'd like to order, the link is just below.

GeneTree BF Sale

GeneTree has their 46 marker test on sale for this weekend.


Click HERE to order.

FTDNA Holiday Sale

FTDNA is hosting a holiday sale from now until December 31, both for new kits and for upgrades.

Here's the details:


You may order here.

11/11/11

A Celebration of Steve's Life

Watch the special event, filmed live at the Apple campus in Cupertino, California on October 19, 2011 by Clicking here.

Steve Jobs

                  February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011

                        A Visionary Genius

Family History Month Sale

Sorry.    I should have gotten this posted earlier.

October is Family History Month and GeneTree is having a HUGE [their description] sale to celebrate families!

Y DNA 46 marker test is now *$99.00
mtDNA test is now *$129.00

* regular price is $179.00 each

To order now go to the Genetree Store

Sale runs through October 11, 2011.

Be aware, though, that GeneTree's test does not include the 'fast moving markers' DYS576, DYS570 and CDYa&b.

FTDNA FB Sale!

From FTDNA:

Thank you for helping us reach 15,000 LIKES on our Facebook page! To show how much we like you too, we're offering a 36-HOUR SALE!

START: Monday, September 26 (TODAY) at 12:00pm CDT
END: Tuesday, September 27 at 11:59pm CDT

          For NEW customers:
                    Y-DNA 12 . . . $59 (was $99)
                    mtDNA . . . $59 (was $99)
                    Y-DNA 37 . . . $129 (was $149)
                    Family Finder . . . $199 (was $289)
                    mtFullSequence (FGS) . . . $229 (was $299)

                    Y-DNA 12 + mtDNA . . . $118 (was $179)
                    Family Finder + Y-DNA 12 . . . $248 (was $339)
                    Family Finder + mtDNA . . . $248 (was $339)
                    Family Finder + Y-DNA 37 . . . $328 (was $438)
                    Family Finder + mtFullSequence . . . $398 (was $559)
                    Comprehensive Genome (Family Finder + mtFullSequence +                                   Y-DNA67) . . . $597(was $797)

          Upgrades & Add-Ons:
                    mtDNA add-on $59 . . . (was $89)
                    mtFullSequence upgrade (HVR1 to Mega) . . . $199 (was $269)
                    mtFullSequence upgrade (HVR2 to Mega) . . . $199 (was $239)
                    mtFullSequence add-on . . . $219 (was $289)
                    Family Finder add-on . . . $199 (was $289)

Prices will be automatically adjusted on the Family Tree DNA website -- no coupon code needed! Important: Promotional orders need to be paid for by the end of this sale. Visit us at http://www.familytreedna.com to order now.

We hope this limited-time sale will give you yet another reason to "LIKE" us!

Thank you for your support!

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Oops!

I forgot Elmo, #216, in the hassle of cleaning up after FTDNA but, fortunately, got a reminder this morning.    Ancestry.com results are always a problem to convert to FTDNA nomenclature so that they can be compared across the entire Project and these have me scratching my head.    They came to me already in FTDNA order so I'll have to assume that the conversion is correct but Elmo has a strange result at DYS442.    His is 17 and no one else in the entire project has a result higher than 14.

Hmmmm.    I suspect that 17 is a mistake.    When I use an Ancestry.com value of 17 in the SMGF converter, it converts to a FTDNA value of 12.    Guess I'd better find out where his values came from.

I'll have his yAncestry posted shortly.

POSTED AT 7:15 PM, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
I shouldn't have assumed that because Elmo's values were in FTDNA order, they had also been converted.    I've now converted them and Elmo's stuff is all posted.    In addition, his haplotype has been compared with all Participants in the Project and he has no matches.    His nearest is a genetic distance of 5 from #75.   

Maybe something, maybe nothing.

New Participant

We have a new participant, Gary, #215, who tested at Ancestry.com.    His results have been converted and posted and compared with all our other Participants.    Alas, no matches.

Alan's closest are ##'s 162 and 190, each a genetic distance of 5.    Probably nothing but you three might want to take a look, just in case.

Gary's yAncestry is also posted for you to examine and compare.

New results . . .

. . . for James, #214.    Y-DNA1-12 results have just come in and are posted.    Unfortunately, they don't look all that promising for matches.    Only one other person in the entire Project has DYS19=13 and he's haplogroup E1b1b1.

Still have markers 13 to 37 to be reported but it's unlikely to get better.

Participant Genetic Distances Comparisons

I have just generated and posted a new Participant Genetic Distances Comparisons table in which all markers tested to date have been combined and compared.

In addition to clicking on the image above, you may access this table from the foot of either yResults page or from any 'Short Bio'.

To find your distances from others, locate your Participant # along the left edge or the top, follow along your line with your cursor and the Participant numbers being compared for any given distance (cell) will appear when your cursor is hovered over that cell.    Values on the diagonal indicate number of markers tested.

the Perseids!

Well, I seem to have finished bringing the Berry Family DNA website current.    In doing so I discovered that I had missed the results for Ron, #210, a Madison Co. Berry.    I believe I had Chuck, #211, posted but not LaVerne, #213, a Spartanburg Co., SC Berry.    But I think all are current now.

I also took the opportunity to run the entire Project through Dean McGee's genetic distance tool to see if we had any previously undiscovered matches.    I didn't find any new ones but decided to post those that had previously shown up that I hadn't known enough about to be willing to give them the status of a 'Family'.    These are now, and will be in the future, shown at the end of the Family yResults listings as "Other matches yResults".

It occurrs to me that there may be some of you who don't know how to find whether you are part of a 'family' or match anyone else in the Project, ergo, a primer:

1. Find yourself on the Participant page and note your number (#).

2. Open the yResults page and find your number there.    That is your haplotype and if it is colored light yellow you have no matches.    However, if it is any other color you belong to a recognized 'family' and can scroll to the top of the page to determine what family your color represents.    Then click on the 'Family' button to open the Family yResults page and find your family there to see who you match.    You recall, of course, that hovering your cursor over the ID# will reveal the name and kit # of the person represented by that ID, and that clicking on that ID# will generate an email form for you to send to that person.

3. You may then go to the yAncestry page for your family to see the male lineages of all the family members.

4. The only exception to this is the 'other matches' that I spoke of earlier.    Since they have not been assigned to a family they will still be colored light yellow and thus there will be no indication on the numerical yResults page of the match.    To find if you are one of those you will just have to take it upon yourself to click over to the Family yResults page and check out the 'Other matches' section at the bottom of that page.

The title?    It has no meaning.    It was just on my mind.    Hope you saw them.

Y-Refine67to111 (final)

Y-DNA 1-111 numerical and family yResults pages are now online.    Thanks Carol.

nunc pro tunc

Nunc pro tunc is a latin term used in judicial circles to mean roughly 'this for that' where one says something now that he intended to say in the past.    I actually thought that I had posted the following this past May 27, but discovered that I had not.

Nunc pro tunc
So far only Delmer, #194, has ordered the Y-Refine67to111 upgrade.    I'm sure that it will be kind of lonesome out there with no one to compare with..    It's probably just as well, though, since we as yet have no place to display many of those results.

Well, Delmer's results are starting to arrive so I guess I'm going to have to get busy re-coding the yResults pages.    The unfortunate thing is that the upgrade is not an entire new and different set of markers.    Many of these markers have been ordered and received by our members before as advanced markers and some were included in other labs' results.

The second unfortunate thing is that FTDNA displays them in an entirely different order than I had chosen several years earlier.    Here's my start to convert our table to accommodate the new markers.


DYS565 is the last of the 67 markers.    The top line shows my markers as they are now.    The bottom line shows my markers using FTDNA's (now) order.

Problem is, I'm not the only one with advanced markers and it's going to be tricky trying to get them in the right boxes.    I've never been handy with spreadsheets and all those labor saving devices so I have to do all the coding and data entry by hand.

Y-Refine67to111 (cont.)

Continuing the task I started last May I've now gotten the (numerical) yResults page rewritten and Carol's checking it over.    While that process is going on I'll try to bring the new participants and new results up to date so when it goes online it will be complete.

Looks like I'll have to explore anew how tools like Dean McGee's Y-DNA Comparison Utility, which itself is in Beta for the 111 allele mode, will work with these markers.

I believe the older one gets the less we enjoy change.