Sorry

Sorry that I've been neglecting my duties, but family functions have gotten in the way.    . . . and I'm afraid we're in for another week of it before it gets any better.

Last week was Grandkids' Week which we spend at the cabin -- no internet.    Beginning today we go to Clifftop -- no internet.    Followed next Sunday by Augusta Old Time Week -- internet, but limited time.    Followed on that Saturday by Berry Beach Week -- internet and time!    Yay!

I'll catch up then, but until then things will be a little sparse.    Sorry.

Where'd I put those glasses . . . ?

I swear, I thought I wrote this blog post yesterday!    Must be that Old Timer's Disease finally catching up with me.    Couldn't be that we've got Grandkid's Week starting tomorrow, Pigtown Fling next Saturday, leaving the following Monday for Clifftop, followed immediately by Augusta Old Time Week which we have to leave at the conclusion of class Friday for Berry Beach Week - kids, grandkids and dogs!.    Ah, retirement.

What I thought I wrote was that Lewis, #32, and Laurence, #9, both got results!    Their Y-DNA26-37 markers.    Lewis has a couple of interesting mutations in his third panel.    We'll have a closer look next time I do a cladogram of the Augusta/Washington Co. Berrys.

Only Laurence and Paul, #111, have tested to 37 markers in the New Jersey Berry Family.    They differ only at CDYb.    But both have a null at DYS448.

Faires, Rockingham & Bell - revisited

For some time now I've been slightly intrigued by the diversity of the DYS576 results in this Family.

I finally decided to explore it and, using the cladogram I did for my post of June 30, I noted in blue the values for DYS576 beside each name -Now if this isn't at least interesting I don't know what would be.

I'll leave it to you all to interpret what it means.

Overstated

I think my expectations for July may have been too high.    At the time we had several folks who had results expected in July and August (and still do), and at that time FTDNA seemed to be getting their results out up to a month early.    Well, apparently as soon as I said that I put the jinx on it.

So far it's still just Rodney, #146, whose full Y-Refine37to67 results are now in and posted.

The other news is that Dennis, #31, is upgrading with a Y-Refine25to37 test.    We'll know when his results will be expected when his sample is shipped out this coming Wednesday.    Those results could be very interesting vis-á-vis our discussions of a two weeks ago Monday.

First Returns

July's pipeline is starting to yield results.    Rodney's, #146, Y-DNA48-67 results of his Y-Refine37to67 order arrived yesterday afternoon  -   and are posted.

Too bad we don't have any other Faires Berrys to compare with.

Yet again!

This just in.    From Bennett Greenspan, President of FTDNA:

. . . we have decided to offer for the month of July a variation of our recent promotion:

Y-DNA37 – promotional price $119 (reg. price $149)No
Y-DNA67 – promotional price $199 (reg. price $238)
mtDNAPlus – promotional price $119 (reg. price $149)

These are the best prices, marker for marker, of any company in the market.

Alas, still no Advanced Marker sale for those of us who have done all the regular testing available.


Oh, by the way, add this to yesterday's pipeline -No idea why James' kit didn't go out as usual but I guess better late than never.

Busy July is Here!

Here's your 'hot-off-the-press' copy of our current pipeline -Actually, it could have been 'hotter-off-the-press' except that I expected FTDNA to ship James', #171, kit to the lab and I waited so I could include it.    They've had it for plenty of time.    Wonder what gives?