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Y-DNA67 Y-DNA1-12 Markers 608 03/04/2015 - 03/18/2015
Y-DNA67 Y-DNA13-25 Markers 608 03/18/2015 - 04/01/2015
Y-DNA67 Y-DNA26-37 Markers 608 03/18/2015 - 04/01/2015
Y-DNA67 Y-DNA38-47 Markers 608 03/18/2015 - 04/01/2015
Y-DNA67 Y-DNA48-60 Markers 608 03/18/2015 - 04/01/2015
Y-DNA67 Y-DNA61-67 Markers 608 03/18/2015 - 04/01/2015


I was concerned as I learnt that the local Postal Agency sent my kit back via letter system, not as a parcel as I asked them to :-|

On the instructions for returning the kit it was stated that International customers should use Parcel Post as the USPS regarded the kits as parcels. If returned via letter post then delays could occur.

Our local shopping centre is going from bad to worse :-S It's convenient as it is only a few minutes walk away.

I've had problems at the Pharmacy, as well

* drums fingers *

The results will probably start coming in a little earlier than predicted, although with the big sale and you being at the tag end of it, they might not. Two months is a really long time for them.

if the 12 markers does come in first, just ignore anything that comes of it. In fact, you will want to set your account not to send you 12-marker matches or you will be flooded. You only get emails for matches that occur after your results are in (your account will show you all the 12-marker matches if you ask, but don't). But with the sale, that could still be a lot, for any tests completed after yours is.

oh actually, they aren't doing 12-marker tests any more, so phew, that shouldn't be a problem :-)

but you can mainly ignore 25-marker matches too. I checked out a couple of new ones I got emails for, the other day, that predicted very high probability of a common ancestor w/in 12 generations ... then I saw that the matches had actually tested to 37 or 67 markers, and did the comparison at that level, and the probability was less than 1% ... the high rate of matches in the first 25 markers completely broke down in the next 12 or 42.

I send DNA karma your way ... if only I had the kind of luck in the lottery that I had in this game!

Update :-(

Message from FamilyTreeDNA:

"Y-DNA67 Y-DNA1-12 Markers 608 04/29/2015 - 05/13/2015 We understand your frustration in not receiving your results as anticipated. We appreciate your patience as we work to provide you with reliable, accurate results. There are many possible reasons for your delay, such as our need to re-run your test or we need more sample."

This was the same for all the Markers

I think the most likely reason for the delay is that they bit off more than they could chew with the Christmas sales. From what I've read, the wheels are grinding exceedingly slow. :-)

The Director of the project must be a man called Mills, who attended the Cambridge University College, God :-D :-D