Making the Most of your Y-DNA Test (John Cleary) 

We have a shared Ancestor IJK-L15 44,000 BCE from your Haplo group and mine. I also have DYS392 with 11.

A00 is a deeply divergent haplogroup, having split from all other known human lineages about 300,000--200,000 years ago!. This shows that this oldest known lineages lineage of modern human males has been present in west-central Africa for more than 8,000 years, and perhaps much longer!.

However, haplogroup A's oldest sub-clades are exclusively found in Central-Northwest Africa, where it (and by extension the patrilinear ancestor of modern human) is believed to have originated!.

Wild I just saw my last name. Wonder if me and homie are related haha

I’ve tested now at 67 markers and waiting on my 111 marker test. At 67 I have 7 matching me but have different surnames.

I have a patronymic Welsh surname, but the man who I think is my great-grandfather does not have a father's name recorded on the birth certificate. The surname of my grandfather and the one I've inherited may be from an in family adoption or completely unrelated. I only identified his potential birth through autosomal DNA match of a sister's descendant. On that autosomal I have just one or two very distant related on what I think is the paternal line. They're in other countries, too. With family trees rooted in those countries several generations. On my other lines I have quite a few fairly close matches and can actually trace ancestry back to before William the Conqueror. However on my male line I have this dead end with my grandfather who died in 43. I would like to know where in the Britain my forebears may be from and what their name actually was. Is Y DNA going to be useful or a waste of money? And which test should I get?

I am also DYS392=11, interesting.

Why do my scottish ancestors disappear after the 12 markers

My surnames go back to Butler, Kavanagh, Neville (King Maker), Plantagent, Boleyn. My brick walls are Smyth's, Burkes, and Youst... Will having my father take another test such as a Y DNA help further my research?

Please I would like to know how we can determine the Y-haplogroup from the values of 12 markers?

I had a daughter born in 1995 named Alexandra. I was 19. How do I find her? Have scientists ever considered tracing maternal dna in the mitochondrial dna in each cell that are ring shaped? The mitochondria in each cell is the powerhouses of the cell. I read maternal dna is contained in these rings and only 2% of paternal dna leakes through to the child. Could maternal dna in the mitochondrial shuffle and be the source of actual genetic variation if y dna does not recombine and be behind the drifting in pacific rim concept?

hi, i tested for 37 markers but only get a single match in 12 markers. Questions, is 12 accurate? do I need to upgrade to higher marker?