Coming Soon: Y-DNA Haplogroups for Family Finder

[Dewsloth]

R-BY166 seems to be the default Y-DNA result from Family Finder for my own Y-chromosome line, both for those with my surname and more broadly for most of the guys in the R1b-BY168 and Subclades Project. Old R-M269 predictions are steadily being replaced on the project's DNA Results page with R-BY166. I would rather everyone upgraded to the Big Y-700, but this is much better than no improvement at all.

In my maternal grandfather's Y-chromosome line (Z253>FGC3268>BY43439>BY4303>FGC59516>BY93500>BY132893>FT418639), the old R-M269 predictions are slowly being replaced by R-Z253. That's not quite as good as the R-BY166 in my own Y-DNA line, but, once again, it's much better than no improvement at all.

I have probably already mentioned this, but R-BY166 is also the default result for my Y-chromosome line at 23andMe; only there it's given as R-Z18021. That's what I  and a few of my Y relatives have there and also a guy with the Welsh surname Lloyd who contacted me about it some years ago (but then never did any more about it). 

I was hoping he would test with FTDNA and join the R1b-BY168 and Subclades Project. He sounded interested, but of course money was involved, so I guess I can't blame him. Another stingy Welshman.

Guys, don´t cry. 
My closer YFull match is a 2,100 years old fossil. 
In FTDNA I have not BigY matches, I have exactly 35 people with whom I share some (old, old) relation in the last 3,500 years
And my STR matches are:
111: ZERO
67: ZERO
37: ZERO
25: zero
Well at least in 12 I have... z e r o matches.

I'm not quite in your boat, but the FF SNPS for me are back from the MBA
Three guys have appeared to date:  R-S4268 1450 BCE and R-S4281 1600 BCE, that's about 65 SNPs above my level.

I have 7 Big Y matches, but only one (besides my dad) is within the last 1500 years.  We have MDKA from German villages 30 km apart in 1600 CE.
Other than my dad, no STR matches at all.