Big Y700

[JMcB]

Continuing the thread that rafc started on Anthrogenica

[JMcB]

Göran Runström posted the following on the Family Tree DNA Big Y Group:

Coming soon to the Y-DNA Discover reports: 44 Medieval and post-Medieval male genomes from Denmark.

Sites:

Vor Frue Kirkegård, Aalborg, Denmark

Tjærby, Randers, Denmark

Ahlgade, Holbæk, Denmark

Y-DNA haplogroups:
E-Y3183
I-A2398
I-A5726
I-BY3429
I-CTS6400
I-CTS7618
I-FT222182
I-FT82011
I-M253
I-S4767
I-Y14628
I-Y3713
I-Y5384
I-Y5497
I-Y91452
I-Z2338
N-CTS6438
R-BY176735
R-BY202638
R-BY35826
R-BY38425
R-CTS606
R-CTS8401
R-DF41
R-FGC23826
R-FT32396
R-FTB22945
R-FTB40068
R-L1029
R-L51
R-M198
R-P310
R-P312
R-S11739
R-SRY2627
R-V3517
R-Y10827
R-YP1017
R-YP6384
R-ZP121


Elevated genetic risk for multiple sclerosis originated in Steppe Pastoralist populations

Link:
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/...wvUJ1EFewM

[JMcB]

Family Tree has just announced the following on their Facebook Big Y Group page:


We're thrilled to announce a major milestone: our Y-DNA Tree of Humankind has grown to 100,000 Big Y Testers! Each tester adds a unique branch to our shared heritage. Thank you for being a part of this incredible journey. Here's to discovering more about our collective past and embracing the diversity of our genetic tapestry.

[leonardo]

That's wonderful. I was in the very first batch. Back then we were pioneers. The cost was high. Good to se the cost come down and good to see the growth. The more the merrier.

[JMcB]

The latest update report has been posted by Family Tree:


Discover™ Updates https://tinyurl.com/26jcy93b

1,243 new Y-DNA haplogroups since our last update


4 Notable Connections

Ulysses S. Grant
18th president of the United States

Elias Lönnrot
Collected Finnish folk stories and assembled Kalevala

Lars Levi Laestadius
Founder of the Laestadianism religious movement

Rothwell family
Includes famous oboe musician Lady Evelyn Rothwell


6 Ancient Connections

Serrano et al. 2023
20 samples from "The genomic history of the indigenous people of the Canary Islands"

Zhang et al. 2021
6 samples from "The genomic origins of the Bronze Age Tarim Basin mummies"
Vyas et al. 2023

24 ancient samples from "Fine-scale sampling uncovers the complexity of migrations in 5th–6th century Pannonia" - Italy and Hungary - Hun, Goth and Roman cultures
Depaermentier et al. 2023

2 ancient samples from "Bioarchaeological analyses reveal long-lasting continuity at the periphery of the Late Antique Roman Empire" - Switzerland
Sandoval-Velasco et al. 2023

17 aDNA samples from Atlantic St Helena - "The ancestry and geographical origins of St Helena's liberated Africans"

Allentoft et al. 2023
120 aDNA samples from "Population Genomics of Stone Age Eurasia"

Updates
49,900+ Globetrekker migration paths.

[JMcB]

Roberta Estes has written an article on a new feature Family Tree has added to their Discover tool


New Discover Tool – Compare Haplogroups & More at FamilyTreeDNA
Posted on October 11, 2023

FamilyTreeDNA has introduced a great new Y-DNA tool – Compare – as part of Discover. I wrote about how to use Discover, here.

The new Compare feature compares two haplogroups, including where they fall on the haplotree in relationship to each other, time to most recent common ancestor (TMRCA), TimeTree, and more.

It’s easy.

All you do is enter two haplogroups …


For the rest, see:

https://dna-explained.com/2023/10/11/new...xny7ALU8NU

[JMcB]

For those interested, Göran Runström just posted the following on FTDNA’s Big Y Group page:


New historical aDNA of Prince Dmitry Alexandrovich (?–1294), the son of the Grand Prince of Vladimir Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (1221–1263), a member of the Rurik dynasty in Y-DNA haplogroup N.

The Rurikids: The First Experience of Reconstructing the Genetic Portrait of the Ruling Family of Medieval Rus’ Based on Paleogenomic Data


https://actanaturae.ru/2075-8251/article...zuAfgJK8ZI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_of_...s9dupP3ZpA

https://discover.familytreedna.com/y-dna/N-VL11/notable

[JMcB]

According to a recent presentation at their conference, Family Tree has now uploaded 6,100 ancient DNA samples to their tree.

[rmstevens2]

According to a recent presentation at their conference, Family Tree has now uploaded 6,100 ancient DNA samples to their tree.

That is one of the greatest things FTDNA has ever done. I hope they don't ever drop it. I really love Ancient Connections.

[JMcB]

According to a recent presentation at their conference, Family Tree has now uploaded 6,100 ancient DNA samples to their tree.

That is one of the greatest things FTDNA has ever done. I hope they don't ever drop it. I really love Ancient Connections.

Yes, I agree! I think they realize how much people like this feature. So they're doing all they can to stay on top of the papers that are coming out. It’s also nice to know that they usually confirm the results our guys are getting here. So we often get a heads up on what’s coming. Courtesy of our more knowledable forum members.

[rmstevens2]

According to a recent presentation at their conference, Family Tree has now uploaded 6,100 ancient DNA samples to their tree.

That is one of the greatest things FTDNA has ever done. I hope they don't ever drop it. I really love Ancient Connections.

Yes, I agree! I think they realize how much people like this feature. So they're doing all the can to stay on top of the papers that are coming out. It’s also nice to know that they usually confirm the results our guys are getting here. So we often get a heads up on what’s coming. Courtesy of our more knowledable forum members.

I like the fact that FTDNA has pretty high standards. They're rigorous, so we can rely on their calls and cite them as an authority. They sometimes even contradict the conclusions of the papers the ancient samples originally appeared in, when they cannot confirm them.

[Riverman]

Yes, its a fantastic feature and I hope I get a closer match in my lifetime - FTDNA is doing a lot to achieve that, its the papers which are currently coming slow or not at all (even though results have been achieved by the teams) which make things not as smooth as they could be.

Currently I get as many new BigY testers from my STR matches as I get new STR matches. While its great people do upgrade, I consider it a bit concerning that not as many completely new testers joined the endeavour.

It looks like the new features are great to make people doing the upgrade, if they are still active and alive, but are not as effective in bringing new testers in. I hope that changes once it gets better known to the wider public of people which haven't tested at all. Probably the haplogroup assignment for Family Finder testers helps a bit.

[JonikW]

I love the new features too. A pretty mediocre platform has become an indispensable tool. My only slight worry is the potential damage to YFull, which was adding ancient matches long before FTDNA. This might remove some of the incentive for some uploaders and YFull has been amazing over the years. They even gave me my mtDNA terminal SNP V78 where FTDNA (where I tested before uploading) still has me at straight V. I've got no YFull customer matches at that level but they've gone to the trouble of adding three from scientific papers, including one from Algeria a few months back. I want FTDNA to up their mitochondrial game next -- should be a priority; there are always plenty of new testers and we're being a bit short changed. Not a great look in this day and age either.

ADDED detail.

[leonardo]

I love the new features too. A pretty mediocre platform has become an indispensable tool. My only slight worry is the potential damage to YFull, which was adding ancient matches long before FTDNA. This might remove some of the incentive for some uploaders and YFull has been amazing over the years. They even gave me my mtDNA terminal SNP V78 where FTDNA (where I tested before uploading) still has me at straight V. I want FTDNA to up their mitochondrial game next - should be a priority; there are always plenty of new testers and we're being a bit short changed. Not a great look in this day and age either.

Your thoughts sum up mine just about perfectly. I did the family finder but seldom checked FTDNA, like I did Ancestry and 23andMe, as the site was my worst for autosomal matches. After I got the BigY500, then upgraded to the BigY700, I checked occasionally, but things got stagnant with no new significant matches. With this globetrekker and Discovery tools - especially the ancient matches - I find myself checking often. I too worry about YFull. I was in the first batch for the original BigY and YFull and its team, especially Vladimir, were very helpful. I got to upload my data for free and they gave me a free mtDNA analysis. YFull was the place I went to for years to check for matches and new information. Now, it seems stagnated.

[rmstevens2]

I have a hard time getting my Big Y-tested matches to go with YFull.