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Discussion in 'DNA Questions and Answers' started by barbarajoh, Dec 21, 2014.

  1. barbarajoh

    barbarajoh LostCousins Member

    I sent away my dad's DNA to Family Tree DNA in October. Going on the site it says results in 1-2 weeks but has said so for a few weeks now? Before I try and find a contact email, does it usually take a long time?

    Barbara
     
    barbarajoh, Dec 21, 2014
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  2. peter

    peter Administrator Staff Member

    I would allow 3 months from when you posted off the sample - typically everyone orders when there is a special offer on, so the normal turn-around time goes out the window. As long as they've receiveed the sample, which they clearly have, there should be nothing to worry about.
     
    peter, Dec 21, 2014
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  3. barbarajoh

    barbarajoh LostCousins Member

    thanks Peter, that is reassuring. Yes I probably did it as a hint from your newsletter so would be a special offer!
     
    barbarajoh, Dec 21, 2014
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  4. Tim

    Tim Megastar and Moderator Staff Member

    How did you get on Barbara?
     
    Tim, Mar 4, 2015
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  5. barbarajoh

    barbarajoh LostCousins Member

    It took 3 months as Peter predicted and my dad has no matches closer than 6 at 67 so it is a waiting game now. Hopefully it is getting more popular in the UK and we will get matches eventually. He is predicted R-M512 and the R1a group have asked him to test for F1493 so we are waiting for that now.

    thanks for your interest
     
    barbarajoh, Mar 4, 2015
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  6. Tim

    Tim Megastar and Moderator Staff Member

    So was that a Y DNA test you did? Have you considered the other tests? The family finder?
     
    Tim, Mar 4, 2015
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  7. barbarajoh

    barbarajoh LostCousins Member

    He did a Y67 test. By total coincidence my own ancestry test has come back today ahead of schedule. I seemingly have lots of matches but it is not making a lot of sense. I have always resisted putting my tree on ancestry but I may have to put a private one on. My idea was to upload these results to familytreedna and some other site, the name of which escapes me. Exciting if a little confusing.
     
    barbarajoh, Mar 4, 2015
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  8. Tim

    Tim Megastar and Moderator Staff Member

    I use GEDmatch. It's free and very useful. There are a number of other sites that can help explain things as well.
     
    Tim, Mar 4, 2015
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  9. barbarajoh

    barbarajoh LostCousins Member

    That was the site I meant, Tim and have just done that. It is all a learning curve but slightly addictive. Which site do you think explains it well (and simply)?
     
    barbarajoh, Mar 4, 2015
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  10. Tim

    Tim Megastar and Moderator Staff Member

    One is called Genealogy Junkie its very simple and down to earth. Another which has a good graphic for explaining autosomal DNA is here.
     
    Tim, Mar 5, 2015
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  11. barbarajoh

    barbarajoh LostCousins Member

    Thank you, will look at both of them.
     
    barbarajoh, Mar 5, 2015
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  12. Susan48

    Susan48 LostCousins Superstar

    My Ancestry DNA test kit arrived on 23rd March, and I posted the sample and activated the kit the same afternoon. Not yet having had an email saying the sample had arrived I decided to investigate. Eventually I found information in the Help section of Ancestry's website, which said it can take up to 5 weeks for a sample to be marked as having arrived. Has anyone had to wait that long?
     
    Last edited: Apr 4, 2020
    Susan48, Apr 4, 2020
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  13. Tim

    Tim Megastar and Moderator Staff Member

    Well we are in strange times Susan, due to Covid-19, so post will be affected. My understanding is that it first goes to Ireland, and then is batched up and then sent to the US for testing. If they ship once a month, it could therefore take 5 weeks.
     
    Tim, Apr 4, 2020
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  14. Susan48

    Susan48 LostCousins Superstar

    Thanks, Tim. I had assumed a delay because of Covid-19 but hadn't understood about the batching. An explanation always helps!
     
    Susan48, Apr 4, 2020
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  15. peter

    peter Administrator Staff Member

    I sent a test kit to my cousin on 27th March: he tested and sent it back to Ancestry a couple of days later, the results came in a couple of days ago. Hopefully Susan will have also had her results by now.
     
    peter, Apr 20, 2020
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  16. Susan48

    Susan48 LostCousins Superstar

    Alas, no - the sample I sent off is still apparently in transit, in other words has not been marked as received. Lost in the post? I'd better chase it up, although the 5 weeks since sending it off have still not elapsed.
     
    Susan48, Apr 20, 2020
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  17. Susan48

    Susan48 LostCousins Superstar

    I have just had an online chat with someone at Ancestry about the non-arrival of my test sample. They say to allow 20 working days for it to reach the lab - and of course we've had not just the virus but also Easter - so I've got to wait a bit longer before they'll send a replacement kit or whatever.
     
    Susan48, Apr 20, 2020
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