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GWINN, GWIN, Family - DNA Project (3 Years later)

GWINN, GWIN, Family - DNA Project (3 Years later)

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 12:07PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 18 Oct 2014 1:03AM GMT
Surnames: Geuin, Gewin, Guin, Guina, Guinan, Guinane, Guinaugh, Guinaw, Guindollet, Guindon, Guine, Guinea, Guinee, Guineer, Guinegaw, Guinen, Guinere, Guines, Guiness, Guinessey, Guinet, Guinett, Guinette, Guinevan, Guiney, Guinivan, Guinn, Guinnane, Guinne, Guinnee, Guinner, Guinness, Guinnessey, Guinnessy, Guinnip, Guinnup, Guinot, Guint, Guinte, Guintran, Guintrand, Guintrande, Guinup, Guyn, Guyne, Guynee, Guynes, Guyness, Guynetth, Guyney, Guynn, Guynne, Guynup, Gween, Gwen, Gwenn, Gwennap, Gwin, Gwine, Gwinee, Gwinn, Gwinne, Gwinnedd, Gwinnell, Gwinner, Gwinneth, Gwinnett, Gwinney, Gwinnup, Gwinup, Gwthne, Gwyn, Gwyndaf, Gwyne, Gwynedd, Gwyneth, Gwynetha, Gwynette, Gwynllyw, Gwynn, Gwynne, Gwynned, Gwynnedd, Gwynnel, Gwynnell, Gwynneth, Gwynnett, Gwynnette, Gwyntopher, Mac Guin, Mac Guinn, Mac Guyn, Mac Guyne, Mac Guynn, Mac Guynne, Mac Gwine, Mac Gwinn, Mac Gwyn, Mac Gwyne, Mac Gwynn, Mac Gwynne, MacGuin, MacGuinn, MacGuyn, MacGuyne, MacGuynn, MacGuynne, MacGwine, MacGwinn, MacGwyn, MacGwyne, MacGwynn, MacGwynne, Mc Guin, Mc Guine, Mc Guines, Mc Guiness, Mc Guinn, Mc Guinness, Mc Gwin, Mc Gwinn, McGuin, McGuine, McGuines, McGuiness, McGuinn, McGuinness, McGwen, McGwin, McGwinn, O Guiney, O Guinidhe, O Guinye, Oguin, O'Guin, OGuinan, O'Guinan, O'Guiney, O'Guinidhe, Oguinn, O'Guinn, OGuinness, O'Guinness, O'Guinye, Ogwen, O'Gwen, Ogwin, O'Gwin, Ogwinn, O'Gwinn, Ogwyn, O'Gwyn, Ogwynn, O'Gwynn
(updated: 17 Oct 2014)

We began our GUIN, GWIN, GUYN, GWYN DNA Project and variant surnames on 11 Jul 2011. Shortly after this, (Oct 2011) we expanded the project as a "combined project" to include the surnames related to GINN-GUINNESS, and McGINNIS-McGUINNESS and their related surnames (for example McGUINN, O'GUIN & O'GWIN as a supplement to traditional genealogical research. Also, we suspect similar origins between several of these groups going back 2000 years, which only DNA can prove. If your surname is a variant of the previously mentioned names, please consider joining our combined project as your Secondary or Primary choice. There is "No Limit" to the number of projects in which you can participate.

In our first three years the GINN, GUIN, GWIN, GUYN, GWYN Project achieved 180 project members (now at 199), due to those which have already tested. We are encouraging new members to reach out and test their loved ones, during this period while prices at their lowest. We have many participants in all categories of Y-DNA testing, mtDNA testing and Autosomal DNA testing, but most likely do not have your specific branch going back to the early 1800's to confirm a positive match. (see current Holiday Sales Promotion)

With the help of several administrators who have many years of genealogical experience and fellow project members, our accomplishments have included resolving discrepancies with many family trees found on other web sites. We have privately assisted with several adoption cases and solved several non-paternal events (NPE). But mostly, we have been able to correctly displayed the genetic proof of genealogical connections to several branches of specific families for your interpretation. With our current members and knowledge of DNA results from other sources, we have also confirmed in three areas of the DNA spectrum that there is a very close DNA association between several COEN-COYNE, QUIN-GUINN, and GUINN-GWINN families, and several O'QUINN and O'GUIN families. Those particular circumstances might not apply to your specific families, but there may be other possible combinations of "very close associations" which we hope to discover.

We do not have all the answers, but our ongoing efforts will continue for many years as we learn about your particular families DNA origins and the ability compare matches for proper grouping, in a timely manner. We will continue to explore family connections for future participation.


(a.) our Background Page: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/GuinnGwinn/default.aspx
(b.) our Y-DNA Participants: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/GuinnGwinn/default.aspx?...
(c.) our mtDNA Participants: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/GuinnGwinn/default.aspx?...
(d.) our Autosomal Participants: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/GuinnGwinn/default.aspx?...
**** Please note that our project is only "one" out of 7,000 more projects currently established with FTDNA.


Sincerely,
Michael A. Gwinn (ret. USN) gwinnma@aol.com
GINN, GUIN, GWIN, GUYN, GWYN DNA Project, primary administrator
(and all simular surnames, including "O" and "Mc" versions).
We encourage all CUIN-O'CUINN-McCUINN, all GINN-GUINNESS, all McGINNIS-McGUINNESS, all QUIN-QUINN, and all WINN-WYNNE members to participate.
Join Link: http://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Gwinn/Gui...

GINN, GUIN, GWIN, GUYN, GWYN DNA Project ... Complete Surname List:
Genn, Gennell, Gennett, Gennette, Geuin, Gewin, Ginn, Ginnane, Ginnell, Ginnes, Ginness, Ginnett, Ginnette, Ginney, Ginnis, Ginny, Guin, Guina, Guinan, Guinane, Guinap, Guinaugh, Guinaw, Guincy, Guindollet, Guindon, Guine, Guinea, Guinee, Guineer, Guinegaw, Guinen, Guiner, Guinere, Guines, Guiness, Guinessey, Guinet, Guinett, Guinette, Guinevan, Guiney, Guinip, Guinivan, Guinn, Guinnane, Guinnap, Guinne, Guinnee, Guinner, Guinness, Guinnessey, Guinnessy, Guinnip, Guinnop, Guinop, Guinot, Guinotte, Guint, Guinte, Guintran, Guintrand, Guintrande, Guinup, Guion, Guyn, Guyne, Guynee, Guynes, Guyness, Guynetth, Guyney, Guynn, Guynne, Guynnup, Guynup, Gween, Gwen, Gwenap, Gwenn, Gwin, Gwine, Gwinee, Gwinn, Gwinne, Gwinnedd, Gwinnell, Gwinner, Gwinneth, Gwinnett, Gwinney, Gwinnup, Gwinup, Gwthne, Gwyn, Gwyndaf, Gwyne, Gwynedd, Gwynek, Gwyneth, Gwynetha, Gwynette, Gwynllyw, Gwynn, Gwynne, Gwynned, Gwynnedd, Gwynnel, Gwynnell, Gwynneth, Gwynnett, Gwynnette, Gwyntopher, Gynane, Gynn, Gynnane, Gynne, Gynnet, Gynnett, Gynning, Mac Ginn, Mac Ginnis, Mac Guin, Mac Guinn, Mac Guyn, Mac Guyne, Mac Guynn, Mac Guynne, Mac Gwine, Mac Gwinn, Mac Gwyn, Mac Gwyne, Mac Gwynn, Mac Gwynne, MacGinn, MacGuin, MacGuinn, MacGuyn, MacGuyne, MacGuynn, MacGuynne, MacGwine, MacGwinn, MacGwyn, MacGwyne, MacGwynn, MacGwynne, Magennis, Maginn, Maginnes, Maginness, Maginnis, Maginniss, Mc Ginn, Mc Ginnes, Mc Ginness, Mc Ginnis, Mc Guin, Mc Guine, Mc Guines, Mc Guiness, Mc Guiney, Mc Guinn, Mc Guinness, Mc Gwin, Mc Gwinn, McGinn, McGinnes, McGinness, McGinnis, McGinniss, McGuin, McGuine, McGuines, McGuiness, McGuiney, McGuinn, McGuinnes, McGuinness, McGwen, McGwin, McGwinn, Meginnis, Meginniss, MGinniss, O Guiney, O Guinidhe, O Guinye, O'Gin, O'Ginn, Oguin, O'Guin, OGuinan, O'Guinan, O'Guiney, O'Guinidhe, Oguinn, O'Guinn, OGuinness, O'Guinness, O'Guinye, Ogwen, O'Gwen, Ogwin, O'Gwin, Ogwinn, O'Gwinn, Ogwyn, O'Gwyn, Ogwynn, O'Gwynn, UiGin, Ui'Gin, UiGinn, Ui'Ginn

Free Autosomal Transfers, Live Chat, and More! - Newsletter 10/17/2014

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 11:59PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 18 Oct 2014 12:02AM GMT
Dear Project Members and all new customers,

Since we (FTDNA directors) missed getting an issue out for you last week because of conference preparations, this week’s going to have double the content.

Not only was the Decennial Family Tree DNA Conference on Genetic Genealogy a success, but we’ve spent the week preparing and launching some of the features discussed at the conference. Thanks to everyone who presented and attended. We’ll be working to nail down a date for next year shortly!

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Post-conference launches

As Senior Director of Product Michael Gugel shared at the conference, for the first time ever, people that have taken an AncestryDNA™ or 23andMe© (V3) test can transfer into the FTDNA databases for free by visiting https://www.familytreedna.com/AutosomalTransfer? and following the instructions to upload their raw data file.

Within an hour or two, we provide a preview of what’s waiting if they transfer by showing the top 20 matches along with an estimate of the total number of matches in the FTDNA database.

Full functionality can be unlocked by either paying $39 or recruiting four other people to upload, thus unlocking the rest of the matches.

Here are some important points for group administrators to know:

1. As of Friday afternoon, Ancestry was experiencing difficulty with file downloads. Our plan at present is to hold off on announcing the new transfer protocol to the entire customer base until those difficulties are resolved. If you (or your group members) have previously uploaded files to GEDmatch, there’s a fair chance the download will still be on your computer. Look for a filename like dna-data-yyyy-mm-dd.zip.

2. We only accept the 23andMe V3 chip that was used on tests sold between November 2010 and approximately November 2013. There are a couple of ways to find out what chip was used for your test other than simply the timeframe. One is size; v3 chip files are about 7.83 MB where V2 and V4 chips are smaller. If you’re tech savvy, you can unzip the file and check chromosomes: Chromosome 1 for v3 starts at 82154 (rs4477212) where v4 starts at 734462 (rs12564807)and v2 starts with position 742429 (rs3094315).

3. We do not have any plans to accept V2 or V4 chips. if you try to upload the wrong chip version, the system will tell you that the file doesn’t have sufficient data. Since neither chip contains enough of the SNPs included in Family Finder, we would have to impute too much data. Basically we’d have to make assumptions about the missing SNPs that we’re just not willing to make at this point.

The myGroups Alpha Test launched this week with great participation from the groups involved. If your group wasn’t chosen, thank you for applying, we appreciate the interest. We’re already getting great feedback on the features, which include the ability to upload and share photos and documents as well as to interact with other group members.

You’ll be hearing a lot more about this initiative in coming weeks. We’re excited about the potential the new design will have, and we’re sure you will be, too!

Haplogroup administrators, check your email!

We’re sending out the specs we need for your submissions to create new SNP Panels. At the conference, president Bennett Greenspan announced that the beta test of a new version of the old Deep Clade test was a success with the R-M222 subclade and we’re soliciting the assistance of haplogroup and subclade administrators to help fill out the rest of R1b and other haplogroups.

We’ll be able to test between 30 and 90 SNPs at the same time for one low price so that Y-DNA testers can refine their haplogroups even more. We’ll provide more information to all admins soon, but haplogroup administrators will find the details you need in an email going out today.

Customer Support is trying out a new contact method – live chat!

You may initiate the chat 9 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday (except 12-1 on Friday). You will find the live chat on our Contact Us page or from the myFTDNA log in page. Please note that the live chat will remain with you through most of the Family Tree DNA websites, but has limited functionality on the shopping cart.

Please, help us test out this feature this month (through November 10th) and let us know how you like it. I

We have an exciting new development for Big Y BAM files!

Once a BAM request is completed, testers will be able to download that file directly from their myFTDNA page. The tester will go to the Big Y results page and click on the blue ‘Download Raw Data’ button.

He will see two green buttons: one has the VCF/BED zip file, the other the BAM zip file. The primary person on the kit will still need to send an email request for the BAM file to helpdesk@familytreedna.com. It will take up to 48 hours to retrieve the file, as this is not an instantaneous process.

Those of who have already requested their BAM file and received the link should already see the new green button for download. Administrators will NOT be able to click through from GAP to download unless you have full access to the tester’s kit.

We will not be providing a link for customers for YFull at this time. You may want to contact YFull to request a way to upload directly to them. In the meantime, try a large file storage solution, such as Dropbox. We’ll have some helpful information on this process in the Learning Center next week.

Finally, this week’s tip:

Because of the way that the shopping cart works, upgrades are no longer shown as upgrades such as Y-12-37. They show as the full test, both in the order history and on your order pages in GAP. The order system prevents the order of a full test when an upgrade is all that’s necessary.

And for your convenience, here’s a chart of Y-DNA and mtDNA test prices with upgrades.
Test ....... Standard Price
Y12 ........ $59
Y25 ........ $109
Y37 ........ $169
Y67 ........ $268
Y111 ...... $359

Test ....... Standard Price
Y12 - 37 ...... $99
Y12 - 67 ...... $189
Y12 - 111 .... $339
Y25 - 37 ...... $49
Y25 - 67 ...... $148
Y25 - 111 .... $249
Y37 - 67 ...... $99
Y37 - 111 .... $220
Y67 - 111 .... $129
Big Y ...... $575

Test ....... Standard Price
mtDNA Plus ..... $69
Full mt Seq. ..... $199
HVR1-FMS ...... $159
HVR2-FMS ...... $149

That’s all for this week, folks. We’ll have a lot more to share next week. Thanks for all your hard work. We appreciate you!

All project participation is "FREE" and administrated by volunteers which receive "No compensation". They are willing to help ....
Please Join our GUIN, GWIN, GUYN, GWYN DNA Project.

Michael A. Gwinn, gwinnma@aol.com

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