FamilyTreeDNA is having a four-day sale on mtDNA . It will start Friday evening UK time 28th August and last through until about 6am on 1st September UK time. mtDNA will be 20% off the $199 retail, which makes it $159.20. Customers with mtDNA Plus will receive an offer for 25% off on upgrades, taking the $139 retail to only $104.25. These are the lowest prices FTDNA has had on mtDNA for a while, so if you are interest I’d buy/upgrade this weekend.
See www.familytreedna.com for the home page or www.familytreedna.com/public/oxfordshire
if you have good Oxfordshire ancestry and are part of our Oxfordshire project. For queries about the Oxfordshire project, contact dna@ofhs.uk
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Pat,
Thank you for your query.
For you, you need to order a Y-DNA test of at least 37 markers, but ideally 67 or 111 if you can afford it.
Your wife, being female, has more limited options. She can order a FamilyFinder test which shows ‘cousinship’ back 5-6 generations on both sides. If she wants to trace her pure maternal line (mother’s mother’s mother’s mother…) then she needs to order a mtDNA test. If she wants one of these, it is best to order it this weekend as there is a sale on. Of course, you too can order either of these tests for yourself, but the one you want is the Y-DNA. If your wife wants to trace her pure paternal (surname) line she would need to find a brother/father/uncle/cousin from that line to be tested instead.
Providing you have Oxfordshire ancestry, then order the test by going to http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Oxfordshire, click on the ‘Join Request’ tab and selection Option B to pay for a test – then order the appropriate test and pay. This will automatically put you in a pending file to join the Oxfordshire project and you will receive a welcome email from Richard Merry asking you for details of your Oxfordshire ancestors.
If you have any queries on your Oxfordshire DNA do contact us at dna@ofhs.org.uk
Regards,
Sue
Sue,
I have seen the offer on DNA tests and wonder which I should have. You kindly gave me some information previously which has become mislaid.
My line has at least 2 paternal from Oxfordshire and maybe a third.
My wife has origins from a great grandfather in Oxfordshire and I wonder if there is a test that would be appropriate.
Naturally the costs of tests has a bearing and I notice they are in dollars.
Miles Calcutt Hinton are in my maternal lines and the wayward male is Casey.
Pat Inwood
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