Cheri Mello
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(Cross posted to Azores, Madeira, and IslandRoutes)
Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) has reduced their Y-DNA 12 marker test from $99 USD down to $39 USD (plus $4 shipping in the US and $6 everywhere else). Rumor has it that this may be their permanent price. But right now, it's advertised as a special.
A Y-DNA test will trace a man's father's father's father's line, or the top of the pedigree chart. If you want to focus on one line only, you need a Y-DNA test. If you are not a male, find a brother, male cousin, or nephew who carries the surname you want to trace.
The Y-DNA 12 is a BASIC test and will give you mostly anthropological info...your haplogroup and where it came out of Africa and where it went in the world.
I don't know if upgrades (12 markers to 37 markers or whatever) will be on sale during the Sizzling Summer Sale or not, but they do have upgrade sales during the year.
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Cheri Mello
Family Tree DNA Admin (volunteer)