Family Tree DNA's Holiday Sale (through Dec. 26th)

[Cheri Mello]

(Cross posted to Azores, Madeira, and IslandRoutes lists)

Family Tree DNA (FTDNA)'s Holiday Sale has begun and will run though Thursday, December 26th, until 11:59 PST.

At a glance, the prices appear to be the same as the Black Friday through Cyber Monday sale. I'm waiting for a nice chart (like last time) to post the prices.

Any questions, feel free to ask.

Cheri Mello, Family Tree DNA Administrator (volunteer)

[Cheri Mello]

(Cross posted to Azores, Madeira, and IslandRoutes lists)

Reminder: Family Tree DNA (FTDNA)'s Holiday Sale will end on Thursday, December 26th, until 11:59 PST. The shipping is free (at least for the United States. I'm not sure about outside the United States).  The sale prices are listed below.

If you are adding on to your own DNA by ordering a different type of DNA test, log into your kit and order. They will pull your vials and get to work.

If you are ordering a test for someone else, be sure to log out of your kit and order with one of the links below.

Azores: https://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=AzoresIslands

Madeira: https://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=MadeiraPortugal

Cape Verde: https://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=CapeVerde

Any questions, feel free to ask.

Cheri Mello, Family Tree DNA Administrator (volunteer)

[Cheri Mello]

(Cross posted again)

Found the answer about the shipping:

Free Shipping offer valid on Standard shipping delivery option for shipments to U.S. and International addresses.

Cheri Mello, FTDNA Admin (volunteer)

[Bill Ricardo]

Merry Christmas!

I know this may be a bit outside of the parameters of your regular purview, but I am hoping y'all can provide some valuable guidance.  

I have thus far submitted DNA tests to both ancestry.com and FamilyTreeDNA.com and I have obtained further YDNA and MtDNA results (haplogroups G-M201 and K1a4a, respectively) from the latter.  I have further shared data with MyHeritage.com and GEDMatch.  Up until now I have used ancestry.com as my primary tree building platform but I discovered a few months ago that the 1,000 or so photos I had uploaded there last year at this time had disappeared from the various family member profiles and they, ancestry.com,  were initially unable to explain why.  Since that first revelation, they have responded to me via email for additional data from me about my tree, such as sending them screen shots and the like.  Frankly, I don't wish to commit to that much time to reconstruct the info I had loaded to the site over what easily took me dozens of hours to generate.  My thought now is that I should cancel my subscription with ancestry.com and rebuild my extended tree with My Heritage.

My question is can My Heritage.com provide the same or comparable level of info that I was getting from ancestry.com if I subscribe to their "Complete" service level?

Any assistance/recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Obrigado/Mahalo/Thanks,

Bill Ricardo

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[Cheri Mello]

Hi Bill,

I am going to start this in its own thread. It's off topic and many people delete this thread as some don't wish to participate.

Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada

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[Gordon soares]

Hi Bill:

I know what you mean about Ancestry.com. I have the same problem getting info off their site since I cancelled them. I use Family tree maker (I have a Mac and can’t use MyHeritage without a lot of goofing around on the Mac). Nonetheless,I have found by looking at both MyHeritage as well as FTM (and a couple of others) that they seem to have the same data construction as Ancestry. However, every time you go to get information such as a “suggestion leaf” from Ancestry you get their page to sign up. You have to be a bit cagey but I have found ways to get around most of that. I do stay synched with Ancestry but don’t know fi that can be done with MyHeritage. I stay synched because sometimes it is easier to maneuver in my tree there so UI input my data then synch to FTM. Works fine. Hope my experiences help you to decide to leave Ancestry.  

[Nancy Couto]

Dear Bill Ricardo, 

Thanks for including your Y-DNA haplogroup. I checked my brother’s matches and it appears you match him at 67 markers with a distance of 6. According to FTDNA’s estimate, there is a good chance we could have a common ancestor within 12 generations. My brother’s name is Edward Couto Jr., and I manage his account. 

You don’t appear to be a match for either my brother or me on Family Finder. 

I will email you privately.

Nancy Couto

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[Cheri Mello]

(Cross posted to Azores, Madeira, and IslandRoutes lists)

The Family Tree DNA sale (with free shipping anywhere in the world) ends today, Dec. 26th, at 11:59 pm PST. You have 14.5 hours left!

If you are adding on to your own DNA by ordering a different type of DNA test, log into your kit and order. They will pull your vials and get to work.

If you are ordering a test for someone else, be sure to log out of your kit and order with one of the links below.

Azores: https://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=AzoresIslands

Madeira: https://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=MadeiraPortugal

Cape Verde: https://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=CapeVerde

Any questions, feel free to ask.

Cheri Mello, Family Tree DNA Administrator (volunteer)

Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada

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