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“This is the most exciting genetic genealogy breakthrough since the company launched its Y-DNA test,
which uncovered relatives in the direct paternal line”, says Bennett Greenspan, founder and President
of Family Tree DNA.
Family Tree DNA is pleased to inform you of the pre-launch of our newest and most exciting test: the autosomal-based
Family Finder test. This pre-launch will progress in phases so that we do not exceed our lab’s capacity, and to
ensure delivering results in a timely basis. We anticipate Family Finder will be offered for general release in
the middle of March at the breakthrough price of $249.
While the Y-DNA matches men with a specific paternal line, and the mtDNA finds potential relatives only along
the maternal line, Family Finder can look for close relationships along all ancestral lines.
You may now match to male and female cousins from any of your family lines within about five generations. The
science -- uses linked blocks of DNA across the 22 autosomal chromosomes and matches them between two people.
Linked blocks are determined by comparison of well over 500,000 HapMap SNPs. Based on this concept, our bioinformatics
team has worked extensively to develop the calculations that tell you the closeness of the relationship.
The possibilities to find matches abound:
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Aunts & Uncles, Parents and Grandparents
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Half siblings and 1st cousins
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2nd, 3rd, and 4th cousins
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Possibly 5th cousins and beyond!
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When you take the Family Finder test, your results are compared against our Family Finder database.
You will be able to:
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sort your matches by degree of relationship
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view their names and e-mail address for immediate communication
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download your raw data
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in to read more about Family Finder testing and Projects.
Special Note: The Family Finder test requires an untouched vial of DNA. If your kit
does not have an extra vial on file, we will mail a collection kit for a new FREE DNA extraction. After ordering
you will be notified by email whether we are able to use a stored vial or will be mailing a new collection kit.
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