{"id":7816,"date":"2024-04-01T15:52:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T19:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baltimoregenealogysociety.org\/BCGShome\/?p=7816"},"modified":"2024-04-01T15:52:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T19:52:35","slug":"big-changes-with-bigy-updates-on-y-dna-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baltimoregenealogysociety.org\/BCGShome\/big-changes-with-bigy-updates-on-y-dna-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Changes with BigY: Updates on Y-DNA Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Big Changes with BigY: Updates on Y-DNA Testing<br \/>\nAndrew Hochreiter<\/h3>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoregenealogysociety.org\/BCGShome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AJH-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7783\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoregenealogysociety.org\/BCGShome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AJH-4-252x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoregenealogysociety.org\/BCGShome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AJH-4-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.baltimoregenealogysociety.org\/BCGShome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AJH-4.jpg 609w\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a>APRIL 28, SUNDAY, 3 pm<\/h5>\n<p>General Meeting: In Person<br \/>\nPresentation: In Person<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The use of Y-DNA results is critical to the research of the patrilinear line.<\/li>\n<li>This involves the identification of the father\u2019s father\u2019s (and so on) ancestral heritage.<\/li>\n<li>The presentation will discuss the basics of the Y chromosome, the types of markers used, and how results help find male relatives.<\/li>\n<li>The Rolls Royce of Y-DNA tests is the BigY 700 test offered by Family Tree DNA (FTDNA).<\/li>\n<li>This product launched a tsunami of discoveries of Y-DNA mutations that enabled this test to be valuable to track male relativity in genealogically relevant timeframes.<\/li>\n<li>FTDNA implemented many new \u201cDiscover\u201d tools to analyze BigY results making this test the ultimate paternal line research aide.<\/li>\n<li>Learn about these new tools and how they can benefit surname projects and paternal research.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information select \u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoregenealogysociety.org\/BCGShome\/program-of-speakers\/\"><strong>https:\/\/www.baltimoregenealogysociety.org\/BCGShome\/program-of-speakers\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Changes with BigY: Updates on Y-DNA Testing Andrew Hochreiter APRIL 28, SUNDAY, 3 pm General Meeting: In Person Presentation: In Person The use of Y-DNA results is critical to the research of the patrilinear line. 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