Cindy D, DNA does have quite a learning curve. And yes, you do feel like a deer in the headlights. I do lecturing. One of my topics is DNA. I had one person tell me it was her 5th DNA lecture she attended and that it was finally coming together. It's not easy. It takes awhile. Check out your local genealogy society. If they have meetings they probably bring in a speaker. Find out when they have a DNA speaker and go. Also, if you go to genealogy conferences, go to the DNA classes. Go to your public library and check out "Trace Your Roots with DNA" by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak and Ann Turner (no, I did not type Smolenyak twice. She married a Smolenyak and they are not related). Although the book is a little out of date now, you can still get a lot out of it on Y and mtDNA. I summarized it and posted it to the list years ago. The summary is on the Azores GenWeb here: http://goo.gl/myBNk The book is better though because of the illustrations. Back then, they didn't think we could make autosomal DNA (Family Finder) useful. My, what a difference a few years makes.
You said: <<One report says I have no missing info, scrolling down it says I have extra info....so?? What does this mean? Will I be growing an extra ear on my hip??>> LOL, no ears on your hip (FTDNA doesn't get into the medical stuff). But I need to know where you are reading no missing info or the extra info. You mentioned both autosomal and mtDNA, so I need to know which one. DYS means *D*NA *Y* *S*egment. That's part of Y-DNA. I thought you tested Family Finder and mtDNA. Or were you in the Frequently Asked Questions? On in the Interactive Tour where it shows you everything? No wonder you are confused! Cheri Mello Azores DNA -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
