FTDNA (Family Tree DNA) is one testing company. AncestryDNA is another. Just like you could buy a Ford or a Honda if you were shopping for cars.
Family Tree Maker is a genealogy software where you type in your ancestors. It has nothing to do with DNA. Lots of things like to name themselves "Family Tree." There's "Family Tree Magazine," "Family Tree Now" and I don't know what else. Because autosomal DNA testing is run on the Illumina chip you can transfer it over to Family Tree DNA (FTDNA). AncestryDNA uses the Illumina chip, but they have customized it, stripping about 48% of the family markers and replacing them with health. So you won't get as many matches at FTDNA due to less data on the chip. You can transfer over and if you decide to test on the FTDNA platform, I believe it's $59 (I'll have to double check). Download your raw data from AncestyDNA (if you don't know how, just ask) and then make an account at FTDNA and upload it here: https://www.familytreedna.com/autosomal-transfer Hope to see you soon! Cheri Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 6:11 PM, Gordon Soares <gs...@centurylink.net> wrote: > Hi ALL > > I have done the DNA testing through Ancestry.com and so has my wife. What > I am wondering (and I apologize if I am WAY behind the curve on this) is > whether I need to do something else regarding DNA. Is the FTDNA a variation > of the Ancestry and just the Family Tree Maker version or is there a > difference? Is there another more specific DNA to the Azores that I should > consider? > > Gordon Soares > > -- > 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. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
