Big Y 700

[kingjohn]

Thanks for informative answere👍
So this thing is expensive :
370$ big y-700 + 99$ for the bam file from ftdna+ 49$ for yfull upload of the bam file😲

P.s
I wish ftdna would have lowered there prices

[Flann Fina]

Thanks for informative answere������
So this thing is expensive :
370$ big y-700 + 99$ for the bam file from ftdna+ 49$ for yfull upload of the bam file������
P.s
I wish ftdna would have lowered there prices

I agree! Personally, I think the $99 fee for a Bam file is punitive and really should be lowered. I actually think it should never have been imposed but who cares what I think. On the bright side, the Y700 VCF file is pretty robust and from what I’ve heard is far better that the old Y500 VCF file. Which is why I say, it may pay for some to consider uploading the Y700 VCF file to YFull - which you can still get for free from FTDNA - and see how your results turnout. Some of my surname matches have done that and there’s no noticeable difference. Plus, if you ever change your mind and decide to pay the Bam file fee, YFull will still do the analysis for no extra charge.

[kingjohn]

I agree! Personally, I think the $99 fee for a Bam file is punitive and really should be lowered. I actually think it should never have been imposed but who cares what I think. On the bright side, the Y700 VCF file is pretty robust and from what I’ve heard is far better that the old Y500 VCF file. Which is why I say, it may pay for some to consider uploading the Y700 VCF file to YFull - which you can still get for free from FTDNA - and see how your results turnout. Some of my surname matches have done that and there’s no noticeable difference. Plus, if you ever change your mind and decide to pay the Bam file fee, YFull will still do the analysis for no extra charge.

one thing for sure
you need patience of iron
i am in the 11th week and still no results yet ......

p.s
i did get the upgrade from 12 marker to 111 str marker ....
thats giving me some way to predict that i am e-y60961 based on those 111 str markers
but i want to see the the real deal snp's of the big y result to confirm it

[Duarte]

one thing for sure
you need patience of iron
i am in the 11th week and still no results yet ......

p.s
i did get the upgrade from 12 marker to 111 str marker ....
thats giving me some way to predict that i am e-y60961 based on those 111 str markers
but i want to see the the real deal snp's of the big y result to confirm it

Yes, it’s needed much patience. Below, my historical on BigY-700:

Y-DNA67	Ordered	07/16/2019	992
Y-DNA67	Batched	08/12/2019	992
Y-DNA67	Completed	08/20/2019	992
Big Y Raw Data	Ordered	08/14/2019	993
Big Y Raw Data	Completed	08/14/2019	993
Big Y Raw Data	Batched	08/14/2019	993
Big Y-700	Ordered	08/14/2019	993
Big Y-700	Batched	08/14/2019	993
Big Y-700	Completed	10/26/2019	993

[kingjohn]

Yes, it’s needed much patience. Below, my historical on BigY-700:

Y-DNA67	Ordered	07/16/2019	992
Y-DNA67	Batched	08/12/2019	992
Y-DNA67	Completed	08/20/2019	992
Big Y Raw Data	Ordered	08/14/2019	993
Big Y Raw Data	Completed	08/14/2019	993
Big Y Raw Data	Batched	08/14/2019	993
Big Y-700	Ordered	08/14/2019	993
Big Y-700	Batched	08/14/2019	993
Big Y-700	Completed	10/26/2019	993

wow
that is 2 1/2 months

p.s
they write that my results are expected between 15/2- 1/3
i hope to get them before ...

[Duarte]

In principle, it is possible to obtain the data for the determination of the haplogroup from the .BAM or .VCF files generated by a laboratory that does the whole genomic sequencing. Yfull accepts the upload of data from the following laboratories for the determination of the haplogroup y further downstream:

NextGen Seq raw data file type

.BAM/.CRAM
.VCF

Testing company

FTDNA Big Y
Full Genomes Inc
YSEQ
Enlighten
Veritas Genetics
BGI
Novogene
23mofang
Dante Labs
WeGene
Yoogene
Nebula Genomics

[Flann Fina]

one thing for sure
you need patience of iron
i am in the 11th week and still no results yet ......

p.s
i did get the upgrade from 12 marker to 111 str marker ....
thats giving me some way to predict that i am e-y60961 based on those 111 str markers
but i want to see the the real deal snp's of the big y result to confirm it

While I can’t say this for sure, from past experience that’s an indicator that your full results should be coming along fairly soon. Hopefully!

Good luck!

[kingjohn]

While I can’t say this for sure, from past experience that’s an indicator that your full results should be coming along fairly soon. Hopefully!
Good luck!

I hope so
Thanks for kind words

P.s
Honestly i think that for such a high price
of 370$ i paid for the big y-700
i think ftdna should do an effort to reduce the long long waiting time for results....
......

[Ozzie]

FTDNA is well known to be slow, and late with results. I don't consider testing 111 STRs of much value, as few men opt for that, so you cannot compare. The thing with STRs that I found valuable is STRs with unusual values, I have one which is 8 when the usual is 14 - 15, and those men who match me on that STR have the same surname as mine, given one is the Italian version from Calabria, but he is the closest to me than even the Maltese ones.