Batched!

The KLASSEN YDNA test batched today!  FTDNA is saying that our results should be in sometime between November 11 and November 25.  I know they've had a lot of trouble with processing Y tests pretty much all year, so I'm definitely expecting that to be delayed at least once, if not twice, but I will keep everyone posted!

Will it batch on Wednesday??

I realized today that my plan to purchase the KLASSEN YDNA on September 30th may have resulted in it not beginning to process until October 7th.  Not optimal.  So, I talked to my husband, and was able to move some money around to purchase the upgrade today!  Hopefully this means that the YDNA test will start processing on September 30th!

YDNA tests are taking 9-10 weeks to process right now, so if this test batches on 9/30, we could have results December 2-December 9.

Just a waiting game now.

One week to go... and another delay. :(

One week until I can order the KLASSEN YDNA.  It looks like YDNA tests are taking about 9-10 weeks right now, which means we could have results by December 9th.  Results on this test by Christmas would make me so happy!

The FOX/PERRY test has been delayed (again) to October 7-October 21.

Call rate failure! :(

I received word tonight that the FOX/PERRY test currently in the pipeline didn't pass the call rate, and is being re-run.  They haven't adjusted the estimated completion date, so I'm still expecting it sometime between 9/23 and 10/7.

The call rate is the expected number of single nucleotide polymorphisms in a sample.  Of the 700,000 SNPs tested for, in order to pass, 97% have to be present.  So, even a sample with 96.5% present will fail.  I don't know what percentage were present in our sample, so it's just a waiting game right now.

More segments!

Here's my current Generation 3 segment map.  Generation 3 is my great-grandparents, so all the colored bars you see here represent DNA I'm able to conclusively say came from a specific set of great-grandparents.

With a little more testing, I should be able to fill in a lot of those grey gaps, as well as narrow down which Generation 3 spouse some of these segment came from.  Right now, they're all tied to a specific couple.  Except one.

See that big LONG segment on X at the bottom?  I'm particularly excited about this one.  I share that segment with my mother, and her paternal uncle.  Because men only get one X chromosome (from their mothers), we know automatically that this segment came from my great-grandmother, Elizabeth Franz.  Now, where SHE got it... I still have to figure out, but I've got a great start!  :)

The top bar of each pair is my dad's side.  Right now, I've only tested Dad's paternal uncle, so all of the segments on the top bar are either PERRY or KANNEKEBERG segments.

The bottom bar of each pair is my mom's side.  I have a little bit more information about her side, because my mom's dad's first cousin tested with 23andme, and now my mom's paternal uncle has also tested.  They overlapped in some places, and didn't overlap in others.  At any rate, all the segments on the bottom trace back to either LOEWEN or FRANZ segments.  FRANZ is actually one of our bigger brick walls on the LOEWEN/FRANZ side of the family, so I'm hoping we can work some of that out through DNA.

DNA from my great-grandparents

Movement!

I checked this morning, and the first LOEWEN/FRANZ results are in!  :)  Still waiting on the raw data to become available (hopefully today sometime).

Some movement, but mostly still waiting

Let's see... right now we have five tests in some state of waiting...

1)  The first LOEWEN/FRANZ test results are due sometime between now and September 21st.

2)  The second FOX/PERRY test results are also due sometime between now and September 21st.

3)  The second LOEWEN/FRANZ test has been taken, and is back in the mail.  Current location is "being forwarded to destination country".  I'm doubtful it will make it back to Texas by Wednesday, so best case scenario for that one would be batching on Wednesday, September 23.  Probably Batch 641 if I was to guess.

4)  The second PETKAU/KLASSSEN test appears to be stuck at the destination post office.  Intended pick up was Saturday.

5)  We have $103.77 of the $139 we need to order the KLASSEN YDNA which will aid us in our search for Peter Klassen's family.  Target date for ordering that test is still September 30th.  Only 17 days to go!  With current wait times, these results should be in shortly before Christmas.

Long term plan:
-  Run KLASSEN YDNA on September 30th.
-  Commence saving for tests on second LOEWEN/FRANZ test & second PETKAU/KLASSEN test. We should have enough for one on November 25th, and the other on January 20th.
-  Somewhere in there I also want to swab several more of my grandparents' siblings (for inclusion purposes) as well as my great-grandmother's half-siblings (for exclusion purposes).

Some news from Family Tree DNA

This was posted by someone affiliated with FTDNA to Facebook about 7 hours ago:

"Family Tree DNA has worked hard to ensure that the standards for Family Finder results delivery are within 3-4 weeks. An unforeseen complication with one of our suppliers has taken them longer to resolve than we would have hoped. We expect to be back to normal operations and have all outstanding Family Finder results delivered within the next 10 business days.

We apologize for any inconvenience and will continue to deliver the quality that our customers deserve. Thank you for your patience."

Our tests in this batch are the FOX/PERRY test and the LOEWEN/FRANZ test.  If all goes as expected, we should have results on both tests by September 21st.

Generous donation!

I received a generous donation this morning which will allow us to bump the KLASSEN YDNA test back up two weeks, so we should be able to run that one September 30th.  :)  There's a little extra leftover which will probably go toward running the tests on the outstanding LOEWEN/FRANZ & PETKAU/KLASSEN swabs ($99 each).  Barring any more financial delays, we should be able to run the first one November 25th, and the second one January 20, 2016.

Delayed again!

The FOX/PERRY test and the LOEWEN/FRANZ test have both been delayed again.  They're now both due between September 23 and October 7.

Delays, Purchases, and more Delays!

Here's a quick update about where we're at with our project.

1)  The FOX/PERRY test that was batched a couple weeks ago has been delayed.  Results are now expected between September 9 and September 23.  This delay is no fault of ours.  The lab had some processing issues a few weeks ago and they're still working their way through the back log.  I'll still keep checking though, just in case it comes in before the 9th.

2)  There is currently no delay on the LOEWEN/FRANZ test that was done at the same time.  That one is still expected between September 9 and September 23.

3)  I finally purchased the second PETKAU/KLASSEN test, and the second LOEWEN/FRANZ test.  They have not shipped yet, but I'm hoping they will ship by the end of the week.  They're both going to Canada, so I'm not expecting results on them until at least mid to late-October.

4)  The KLASSEN YDNA test slated for September 30th has been delayed until October 13th due to lack of funds.  If anyone would like to donate toward a test, please let me know!  We're about $10.23USD short of being able to purchase the test on September 30th.