Delayed!

Ugh... Just got the message I did NOT want to see for the PERRY test:

Results for your Family Finder test have been delayed. We have updated your predicted completion date, and action by you is not usually required. Note that predicted dates are an estimate and subject to lab volume and quality control.

I'll keep checking daily because sometimes results do end up coming in on time even after they get delayed.  The new expected time frame is July 29-August 12.

The good news is that it doesn't appear to be delayed because it failed.  So we should still be okay...

No news is.... good news?

It has been a little bit since my last update, so I figured I should post!

1)  Regarding the PERRY test--It's still being processed.  Results are expected sometime between now and July 22nd.  And yes, I am constantly checking to see if they are in yet, so I will post as soon as they come in.  It could still fail, and have to re-test, but for now, I'm assuming that no news is good news.

2)  Regarding the LOEWEN test--I'm $0.49 shy of being able to buy it right now.  Still hoping for some sort of a coupon code or something to come along so I can save a little bit on the cost of the test.  If nothing comes through, this test will be purchased on July 22nd.

3)  Regarding further FOX testing--I saw all of my dad's siblings and one of his first cousins over the July 4th weekend, and talked to three siblings and the cousin about what I'm doing.  They all sounded somewhat interested in testing.  We'll see where that goes.

Another relative to add to the "I'm looking for" list

Well, now that I've had some time to look at the data that we have from the KLASSEN cousin, it's obvious to me that two things have to happen in our search for Peter Klassen:

1)  Run the YDNA test on the KLASEN cousin who has tested.

2)  Test a descendant of Susanna FALK and Johann KROEKER (Susanna's second husband).  This will help us further isolate what DNA came from Peter KLASSEN (Susanna's first husband).

I'll get that added to the list of people I'm looking to test.

Here's what it looks like!

Here is a picture highlighting all the DNA that my grandmother and her first cousin share.  This is fantastic information, because now we can go back, and figure out that anyone who doesn't also match the first cousin on these segments is from Grandma's paternal side.

We still have a long way to go to figure out what KLASSEN family Peter Klassen belongs to, but this is a very good start!  :)

You may have noticed that Grandma and her first cousin do not share any DNA on the X chromosome.  This is because the first cousin who tested is male.  The X he got is from his mother.  The first cousin is related to my grandmother on his paternal side.

Raw data!

I checked again this morning, and the KLASSEN kit's raw data was finally available for download!  One step closer to being able to compare that kit to the other 23andme kits we've already done.  I immediately downloaded the raw data and uploaded it to GEDmatch so we can do the comparison.  Now I'm just waiting for it to finish tokenizing so that I can actually run the comparisons.

In other news, there was a 50% off sale on FTDNA last night.  I missed it.  I didn't have the address I needed for the LOEWEN kit.  :(  I have about half of what I need to pay for it right now, so I should be able to purchase it in July, but if anyone wants to make a donation to move that up, you can donate any amount by sending a gift via Paypal to stephanie@stephaniekberman.com.  :)

Results!

Results are in for the first round of the KLASSEN test.  This was the autosomal test, of which people get 50% from their mother, and 50% from their father.  Later on, I'll upgrade the test to include this cousin's YDNA, because we're really interested in finding his paternal grandfather (my grandmother's maternal grandfather).

I've been playing around with the KLASSEN matches a little bit tonight.  Definitely recognizing some familiar names from our 23andme testing we've already done, so that is good.  Still can't compare the KLASSEN cousin to the rest of us yet because I've thus far been unable to download his raw data in order to be able to upload it to GEDmatch.com yet.  And yes.  That's driving me crazy.

This KLASSEN cousin's "My Origins" results aren't in yet (backwards from 23andme!), so I'm hoping that just means that they're still processing some things and the raw data will be available in the next couple of days.

Batched again!

Just discovered that the PERRY test was received by the lab and batched this afternoon.  Results are expected sometime between July 8 and July 22.

The KLASSEN test is still being processed, but it hasn't been delayed at all, so results should be in sometime between today and July 1.  I suppose it still could get delayed, but so far so good!