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!

Batched!

The KLASSEN test is being processed!  That was SO much faster than 23andme.  As far as I can tell, the test arrived at the lab yesterday, was checked in this morning, and batched this afternoon.  They're saying we should have results sometime between June 17 and July 1.  I'm hearing an average of 4 weeks for this kind of test, so I'm expecting results closer to the end of that estimate.

Delivered!

According to the USPS, both tests were successfully delivered to their locations yesterday.

1)  The KLASSEN test is now at the lab.  The next step is for Family Tree DNA (aka the lab) to acknowledge that they have received it, and for them to put it in the queue for testing.  I learned yesterday that they start new testing batches every Wednesday.  I think it is too late for this test to join today's batch, so I'm hoping it will be batched and ready to go for next Wednesday, the 3rd.  I'm projecting that we should get those results around July 8th, though I'm hoping for sooner than that!
*UPDATE* The lab has acknowledged that they have the test.  Now we're waiting to see if it managed to squeak into today's batch, or if we're waiting until next week.

2)  The PERRY test was delivered to my aunt's mailbox yesterday.  She will take it to Uncle G, who will test, and then my aunt will mail it back.  Hopefully they will let me know when it is back in the mail.