Y-DNA Summer Sale

The Y-DNA knowledge database is entering its exponential growth phase, and the Y-DNA summer sale can help you get onboard. Your Y-DNA test results can make an immediate contribution to and impact our understanding of Y-DNA science. Yes, you can be a citizen scientist. With a BigY-700 test, your terminal SNP will be identified and placed on the global haplotree. From there, you can learn about your ancient paternal ancestors.

The primary obstacle in advancing this science is the lack of Y-DNA testers. More test samples are needed in the database to fill out the tree. Y-DNA is an excellent tool for looking thousands of years into the past. Currently, our understanding of Y-DNA starts to fade as we move closer to the present day. For example, the most recent shared ancestor between myself and my closest relative on the BigY haplotree lived about 800 years ago, before the use of surnames was common. Each additional tester has the potential to move that timeline closer, helping us to understand our past better.

FamilyTreeDNA (FTDNA) is making your Y-DNA adventure more affordable with its Y-DNA Summer Sale. If you’ve never taken a Y-DNA test, the BigY-700 is on sale for $399 in the month of August. Additionally, if you’ve already taken a Y-25, Y-37, Y-67, or Y-111 test, FTNDA has substantial discounts on upgrading to BigY-700 (without submitting another test sample). Hurry, this sale ends on August 31.

Whether you are considering your first Y-DNA test or upgrading to the BigY-700, I suggest you take advantage of the current sale pricing. Either way, be sure to join your surname project to see where you fit in. If you have a Rowland, Roland, Rowlands, Ruland, or another variant spelled surname, then the Rowland Project is the one for you to join.

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Note: RowlandGenealogy is not affiliated with FamilyTreeDNA and receives no compensation for this recommendation. We simply believe it is the best Y-DNA testing company.