Hello Don,
All levels of testing tell you something. The CARRICO haplotype is so rare, a
12-marker test is enough to prove you're a CARRICO. Beyond that, testing a full
67 markers can catch those recent mutations that may unite lines and help
unravel CARRICO genealogy. For example...
The descendant of James T. CARRICO (husband of Joanna KEITH) and the descendant
of Charles CARRICO (of Sullivan Co., IN) share a mutation at CDYb not shared by
others so far tested (the value of 36 highlighted in blue):
http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/DNA/Carrico/CarricoDNA-results-HgJ2.shtml
This is a major advance in CARRICO genealogy because it means they may be
brothers or first cousins, something we did not know before, which at some point
may identify their father or grandfather. Marker CDYb is in the 25-37 marker
panel. If they hadn't tested 37 markers, we wouldn't have known they shared a
new mutation.
Because we don't know where these "uniting" mutations may appear, we want
to
test as many markers as possible, so I have set 67 markers as the standard for
the project. Thus, to answer your question, the thing you can do that would
most help yourself and the project would be to upgrade to 67 markers. That same
recommendation applies to the others who have tested only 12 markers.
Diana
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Subject: Re: [CARRICO-DNA] printing results table
Hi Diana,
My kit # is ______ and I had a 12 marker test completed.
I've been considering having additional test done. What would
you recommend and what additional information do you think it
could be provide?
Thanks Don Carrico