[Reynolds-L] Advance your Reynolds Family History Research: YDNA Sale Until Sunday Night, March 31

[Tommy Reynolds]

Greetings, Reynolds cousins!

Discounts available on YDNA tests thru tomorrow, 3/31.

Attached is a compilation of articles published in our most recent RFA
quarterly Dispatch newsletter explaining how YDNA testing can be useful for
your Reynolds family history research.

*Are you considering YDNA testing your Reynolds line for the first time? *We
recommend you start with either a 37 marker test for $119 or a BigY test
for $449 BigY. Your budget will determine which option is best for you.
Details on what you'll get for each are included below.
$50 off Y-37 Code: GGC19Y37
$200 off Big Y-700 Code: GGC19BIGY

*Have you already YDNA tested and considering upgrading to BigY? *BigY is
the recommended YDNA test for almost any Reynolds family history
researcher. Below are prices and coupon codes for upgrades to BigY from
different levels of STR testing.
Y12 - Big Y 700 $449 GCC19122BY
Y25 - Big Y 700 $449 GCC19252BY
Y37- Big Y 700 $449 GCC19372BY
Y67- Big Y 700 $399 GCC19BYUP
Y111- Big Y 700 $349 GCC19BYUP

*Additional $50 off: The Reynolds Family Association has donated $500 to
provide $50 subsidies to each of 10 Reynolds men that order a BigY test. *We
have 5 of these subsidies still available. If you're interested in the
additional $50 discount (in addition to the sale price listed above), send
me an email. I'll let you know how to order and apply the additional $50
off your BigY.

Feel free to be in touch with any questions.


Regards,
Tommy Reynolds
Volunteer Administrator
Reynolds Surname YDNA Project




(Excerpt from February 2019 RFA Dispatch Newsletter)

*Recommended Reynolds YDNA Testing Strategies:*

Here we identify two potential strategies to help folks get started with
the Reynolds YDNA Project. Which option you pursue will largely be
determined by your budget. If you have already tested and want upgrade
strategy recommendations, feel free to be in touch.



*Option 1 – Starter Pack*: Test yourself (or your Reynolds line male
representative: brother, uncle, male cousin, etc.) with 37 STR markers.
Cost $119. What will you get with Option 1?

1.       You will see if you have genealogically relevant matches. Will
they be Reynoldses?

2.       You can get a hint of whether your male line ancestors have been
called Reynolds for many generations.

3.       New matches appear over time--how many and how often depends on
how common your lineage is; some people have hundreds of matches some
people have less than five.

4.       You can probably be placed by Project administrators into one of
the ~40 distinct groups of genetically related Reynoldses.

5.       The ancient haplogroup estimate you’ll receive will also show you
who you DON'T match. Who you DON’T match is critically useful information
for your research. For example, it has proven that my Joseph Reynolds is
NOT related to Cornelius Reynolds that also lived nearby in Arkansas in
late 1800s. It also proves that my Joseph is NOT the son of Isaac Reynolds
of Northern KY in the early 1800s, in spite of what the Tillman book and
every single tree on Ancestry.com suggests. Knowing my line is not
connected to these Reynoldses has saved countless hours of research effort.



*Option 2 – The Trailblazer*: Test yourself (or your Reynolds line male
representative: brother, uncle, male cousin, etc.) with BigY. Cost ~$449.
Then persuade or wait for another Reynolds in your lineage/Group to also do
a BigY test. This other Reynolds could either be a descendant from a
different son of your most distant Reynolds ancestor. This is a team sport
and the decision of any member to upgrade actually benefits everyone in the
genetic group. What you get with Option 2?

1.       All benefits of Option 1, detailed above.

2.       Much higher confidence and refinement in STR matching.

3.       A high-resolution genetic profile of the SNP mutations that
occurred in your Reynolds y chromosome: from thousands of years ago as
people spread out around the six continents right down your recent
"genealogical" SNPs from the past few hundred years.

4.       Your lineage’s "personal" SNPs that are not previously known to
family historians or scientists. Some of these SNPs are shared among your
known and unknown Reynolds cousins. Using these SNPs will be key for
identifying the haplogroup of your most distant Reynolds ancestor and
confirming connections with other researchers.
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