Results
  Notes for Understanding Results Table

Notes for understanding resultsⁱ:

1. General Info
   • The first column is "ID", which is a number assigned to track the individual within the project.
   • The "Name" column is intended to list the "Earliest Known Ancestor" - which we prefer.  If we can't find this in the field in "Preferences"  or through a pedigree, we shorten the first names to initials.  (Some admins will state "Not Provided" when there is no Earliest Known Ancestor
     
2. Haplogroups (abbreviated as "Haplo" in the Results table):
   • A Green Haplogroup result was determined by actual testing - with a SNP testⁱ (pronounced "snip")
   • A Red Haplogroup result has been estimated by FTDNAⁱ - using their internal database.  
     
   • A Black Haplogroup estimate was determined by some other estimating procedure
   • Sometimes, there is no haplogroupⁱ estimate - which is shown with a "-".  In those cases, FTDNA will (at their expense - and on their own timetable) arrange for a SNPⁱ test to determine the haplogroup
3. Lineage:
   • A Lineage is "declared" when two men are matching 23/25 or better.  A "Lineage" is a genetic family who share a "recent" common ancestor.   The men in the Lineage "match".
   • Results shown together in a color group and assigned to a Lineage share a "recent" common ancestor - generally since the advent of surnames (c1100) and probably in the last 2-400 years - or even less.  The common ancestor could be the earliest ancestor on the oldest pedigree or could have lived as little as one generation earlier - or could have lived centuries earlier than any of the known ancestors. 
   • The coloration of a Lineage is simply to show matching.  A specific color has no meaning - other than showing the match.
4. Mutations:
   • Mutations from the typical result (which is probably the haplotypeⁱ of the common ancestor) are shown in a contrasting color. 
   • Where the mutationⁱ is matching a mutation from another result within the Lineage, the match likely indicates a more recent shared common ancestor (or a "branch" within the Lineage.) - as the two men probably both inherited the mutation from a recent common ancestor. 
   • Mutations with no match have no significance at this time- but may be useful at some future date.
5. For general information on Results
   • Receive Your Results
   • Understand Your Results
   • Reading and Comparing Results