I am not attending the Family Tree DNA Administrators Conference this weekend. Fortunately, Jennifer Zinck is. Jennifer has posted her notes from the Saturday sessions on her blog at this URL:http://www.ancestorcentral.com/12th-international-conference-on-genetic-genealogy-saturday/

The following topics are covered:

• Introduction to the Conference;
  
• Dr Michael Hammer on "Ancient European DNA";
  Announcement of the AncientOrigins result page
  (non-European section is still under development);
  
• Presentation by Bill Griffith on his discovery that
  his biological father was not the person who raised thought it was;
  
• Janine Cloud presented on "Personal Privacy in Public Projects";
  
• “Genographic Project Database: How Genetic Genealogists and Academics are working together”
  by Dr. Miguel Vilar of the National Geographic Society;
  
• FTDNA Lab Manager Connie Bormans presented “What’s taking so long?!?!?! The Life Cycle of a DNA sample.”;
  
• Michael Sager presented on the FTDNA SNP Tree.
  

Each presentation had a Q & A section.

Check back tonight for the Sunday sessions.

New 2014 Y DNA SNP tree from FTDNA and National Genographic

Today, FTDNA released the new 2014 Y DNA SNP tree based on results from the GENO 2.0 SNP tests from the National Genographic Project. This has changed most SNP tested individuals' designations on their FTDNA Personal Page. It will also be propagated to the SNP designations on the surname, geographic, and haplogroup pages.

At the same time FTDNA is giving a list of SNPs that are recommended for testing by each individual. CAVEAT: If you tested negative for a SNP in GENO 2.0, check for the SNP in your GENO 2.0 results before ordering it from FTDNA. FTDNA did not include the negative SNPs in their result for you so they may be in the Recommended SNP list even though you have already tested those SNPs.

Before testing contact your Y DNA Haplogroup Administrator for guidance. For more details see, The new 2014 Y DNA haplotree has arrived by my genetic cousin, Debbie Kennett.

A webinar on the Family Tree DNA Feature Launch: Y-DNA Haplotree Update was held today and is expected be available from the FTDNA Learning Center within the next 24 to 48 hours.

There is a Sale on the 37 marker Y DNA test See this post by Debbie Kennett for more information.