Michael descends from the #48B Francis Bassett of South Carolina family.<\/p>\n
Michael V. Bassett recently attended the 10th<\/sup> annual Family Tree DNA\u2019s administrator conference held in Houston, Texas. I attended in years 2, 3 and 4, but have not had time to go back since then. Here is his recap of the conference.<\/p>\n 10th<\/sup> annual Family Tree DNA\u2019s administrator\u2019s conference<\/strong><\/p>\n I drove down from Dallas to the 10th<\/sup> annual Family Tree DNA\u2019s (FTDNA\u2019s) administrator\u2019s weekend conference October 10-12, 2014, in Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n A good summary of the speakers\u2019 presentations is covered by Emily Aulicino on her blog page: http:\/\/genealem-geneticgenealogy.blogspot.com\/2014\/10\/10th-annual-family-tree-dna-conference.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n One of the highlights of my trip was an onsite tour of FTDNA\u2019s laboratory. Millions of dollars have been invested in the latest technology to reduce human involvement in the processing of DNA (including more robots that can work around the clock without stopping or making a mistake) making test results\u2019 turnaround time both faster and more accurate.\u00a0 I could go into much detail and show my photos but the lab tour was already well-documented in CeCe Moore\u2019s \u201cYour Genetic Genealogist\u201d blog last year:\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com\/2013\/02\/visiting-family-tree-dnas-state-of-art.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n As of 2014, FTDNA, had processed over 1 million test kits and has over 8,000 group projects. The laboratory manager who has a Ph.D. in Genetics, mentioned the harder the cheeks are scraped, the better the quality of the samples.<\/p>\n One of the goals of the Bassett DNA surname project<\/a> is to get the Y-DNA test (preferably Y-DNA37 or above) for direct male descendants of each of the untested Bassett lines Jeff has listed on:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.bassettbranches.org\/kits\/lines.shtml<\/a>.\u00a0 I was Y-DNA tested in 2002 and matched the Francis Bassett of South Carolina (#48B) line so my entire line was consolidated under #48B since Francis is our earliest known ancestor.\u00a0 If your line has not been tested, please don\u2019t delay anymore \u2013 just get your Bassett males Y-DNA tested<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Michael descends from the #48B Francis Bassett of South Carolina family. Michael V. Bassett recently attended the 10th annual Family Tree DNA\u2019s administrator conference held in Houston, Texas. I attended in years 2, 3 and 4, but have not had … Continue reading