How many generations does Family Finder analyze or predict?
Our Scientific Advisory team has stated that the degree of confidence in predicting relatedness with around 500,000 SNPs (Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms) on current generation microarray chips is sufficient only to make a reasonable call up to five generations. We will return data and more distant matches but it is important to realize that we established the confidence interval based on the level of quality to which Family Tree DNA customers deserve and have come to expect.
Related Questions
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