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When using the Indigenous DNA feature, which range should I use for Y-DNA overlapping markers?

April 26, 2017dna feature indigenous Markers overlapping range Y-DNA

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When using the Indigenous DNA feature, which range should I use for Y-DNA overlapping markers?

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When using the Indigenous DNA feature, you are searching a database of indigenous DNA from around the world to look for the closest matches. It is important to maximize the # of overlapping markers and also ensuring that you are maximizing the number of populations searched to increase the stringency of the search. An overlapping marker value of 8, 9, or 10 is recommended for most people. Any value lower than 8 is not often stringent enough and any value over 10 samples a population size that is too small. The recommended range to use would be 8 to 10.