Family Tree DNA Sale April 18th to 25th (CDT)

Family Tree DNA have advised that they are having a "DNA day" sale which originally finished 11:59pm 22 April 2013 CDT.
It has been extended to the 25th April, with the following explanation:
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This year we began our commemoration of National DNA Day on April 19th. This coincides with the celebration by the National Human Genome Research Institute and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History's partnership to celebrate the 1953 discovery of the double helix and the 2003 completion of the Human Genome Project, which was April 19th.

However, DNA Day is celebrated worldwide on April 25th. Therefore, we've extended our sale! The usual conditions apply - orders must be made and paid for by 11:59 p.m. CDT on Thursday, April 25th. 
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Great time to be in.
Excellent Family Finder & mtDNA full sequence pricing, and news of Y-DNA upgrades being available on Father's Day. Here's the original notification, with the prices:
From their advice to administrators:

"While the special pricing features all the major tests, we’re placing particular emphasis on the Full Mitochondrial Sequence and Family Finder. We’ll offer Y-DNA upgrades during a Father’s Day sale and will give you those details at that time.

By carefully choosing the sale options and limiting the length of the sale, we will be better able to focus our resources on processing the tests efficiently and avoiding delays in delivering results.

We are proud to announce we have successfully moved our mtDNA Full Sequencing line from Sanger DNA sequencing to what is called Next Generation Sequencing (NGS). This gives us much greater capacity to process tests, to reduce costs without sacrificing quality, and to ensure shorter turnaround times.

We must run the entire sequence every time we process an mtDNA full sequence test, even for upgrades. However, in recognition of your prior investment- and National DNA Day – we’re offering our lowest price ever for the FMS and upgrades.

Rather than the 8-10 weeks first generation sequencing required, we expect results to be completed within 5-6 weeks. This does depend on the number of orders received though. If their DNA is already at our lab, those who order first may expect even shorter turnaround times.

For a limited time we will be selling the FMS for $189 and whether you’ve tested HVR1 or HVR1+2, you’ll be able to upgrade to the Full Sequence for just $129!

In addition, we are also lowering the Family Finder to $169 for this sale!

Here is the list of all tests under the promotion:

Full MtDNA Sequence…. $189
Upgrades to FMS….$129
Y-DNA37 (new and add-on)…. $119
Y-DNA67 (new and add-on)…. $199
Y-DNA37 + Full MtDNA Sequence…. $308
Y-DNA12 + FF…. $218
Y-DNA37 + FF…. $288
Y-DNA67 + FF…. $368
Family Finder.... $169
Family Finder + Full MtDNA Sequence…. $358
SuperDNA….$388 (Y-67 + FMS)
Comprehensive DNA…. $557 (Y-67 + FMS + FF

The sale will begin tonight, April 18th, at 6PM CDT and will conclude at 11:59PM CDT on Monday April 22nd. All orders must be placed and paid for by the end of the sale to receive the promotional price.

There will be no need for a coupon - all prices will be automatically adjusted on the website."

Site update

DNA Surnames has been updated.

The main visible changes will be to the Y-DNA haplogroup tree where some participants have been undergoing SNP testing and thus are advancing down assorted branches.

Background tidy-ups include some more of the person/page renumbering for easier maintenance, so some bookmarked links may no longer work. These will mainly be in the FAIRBAIRN and their ELLIOT(T) subgroup.

As always, check individual project diaries for surname specific changes.

Y-DNA12 still down in price

As per this earlier post the Y-DNA12 entry level test for males is still on offer at $39US plus P&P.
This price applies to either direct orders or to those ordered via your surname project of choice.

Be in. Start the voyage of exploration NOW.

Updates

DNA Surnames and the sub site DNA Lineages have both been updated/reloaded.

The main changes were to the SINTON project pages which should now all reflect the current genetic distance calculations used by Family Tree DNA after their recent-ish changes, and include more of the updated nomenclature for the haplogroups and shortened names.

The feedback form in the signature has been replaced by a link to a contact form with a captcha code.
Sorry folks, but the spam needed to stop!

Heavily discounted entry level Y-DNA test

Family Tree DNA have announced a heavy promotional discount for their Y-DNA12 test.

This is an excellent price for this entry level test for males to begin exploring their direct paternal line, ie the DNA each male inherits from his father and he from his father, back to Adam.

Be in and begin an exciting journey - particularly as there is no indication how long the discount will last.

Once you have your results, use your kit number and password to join the project for your surname of interest.

Find family

Discounted Family Finder test at Family Tree DNA available via Geni.
I note that at least some of the other kit prices offered there are the project discounted prices, readily available via your project of interest, but this is a good price for Family Finder.
So, if you are interested in exploring relationships within 4-6 generations, and genetically challenged by being female (Y-DNA tests are of no use to you), this is great news as it tests the autosomal DNA (atDNA) that all of you have inherited from all of your direct ancestors, not just your direct paternal or maternal lines.

RICHARDSON update

Check out the Lineages section recent changes index for some updates to the RICHARDSON project (which doesn't have a project diary of its own) - we have another matching lineage.