J2-M172@FTDNA Project Administration Changes Announcement

As many of you may know or have noticed the main Administration and Support of the J2-M172@FTDNA Project by Chris Rottensteiner since February 2017 has declined considerably, caused by considerably less free time which makes volunteer working  on the daily and weekly tasks impossible at the same pace as I did from 2012 to 2016 .
My fellow Co-Admins in J2 and subprojects might consider reading and discussing in this Google J2 Admins group.

• Kit grouping: mainly for new members and those doing BigY, simplifying workflow also considering subproject activity which means:
  • BigY results will be grouped
    • no partnering subproject: at least with four other BigY results and a minimal genetic distance of ca. 1000 years
    • partnering subproject exists: youngest terminal grouping age ca. 3000 years
  • All other results will be grouped
    • GD (genetic distance Y-STR markers) ≤ 2/37,5/67 to a BigY kit in an appropriate group together.
    • Y37+ kits with a higher distance to BigY results in the best suiting group
    • Y12 results will be grouping in basic grouping (paternal relations and genealogy can not be taken into account, only Y-DNA results)
• Project Goals adjustment: study the pedigree relationships (phylogeny) of all J2 lineages (subclades J2a, J2b, etc.) down to late Middle Ages, assign project members to appropriate terminal groups and help them in using Y-DNA results and further testing to connect ancient paternal history with terminal groups surname origins and genealogy.
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