Regarding "micro-alleles for all Y-STR results," I don't think FTDNA has that data. Worst-case scenario, they'd have to extract DNA from stored samples and run them again—at great cost. A better-case scenario would be to improve the matching algorithm so newer results with micro-alleles are "rounded" up or down when compared against legacy Y-STR haplotypes. Then potential matches could retest the STRs in question to verify the micro-alleles are present in the older results. --Nathanm (talk) 16:43, 7 January 2016 (MST)
I'm sure somebody told me that FTDNA religiously stored all the data right back to the early days when the testing was done at the University of Arizona. I always understood it was an IT problem. One person was told in 2012 "We will be recasting our database sometime this year. Then we will be displaying micro-alleles." There are a couple of surname projects affected where they've identified micro-alleles through prior testing at SMGF or AncestryDNA. In these cases the micro-allele is a branch marker. All we can do is include it in the list and see what FTDNA say.DebbieKennett (talk) 12:13, 9 January 2016 (MST)
