Y-DNA

None on Geni, or also none on FTDNA?

Lois and Bjorn,
For example, when I type in: Elias Mackey *site: geni.com (Elias is my 5th great grandfather confirmed.), I get this as a result:

Elias Mackay is your 11th cousin thrice removed.

You
 

→

Leoma Johnson
your mother

→

Lila Aquilla Wilson
her mother

→

William John "Polecat" Wilson
her father

→

Bartlet J. Wilson
his father

→

Joshua Gregory Wilson
his father

→

Frances Wilson
his mother

→

William Ballard, Jr.
her father

→

Philadelphia Ballard
his mother

→

Mary Lea
her mother

→

Elizabeth Greene
her mother

→

Abraham Iverson
her father

→

Catherine Wallace
his mother

→

Adam Wallace
her father

→

Sir John Wallace of Craigie, 7th of Craigie, 12th of Riccarton
his father

→

Margaret de Dunbar, Countess of Crawford
his mother

→

David Lindsay, 5th Earl of Crawford, 1st Duke of Montrose
her son

→

Elizabeth Lindsay
his daughter

→

Isobell Gordon of Lochinvar
her daughter

→

Janet Mckie
her daughter

→

Patrick Mckie, Burgess of Wigtown
her son

→

Alexander Mckie, Laird of Larg
his son

→

Sir Patrick M’Kie, M.P. for the stewartry of Kirkcudbright
his son

→

Grizel M'kie
his daughter

→

Alexander McKee (M'Kie)
her son

→

William Mackey
his son

→

Alexander Mackey, Sr.
his son

→

Elias Mackay
his son

Through my mother's side, not my father's! Perhaps I just do not know how to work this program, I don't know.

I am missing what that has to do with whether or not you have YDNA matches, either on Geni or on FTDNA. Bjorn's response is addressing reasons you might not see YDNA matches on Geni even if such matches exist, or see the results propagated.
If you have no YDNA matches at FTDNA, then you will have no YDNA matches on Geni. Do yo have YDNA matches at FTDNA?

I just went to your 5th great grandfather, clicked the pushpin, then clicked on your name and it told me "Robin Mackey is Elias Mackey's fifth great grandson" and when I expand it the path goes thru your father, etc.
If you go to your profile, click Actions, click Ancestor Report, and increase to enough generations, you should be able to get to any ancestor without searching on google or whatever.

Discussing paths on Geni is a completely separate topic from discussing YDNA matches. One has nothing to do with the other.

Bjorn, Thank you. As I stated before, Elias Mackey at Barbourville, Kentucky, USA, is definitely confirmed as my 5ggf., and he is in the Mackey Cemetery there at Mackey Bend on the Cumberland River. My question is more that why he only shows up as a cousin through my mother's side and not as a paternal grandfather?

Lois, Thank you for your response also. Yes, I do have matches at FTDNA, in fact I have tested every level through Big Y-700. It's probably all because I don't know how to use these sites completely. Again, thank you.