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Yes, the more entries that the Kaser DNA group has, the better. It boosts the future chance that a Kaser who is not known to be related to one of us, will discover a match. This could then lead them (or you) to make a breakthrough in tracing their/your ancestry. Plus, you might discover a (possibly very) distant cousin in the process.
If I understand correctly, you are already known to be from the same Kaser line as Carrie Reitter (?). Was it your brother's test that yielded the fascinating R2 result that Carrie recently wrote about in this forum?
If it's a separate test, then please pass the results on to Everett Kaser. Even if it merely confirms Carrie's R2 result. If it does not match, you might want to do a bit of soul searching before you begin any detective work, as the presumed "non-paternal event" could be relatively recent.
I also was originally tested by National Geographic, a few years ago. I found a checkbox at the National Geographic site that allowed the information to be transferred to Family Tree DNA. Doing that created a free FTDNA account for me. I presume this approach will also work for you (actually, for your brother).
From that FTDNA account, one of the things that you can do is join Everett's Kaser surname project. When you join that project, you'll see that FTDNA has order forms for additional tests, but these are NOT required. (I believe that FTDNA's lab actually does the testing, under contract, for National Geographic. At least, that's how things were a few years ago, and that's why they accept the National Geographic tests.)
Basically, joining the surname group gives Everett, as administrator, the right to see the 12 (?) numbers from your brother's test. I suppose that at some point, if we finally got enough Kaser data, Everett might post a summary of results on the web site...maybe if we ask him nicely :)
You should also consider posting your results on ysearch.org. That way, they can be compared to people who were tested by other companies than FTDNA/National Geographic. The only downside is that this is more public: anybody can search the results and see your contact information. That makes some people uneasy, though I don't really understand why.
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