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The Family Finder Group Report page allows you to evaluate members according to information they have entered about their autosomal ancestry and to view their matching DNA segment data. The data columns are: Kit Number: This is the project member's kit [...]
The Family Finder Group Matrix page allows you to select up to 20 people and compare their Family Finder relationships in a grid (matrix). Options are: Group Members: These are project members who have Family Finder test results and are [...]
The best way for you to know what tests to suggest to project members is to talk with them. Often, this happens when someone first tests. If it has been more than two years since they tested, it is a [...]
How do I set up an account for my new Group Project? FamilyTreeDNA Group Administrators use our Group Administrator Pages (GAP) as the primary tool to run their projects. To create a GAP account, you need a Group Administrator username. The steps [...]
Setting up a Group in the Classic Format How do I create a website for my group project? Family Tree DNA provides tools that allow you to create a public website for your project. Your project website is important for [...]
Matthew Dexter is an active member of both his home community and of our genetic genealogy community. At home, he is a dedicated church member who is currently helping them install a new video and sound system. In the community, [...]
If you have a Mayflower Descendant badge displayed in the Badges section of your dashboard, the badge means that you are a probable direct-maternal or direct-paternal descendant. In 1620, a group of 102 English Separatists arrived in New England aboard [...]
You will find answers to our most common questions on this page. Explore the rest of the Learning Center to find answers to more complicated issues by clicking the menu bar above. Before I Buy You may learn more [...]
A "Relevant Match" as stated in the Family Tree DNA release form is one of the following: Relevant Matches Test Genetic Distance of Relevant Matches Y-DNA 12 Exact Matches and (within a project) a genetic distance of 1 Y-DNA 25 Genetic distances [...]
The Notifications Preferences page is where you can specify which email notifications you want to receive. To access your Notification Preferences page: Sign in to your myFTDNA account. In the upper-right corner of the page, hover your cursor over your name/Kit No., and [...]
The Privacy & Sharing page is where you can opt in to matching and view and specify your preferences regarding what information you share and with whom you share it. Note: On your Privacy & Sharing page, you can click the icon in each section for more information. [...]
Advanced Matches allows you to compare genetic matching from multiple types of DNA tests: Family Finder, mtDNA, and Y-DNA, as well as filtering by X-matches. You may select filtering options in the filter (FILTER ADVANCED VIEW) section and view matching results in [...]
Al Aburto is a member of the genetic genealogy community and a group project administrator. He became involved in genetic genealogy in 2005. He is retired and lives with his wife in Southern California. Apart from genealogy, they are involved [...]
Eugen Hartmann joined the genetic genealogy community in 2009. He is the group project administrator of two geographic projects. Both focus on those of German descent. He lives and works in Russia with his family. Eugen Hartmann Rebekah: [...]
CeCe Moore is one of the best known and most loved bloggers, Your Genetic Genealogist, in genetic genealogy. She is known throughout the community for her kindness and diplomacy. I meet her first many years ago as a project member, but [...]
Blaine Bettinger was one of the earliest to have a blog, The Genetic Genealogist, dedicated to using DNA for genealogy and personal ancestry. When I began using DNA testing for my personal genealogy research in 2005, I read his posts as part [...]
Jim Barrett is an active member of the genetic genealogy community who administers several surname group projects. He is well known on the ISOGG group administrators' list as well as in our FTDNA Forums. Jim Barrett Rebekah: Please tell me about [...]
Tim Janzen is a community leader in using autosomal DNA (what we inherit equally from both parents) to trace and affirm family connections. With an extensive background in traditional genealogy and especially Mennonite genealogy, Tim has lead efforts to develop [...]
Janine Cloud joined Family Tree DNA and the genetic genealogy community as an information specialist several years ago. She came from a long career in customer support at a large newspaper. At Family Tree DNA, Janine quickly moved up to [...]
Jennifer Zinck is a traditional genealogist, mother, wife, and most recently a member of the genetic genealogy community. Between parenting activities, she consults and works on her Ancestors Central blog. Jennifer lives in New England as did her ancestors before [...]