What's new at FTDNA

[Jim Denning]

FTDNA has a New feature: members can now upload their pedigrees to their personal pages. The pedigrees will be seen only by those who are a match, and by the Group Administrator at the Members section of the Project Profile page. For the member, there is a tab "GEDCOM -Family Tree" in the personal page that explains how to upload the file. The "Y-DNA Matches" section will show an icon for all the matches that have uploaded their pedigrees . Group Administrators should urge their members to upload their pedigrees as we believe that this is an enhancement that will help people
verify immediately possible connections. And I do
FTDNA now allows members to join two projects , geographical or surname and your mtdna or ydna haplogroup project if available. To see if you are able to do this go to your personal page and click the join icon . It should show you what you can join .

Ftdna has improved the Projects web pages with maps and colored graphs. I will work on them as quickly as I can
February 13, 2006 - New Feature: bulk e-mail for group administrators. It is the member's option to receive or not e-mails. They have the control in their Setup Preferences page.

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[Jim Denning]

Deep Clade Test for R1b , E,I, G, J, Q and R1a

March 6, 2006 - FTDNA is pleased to anounce the Deep Clade Test for R1b in addition to those for Haplogroups E,I, G, J, Q and R1a

[Jim Denning]

59 markers, and reduces the prices of the 25 and 37-marker tests.

March 20, 2006
NEWS ALERT:Family Tree DNA introduces the highest-resolution Y-DNA test in the world, with 59 markers, and reduces the prices of the 25 and 37-marker tests.

[Jim Denning]

Haplogroup prediction: the Y-DNA 66-marker test!

05/19/06 - Family Tree DNA launches the world's tightest test for genealogy purposes coupled with Haplogroup prediction: the Y-DNA 66-marker test!

http://www.ftdna.com/tutorial_A.html#66markers

[Jim Denning]

FTDNA purchased genetic genealogical testing

Greetings all,

Just wanted to drop you a line to let you know that Family Tree DNA
announced yesterday that they've purchased genetic genealogical testing
company, DNA-Fingerprint:

http://www.familytreedna.com/pdf/Press-release%20DNA_Fingerprint.pdf

FTDNA purchased genetic genealogical testing

[Ithamar4]

New Things at FTDNA

Greetings all,

Just wanted to drop you a line to let you know that Family Tree DNA
announced yesterday that they've purchased genetic genealogical testing
company, DNA-Fingerprint:

http://www.familytreedna.com/pdf/Press-release%20DNA_Fingerprint.pdf

FTDNA purchased genetic genealogical testing

Thanks Jim, I appreciate the update!

[Jim Denning]

to announce that Advanced DNA tests fromDNA-Fingerprint are now available

Family Tree DNA is pleased to announce that Advanced DNA tests from
DNA-Fingerprint are now available to Family Tree DNA customers!

Customers can now order individual markers or panels for the Y-chromosome
(male only), X-chromosome, and autosomal DNA. These tests can be used to
broaden the possibilities for complex kinship testing (ex. sister
siblingship test). A database for comparisons is currently being
developed.
The CODIS autosomal markers are also available in this section as well.

Participants will now see two options when they go to the "Order Tests"
section on their personal page. The "Standard" option will offer the
Y-DNA
and mtDNA tests we have previously offered. For all of typical genealogy
group members the Standard section is the one for them. The "Advanced"
option will offer these new tests which leads into somewhat different
areas.

An explanation is available for each panel of markers.

We are very excited to offer these new tests to our existing customers. In
the next few days we will be offering these tests to individuals who may
not
have tested their DNA prior, but for the next several days these test will
only be available to existing FTDNA and DNA-Fingerprint clients.

DNA-Fingerprint customers can now give permission to transfer their data
to
Family Tree DNA to be included on their personal page in 1-2 months.

We appreciate choosing Family Tree DNA for your genetic genealogy needs,
and
are proud to continue to be at the forefront of genetic genealogy testing.

Family Tree DNA

https://www.familytreedna.com

"History Unearthed Daily"
713-868-1438

[Jim Denning]

To group manager,

From time to time we receive requests to allow people who have tested with
other labs to join Family Tree DNA Surname Projects. We have always
avoided adding results from other labs to our database because as a
question of results integrity, we wanted that all project members to be
tested with Family Tree DNA.

In discussing this subject with a few group administrators we settled on a
solution that was to their and our satisfaction: we agreed to offer our
12,25 and 37-marker at a below cost rate, so that we can allow those
individuals to get tested with us and join your Surname Projects. But this
will be offered for a limited time.

The individuals will fill in a LAB CONVERSION FORM found at
http://www.familytreedna.com/pdf/PROMO_GAP.pdf (this link is also at your
GAP), and send it back to our office for verification, so that we can
enter the order. Due to the fact that this is a below cost offer, we are
limiting the time during which it will be available. Those forms need to
be filled and returned to us by March 31, 2007. Should you have any
questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

As always, we thank you for your support.


E-mail anytime!

Max Blankfeld
Vice-President, Operations and Marketing http://www.FamilyTreeDNA.com
"History Unearthed Daily"
[email protected]
713-868-1438