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Joining a Project

I haven't been tested yet. How do I join the project?
Order your test through the project (this will automatically make you a member of the project). 
You can order a test by:

  • Clicking on the link on your project's website "Click here to order a DNA test in the ___Project" to go directly to your project's order page at Family Tree DNA.
  • Clicking on "Order" in the light gray navigation bar at the top of each page of your surname project's website to go directly to your project's order page at Family Tree DNA.
  • Clicking on the "Order Test" link in the dark gray navigation bar across the top of each page, type your surname in the box, and you will be taken directly to the project's order page at FTDNAi. 
  • When you have joined the project, the Project Administrator will be notified by FTDNA.
  • When your resultsi are ready, FTDNA will notify the Project Administrator that the results are available for posting to the Results Page. 
     

 I've been tested at FTDNA. How do I join the project?
In your FTDNA page is a blue button labeled "join". Click on that button.
Select the surname of the project you wish to join.
Then select a second gray join button which is lower on the page.
We hope that you'll also post your family pedigree at the Forum and encourage the other researchers that you work with to join in, both in posting their pedigrees and in getting the yDNA of their ancestral family on record in the project.
When you have joined the project, the Project Administrator will be notified by FTDNA, and your results will be available for posting on the Project's Results Page.
Note: Or, you can call or email FTDNA and ask them to transfer you into the project (713) 868-1438 or http://www.familytreedna.com/contact.html


I was tested at another company. Can I join your project?
Yes, if you were tested at one of the companies whose results we accept for posting. We will post your results if you submit them in the table we provide. We require that you provide your earliest known ancestor and pedigree.

  • In your FTDNA page is a blue button labeled "join". Click on that button.
  • Select the surname of the project you wish to join.
  • Then select a second gray join button which is lower on the page.
  • We hope that you'll also post your family pedigree at the Forum and encourage the other researchers that you work with to join in, both in posting their pedigrees and in getting the yDNA of their ancestral family on record in the project.
  • When you have joined the project, the Project Administrator will be notified by FTDNA, and your results will be available for posting on the Project's Results Page.
  • Note: Or, you can call or email FTDNA and ask them to transfer you into the project (713) 868-1438 or http://www.familytreedna.com/contact.html


 

I was part of the NGGP. How do I join this project?
You can transfer yourself, your results and your retained sample to Family Tree DNA.
Go to your National Geographic Genographic Project page.

  • Log in using your kit number.
  • On the next page, click on "I acknowledge".
  • On the next page, scroll all the way down to the bottom.  You will see "learn more" in small blue letters near the bottom of the page.  Click on it.
    Check "I agree".
  • Fill out the FTDNA form "Adding Your Record to FTDNA" and click "Continue"
  • You should be able to finish it from there.
  • Once you have been transferred into FamilyTreeDNA, you will be given access to a "personal pagei".  In your FTDNA page is a blue button labeled "join".  Click on that button, then select the surname, then select a second gray join button which is lower on the page.  Or, you can call or email FTDNA and ask them to transfer you into the project (713) 868-1438 or http://www.familytreedna.com/contact.html
  • When you have joined the project, the Project Administrator will be notified by FTDNA, and your results will be available for posting on the Project's Results Page.


Can I join more than one surname project?
Yes, FTDNA allows each participant to belong to 2 surname projects, a haplogroupi project AND a geographic project

How do I join an mtDNA project? (example is for T1 Project)
To join the T1 project:

1. In your FTDNA personal page is a blue button labeled "join". Click on that button, then scroll to the very bottom - where the "mt Haplogroup Projects" listing is included.
2. Then, locate and click on the letter of the alphabet for your mt haplogroup. (For the T1 project, Select "T 3" - which is the listing of all mt projects included in the letter T.
3. Then select "T1" and then, select the gray join button which is lower on the page.
(Note: you cannot join a mt -Haplogroup project if you have not done a mtDNA test.)

Or, you can contact Family Tree DNA and ask them to transfer you.

How do I join the genographic project?
1. Go to your FTDNA Personal page
2. Open "Genographic Project"
3. Click "I agree" and then "Continue"
4. Confirm your personal details and submit the order by clicking "continue"
5. Arrange Payment and click "Confirm”.