After waiting patiently (?) for 4 to 6 weeks, you get the email from FTDNAi that your results are ready! The email will give you the information you need to go to the website to see your results.
Family Tree DNA makes results available to participants both electronically and by regular mail. When the lab completes a test, they upload the results to their database and notify you via e-mail that the results are available online. The online results are accessed from the login box on FTDNA’s home page.
To see an example of online results for a standard user, click here.
A certificate and a report are sent by regular mail. The certificate contains the name of the tested individual, the results, and, in the case of the Native American or Cohanim test, shows whether the results were positive or negative. To see examples of the certificates, click here.
When your test results are returned to you, you will be given access to the second part of your Personal Page, which we call Stage 2.
It is very important that you set your preferences on your Personal Page, as this will determine how your results will be compared to others. In addition, there are other features of the FTDNA website that will now be available to you. See our page on Updating your Personal Page at FTDNA for more information.
You will want to spend some time on the features of the Personal Page, as this is the place where FTDNA will give you all the information about your test results: your test result markers, your matches, your haplogroupi, along with explanations of what it all means. There are links that will allow you to order upgrades and certificates, and upload your results to Y-search and your GEDCOMi to FTDNA.
(Until your test results are returned, you have only limited access to your Personal Page. To learn more about how to use your Personal Page before your get your results, take a look at this page: Access Your Personal Page.)
