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Once you receive your test results, you can start learning about your genetic heritage and search for near and distant cousins. Here is a checklist of steps you can take to ensure you derive the greatest benefit from your membership in the project. Return to your MATCHES and ANCESTRAL ORIGINS on Familytreedna.com often (via your MyFTDNA page) to find out if other testees have produced close matches to your profile. It is also recommended that you visit the results pages on this website (www.britishislesdna.com) often so that you can follow developments in the British Isles DNA project.

When you log into www.familytreedna.com and enter your KIT and PASSWORD in the appropriate boxes, you will be taken to your MyFTDNA page. There are a number of things you can do from this page. (N.B.: Only after your test results have been posted.) Your first order of business should be to enter your ancestral information in the USER PREFERENCES (see below).

My Project Groups	You may remove yourself from any of the projects listed here by clicking on the x next to it. Please bear in mind that you may belong to one surname project, and more than one geographical project.
WAMH	Indicates that your Y-DNA belongs to the Western Atlantic Modal Haplotype. The WAMH is the most common Y-DNA signature in Europe.
Join Projects	Join other projects. You may belong to one surname project and multiple geographical or haplogroup projects. Click this link to go to the Join a Group page. If the project you wish to join does not appear under the MATCHING PROJECTS heading on this page, scroll down and search for it alphabetically under the different project categories (Surname, Y Geographical, mt Geographical, Dual Geographical, etc.).
MyFTDNA Home	Returns you to your MyFTDNA home page..
MyFTDNA Forum	Takes you to the FTDNA forum where you can exchange information with other persons who have tested DNA.
Contact Information	Here you can edit or enter information that will enable FTDNA to reach you.
USER PREFERENCES (Important)	This is where you determine how you want your data displayed, and also where you enter information on your most distant known ancestors on your paternal and maternal sides. The Paternal Side is for the Y-DNA paternal line (father, father's father, etc.), and the Maternal Side is for the mtDNA maternal line (mother, mother's mother, etc.). Include a name, date (birth, death, or other) and place, including a town and county in the UK if this information is available.* If you have British Isles ancestors, please enter the latitude and longitude where they lived so that the location can be displayed on the project map. Use the tool provided to find the latitude and longitude, and be sure to enter a minus sign if the longitude is a negative value. * The earliest known paternal ancestor is traced from your father, to your grandfather, to your great grandfather, etc., back up the lineage of your surname. The earliest known maternal ancestor, on the other hand, is traced via your mother, to her mother, to her mother's mother, and so on. A typical Paternal Side entry would look like this: John Doe, b. 1815, Yeovil, Somersetshire.
Order Tests and Upgrades	Takes you to a page where you can order tests of extra markers or advanced tests.
Order Certificates	Takes you to a page where you can order a printed certificate for your DNA tests.
Maps	Takes you to a page on which the location of your ancestor is marked on a map. You can also display locations of matches and near matches for different numbers of tested markers.
Pending Lab Results	Tells you the current status of any pending lab results.
Y-DNA Matches	Find your Y-DNA matches in the Family Tree DNA customer database. People listed here are exact or close matches to you. An email address may be shown for persons who match you, provided both of you returned your signed Release Form.
Y-DNA Hapolotree	View our interactive haplogroup tree and see from which branch your Y-chromosome descends Compares your profile against the entire FTDNA database including samples from around the world. See from which branch your Y-Chromosome descends. This is where you order a Deep SNP test in order to determine to which sub-branch (Subclade) of the haplogroup you belong.
Y-DNA Ancestral Origins	Shows you the distribution of other Y-DNA testees in the FTDNA database with whom you have matches by country or region.
Y-DNA DYS Values	See your Y-DNA DYS #'s and Allele values, which will allow you to compare your results from your Y-DNA test to other people and other databases worldwide.
mtDNA Matches	Find your mtDNA matches in the Family Tree DNA customer database. People listed here are exact or close matches to you. An email address may be shown for persons who match you, provided both of you returned your signed Release Form.
mdDNA Ancestral Origins	Shows you the distribution of other mtDNA testees in the FTDNA database in your haplogroup by country or region.
mtDNA Results	See your mtDNA results, which will enable you to compare your mtDNA test to other people and other databases worldwide.
Refer Friends and Family	Takes you to a page where you can send an email to other persons inviting them to test their own DNA.
YSearch.org	You can also join the FTDNA public database called YSearch. This will upload your Y-DNA profile and enable you to search for matches or near matches from among a larger pool of contributors who may have tested with other DNA services. Visit YSearch often to see if you have any new matches.Once your Y-DNA results have been uploaded to Ysearch, you can search the database by clicking on this icon on your MyFTDNA page.
mitoSearch.org	You can also join the FTDNA public database called Mitosearch. This will upload your mtDNA profile and enable you to search for matches or near matches from among a larger pool of contributors who may have tested with other DNA services. Once your mtDNA results have been uploaded to Mitosearch, you can search the database by clicking on this icon on your MyFTDNA page.
GEDCOM - Family Tree	Allows you to upload GEDCOM format pedigree charts for your paternal and maternal lineages. Most family history programs (e.g., Family Tree Maker) allow you to export a GEDCOM file for exchange with other such programs . We suggest starting your GEDCOM with a grandparent or even a great grandparent, or in any case a non-living person. A GEDCOM file is created by any of the family history programs available to organize genealogical research, i.e., to build a family tree. One such program (a free one) is Family Tree Maker, which you can download from here. There is a complete catalogue of genealogy software on Cyndi's List.
Genographic Project	Learn about the Genographic Project and how you can join it.

Note: If your DNA profiles do not appear on the results pages, and you did your DNA testing with Family Tree DNA, you need to fill out the release form. You can obtain the release form from the FTDNA website (http://www.ftdna.com/release.html). Just fill it out and mail it back to:

Family Tree DNA

1919 North Loop West, Suite 432

Houston, TX 77008, USA

Your results will then appear on this website and your email will appear on the matches pages.

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