Join a Project
updated 26Feb2007

I haven't been tested yet.  How do I join the project?

You join the project by ordering a dna test at FTDNA through the project, by posting your family pedigree on the WFNForum.net Pedigree Forum, or by transferring your result into the surname project at Family Tree DNA. 

In your FTDNA personal page is a blue button labeled "join".    Click on that button, then select the surname of the project you wish to join, then select a second gray join button which is lower on the page. 

Note: If you don't have a saved link to your personal page, go to the Family Tree DNA site and then enter your kit number and password.  Or, if all else fails, you can ask FTDNA to transfer you into the project 
                                              (713) 868-1438  ---  info@familytreedna.com

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.

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.

I am part of the National Geographic Genographic Project (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 and look towards the bottom for a small link called "Learn More".  Click through the links and eventually you'll join Family Tree DNA.  Once you have done that, you'll be able to join the project, which includes all various spellings.

Can I join more than one surname project?

Yes, FTDNA allows each participant to belong to as many as five projects:

• 2 surname projects
• 1 geographic project
• 1 y-haplogroup project (if you have been yDNA tested)
• 1 mt-haplogroup (if you have been mtDNA tested)

To join the T1 project

1. click on the square blue "join" icon to the right of your name and kit number.  
2. Then, look to the bottom of the page, where you'll find a heading "mt Haplogroup Projects"  Select "T 2" (this is a listing of all mt projects under the letter T - there are only 2)
3. then select "T1"   Now,  select the gray join button which is lower on the page.  (if you are anything other than T1, you may join the mtDNA-T project)

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

1.      Go to your FTDNA Personal page (or go to Family Tree DNA and then enter your kit number and password)

2.      Open "Genographic Project"

3.      Click "I agree" and then "Continue"

4.      Confirm your personal details and submit your request by clicking "continue"

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