This was the response I got from the FTDNA HelpDesk: "Thank you for your email. I share your concerns and brought them up with the IT department. They are going to visit this with administration and see what kind of resolution can be made." Diana > From: Diana Gale Matthiesen > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 6:59 AM > > I just sent this message to the FTDNA > HelpDesk ( [email protected] ): > > I'd swear it used to say on our member pages that you > were going to *merge*, not *purge*, the separate Paternal > and Maternal GEDCOMs attached to our accounts by the end > of the year. I'm distressed to see this change because > it means deceased members without living contacts will > then lack GEDCOMs, entirely. This is a dreadful loss > of valuable information. Test results without lineages > are virtually useless. > > I urge you to *merge* the existing GEDCOMs, not purge > any that are still existing on the cut off date. I > fully realize how much more work that is for you, but > what you are proposing is a bad move for your clientele. > At the very least, if the subject is male, save the > Paternal GEDCOM; likewise, if the subject is female, > save the Maternal GEDCOM. > > Or, you could just leave well enough alone. > > Diana