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