I received an email from FTDNA on Friday, June 06, 2014 12:25PM with the subject heading: "Transfer Y-DNA Data Before It's Too Late!" The email states the following: Dear Group Administrators, On Thursday, Ancestry.comT announced that they will no longer sell Y-DNA and mtDNA tests. Additionally, the results from past Y-DNA and mtDNA tests will no longer be available after September 5, 2014. There are no guarantee on what the future holds for Ancestry.com'sT autosomal DNA offering so we strongly recommend that you tell people that tested with Ancestry.comT to transfer their Y-DNA and Autosomal DNA to Family Tree DNA where our main focus is genetic genealogy. mtDNA is not transferable because of compatibility issues. Family Tree DNA is committed to supporting these valuable genealogical tests today and in the future. You should encourage anyone who has tested with Ancestry.comT to transfer their record to Family Tree DNA as soon as possible. The Y-DNA and Autosomal DNA transfer options are listed below: I happened to meet a friend today (while walking my dogs) who works at Ancestry, and she confirmed that Ancestry.com is discontinuing their Y-DNA and mtDNA but keeping their AutosmalDNA. That is different from what FTDNA is saying. I told her that I have tested with Ancestry but I had not received an email from ancestry. I guess I need to follow up on this with Ancestry. Has anyone else heard anything on this? Bob Doherty Doherty Surname Group co-administrator

If you have tested Y at Ancestry you should have received an email from them about it, I did. I guess if you have only done the autosomal for example then you won't hear from them. FTDNA are trying it on a bit by the sounds of things, trying to get everyone worried that the autosomal is going to be ditched too. In fact Ancestry are ditching the older two tests so they can *concentrate* on autosomal. Iain > From: doherty.robert@comcast.net > To: dna-r1b1c7@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 23:57:55 -0700 > Subject: [R-M222] Transfer Y-DNA Data Before It's Too Late! > > I received an email from FTDNA on Friday, June 06, 2014 12:25PM with the > subject heading: "Transfer Y-DNA Data Before It's Too Late!" > > > > The email states the following: > > > > Dear Group Administrators, > > > > On Thursday, Ancestry.comT announced that they will no longer sell Y-DNA and > mtDNA tests. Additionally, the results from past Y-DNA and mtDNA tests will > no longer be available after September 5, 2014. > > > > There are no guarantee on what the future holds for Ancestry.com'sT > autosomal DNA offering so we strongly recommend that you tell people that > tested with Ancestry.comT to transfer their Y-DNA and Autosomal DNA to > Family Tree DNA where our main focus is genetic genealogy. mtDNA is not > transferable because of compatibility issues. > > > > Family Tree DNA is committed to supporting these valuable genealogical tests > today and in the future. You should encourage anyone who has tested with > Ancestry.comT to transfer their record to Family Tree DNA as soon as > possible. > > > > The Y-DNA and Autosomal DNA transfer options are listed below: > > > > I happened to meet a friend today (while walking my dogs) who works at > Ancestry, and she confirmed that Ancestry.com is discontinuing their Y-DNA > and mtDNA but keeping their AutosmalDNA. That is different from what FTDNA > is saying. I told her that I have tested with Ancestry but I had not > received an email from ancestry. I guess I need to follow up on this with > Ancestry. Has anyone else heard anything on this? > > > > Bob Doherty > > Doherty Surname Group co-administrator > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes, I received an email from Ancestry the other day - I assumed everyone would have received one about the same time. They are no longer supporting Y-dna (or mtDNA) at all. Existing samples will be destroyed and the entire database will be deleted. I transferred to FTDNA some time ago, but of course I will no longer be able to compare my results with those of other Ancestry customers if they don't transfer. Furthermore MyFamily.com is also being discontinued. The O'Molloy genealogy project to which I belong will no longer exist. The facility for comparing results with other project members has not been available for some time. I stopped receiving y-dna match notifications a couple of years ago. I had asked Ancestry a few times what was going on, and all they did was pat me on the head and say "There there everything's going to be fine!" Not very nice. Geoff -----Original Message----- From: Bob Doherty Sent: Monday, June 09, 2014 4:57 PM To: dna-r1b1c7@rootsweb.com Subject: [R-M222] Transfer Y-DNA Data Before It's Too Late! I received an email from FTDNA on Friday, June 06, 2014 12:25PM with the subject heading: "Transfer Y-DNA Data Before It's Too Late!" The email states the following: Dear Group Administrators, On Thursday, Ancestry.comT announced that they will no longer sell Y-DNA and mtDNA tests. Additionally, the results from past Y-DNA and mtDNA tests will no longer be available after September 5, 2014. There are no guarantee on what the future holds for Ancestry.com'sT autosomal DNA offering so we strongly recommend that you tell people that tested with Ancestry.comT to transfer their Y-DNA and Autosomal DNA to Family Tree DNA where our main focus is genetic genealogy. mtDNA is not transferable because of compatibility issues. Family Tree DNA is committed to supporting these valuable genealogical tests today and in the future. You should encourage anyone who has tested with Ancestry.comT to transfer their record to Family Tree DNA as soon as possible. The Y-DNA and Autosomal DNA transfer options are listed below: I happened to meet a friend today (while walking my dogs) who works at Ancestry, and she confirmed that Ancestry.com is discontinuing their Y-DNA and mtDNA but keeping their AutosmalDNA. That is different from what FTDNA is saying. I told her that I have tested with Ancestry but I had not received an email from ancestry. I guess I need to follow up on this with Ancestry. Has anyone else heard anything on this? Bob Doherty Doherty Surname Group co-administrator ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

All this was known back in March. See: http://cruwys.blogspot.ie/2014/03/have-ancestrydna-discontinued-their-y.html On 9 Jun 2014, at 08:55, Margaret and Geoff Melloy wrote: > Yes, I received an email from Ancestry the other day - I assumed > everyone > would have received one about the same time. They are no longer > supporting > Y-dna (or mtDNA) at all. Existing samples will be destroyed and the > entire > database will be deleted. I transferred to FTDNA some time ago, but of > course I will no longer be able to compare my results with those of > other > Ancestry customers if they don't transfer. > > Furthermore MyFamily.com is also being discontinued. The O'Molloy > genealogy > project to which I belong will no longer exist. The facility for > comparing > results with other project members has not been available for some > time. > > I stopped receiving y-dna match notifications a couple of years ago. > I had > asked Ancestry a few times what was going on, and all they did was > pat me on > the head and say "There there everything's going to be fine!" > > Not very nice. > > Geoff > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Doherty > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2014 4:57 PM > To: dna-r1b1c7@rootsweb.com > Subject: [R-M222] Transfer Y-DNA Data Before It's Too Late! > > I received an email from FTDNA on Friday, June 06, 2014 12:25PM with > the > subject heading: "Transfer Y-DNA Data Before It's Too Late!" > > > > The email states the following: > > > > Dear Group Administrators, > > > > On Thursday, Ancestry.comT announced that they will no longer sell Y- > DNA and > mtDNA tests. Additionally, the results from past Y-DNA and mtDNA > tests will > no longer be available after September 5, 2014. > > > > There are no guarantee on what the future holds for Ancestry.com'sT > autosomal DNA offering so we strongly recommend that you tell people > that > tested with Ancestry.comT to transfer their Y-DNA and Autosomal DNA to > Family Tree DNA where our main focus is genetic genealogy. mtDNA is > not > transferable because of compatibility issues. > > > > Family Tree DNA is committed to supporting these valuable > genealogical tests > today and in the future. You should encourage anyone who has tested > with > Ancestry.comT to transfer their record to Family Tree DNA as soon as > possible. > > > > The Y-DNA and Autosomal DNA transfer options are listed below: > > > > I happened to meet a friend today (while walking my dogs) who works at > Ancestry, and she confirmed that Ancestry.com is discontinuing their > Y-DNA > and mtDNA but keeping their AutosmalDNA. That is different from > what FTDNA > is saying. I told her that I have tested with Ancestry but I had not > received an email from ancestry. I guess I need to follow up on > this with > Ancestry. Has anyone else heard anything on this? > > > > Bob Doherty > > Doherty Surname Group co-administrator > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message