Jim, I know all of this and I understand all of this. No need to keep repeating it. What I don't understand how the FTDNA SITE itself is supposed to work if it is only showing Y-DNA and mtDNA but NOT atDNA results. Can you explain it? Craig On Oct 20, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Jim Bartlett wrote: > Craig > > I think I see the confusion here. > > The Y-DNA test uses only the Y-chromosome - the smallest chromosome of all (by far), but with the unique property of passing only from father to son. > > The mtDNA test uses only the mitochondrial DNA, which is not even a chromosome - it also has a unique property - passing only from mothers to children, not passed on by men > > The atDNA test uses the autosomal DNA, chromosomes 1 to 22, representing over 95% if all you DNA. It is passed from parents to children - you get 50% from each parent. > > These three tests are very different (apples, oranges, cranberries). They are each very powerful tools but don't interrelate. The genealogies do interrelate, but the DNA tools must be used separately (think hammer, saw and screwdriver when building a birdhouse) > > Hope this helps,

Craig The participants do not see anything more than they saw before. They each have a new NN option to show only Y or mt matches within the group, if they want. The participants will not see each other, except as matches. The public will not see anyone's personal page, which is password protected. The public will see the website. They can see the text that I have already added to describe the project and our goals. Soon the public will see the list of Patriarchs and Matriarchs of our participants on the website. The public is not allowed to see the private pages, the participants' addresses, their data, their lists of matches, etc. The group project does not create a fish bowl effect, if that is what you're looking for. As the participants agree, I can include a list of them and links to their public Trees. This must be done with the permission of each person. I plaster my name, genealogy email, and links to several online Trees everywhere I can. I want people to look at my anc! estors and find matches and contact me. But this is a personal choice, and not everyone sees it that way. I'm also working on a format for posting matches on the public website, as agreed by the participants. I will often err on the side of privacy, and will sometimes need to be reminded, by participants, to post their info. I get uneasy, sometimes, worrying about releasing sensitive info. Actually, I'd rather not know it! One issue I'm already facing is the names of the other side of a Common Ancestor match. Here is a person, not in our group, who is a match. This name is actually quite valuable because other participants should be looking to see if they have him/her as a match, too. I'm not sure how it will turn out. Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Oct 22, 2012, at 1:40 AM, Craig Kilby <persisto1@gmail.com> wrote: > Jim, I know all of this and I understand all of this. No need to keep repeating it. What I don't understand how the FTDNA SITE itself is supposed to work if it is only showing Y-DNA and mtDNA but NOT atDNA results. Can you explain it? > > Craig