Background
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The project welcomes individuals who have an unbroken Scottish lineage on their direct paternal (yDNA) or maternal (mtDNA) line of descent.
For example - father > grandfather > great-grandfather > great-great-grandfather or mother > grandmother > great-grandmother > great-great-grandmother etc.
The project was originally established in October 2001 as the Scottish Clans DNA Project, but is now administered by the Genealogical Studies team at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. The project merged with the Scotland DNA Project in 2012.
The Scottish DNA Project has no connection with the company called Scotlandsdna who only test for 'deep ancestry'.
(Scotlandsdna is run by Alastair Moffat and Jim Wilson).
If you are interested in using DNA for genealogical purposes and would like to find out about your deeper ancestral origins then first order a Y-DNA kit (paternal ancestry) or a mtDNA kit (maternal ancestry).
For further information please visit our comprehensive website at: http://scottishdna.net
Project Blog: For project news or information visit our blog at: http://scottishdna.blogspot.com
The Project can be found on Google+
How to join: If you have never had your DNA tested there is a discounted price available by joining through this project.
Click on the following link to begin the process for your own Family Tree DNA test
http://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Scottish-Clans&code=R56404
Alternatively if you have not tested before and live in the British Isles, test kits can now be purchased and mailed direct from United Kingdom in £Sterling.
If you have already tested with Family Tree DNA
- Login to your FTDNA account.
- At the top of the page you will see the 'Projects' tab. Click on 'Join'
- Scroll down the page to find the 'Search by Surname' box
- Type in Scottish and click the 'Search' tab
- Once you have clicked on the Scottish DNA tab, scroll down to the bottom of the page
- Click on the 'Join' tab.
If you get an error message it typically means that you are already a member of the project.
Your join request will receive an acknowledgement from FTDNA that the process is complete and in due course you will receive a welcome message from the project administrator.
Third Party upload deal from Family Tree DNA
If you tested with another company for STR markers you may now transfer your Y-DNA results if they used the Sorenson 33 or 46-marker test. This includes results from Ancestry.com, GeneTree, and Sorenson's SMGF.
(If you have deep ancestry results from Scotlandsdna and would like to contribute them to the Scottish DNA Project for research purposes, then please email them to alasdair@familytreedna.com Your results cannot unfortunately be added to our public database).
Third Party upload deal from Family Tree DNA is available here:
http://www.familytreedna.com/landing/ydna-transfer.aspx
General Fund
To donate to the general fund please
click here.