RELEASE FORM (OPTIONAL)

I, ___________________________, Kit # ________, give permission to Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) to make my information available to a genetic match. This will be done according to guidelines set forth in the section entitled "Legal" on the FamilyTreeDNA.com/legal.html web site that I have read and understand. If another party’s genetic DNA sample is a relevant match to my DNA, I want FTDNA to release to them my name and email address or my mailing address if the email address is not supplied. Unless I sign this Release Form, my personal information will not be shared with anyone who may match my DNA markers in any form, now or in the future. In the event I sign this document, I understand that FTDNA will share only my name and email address with another person who shares my personal family genetic marker, and I hold Family Tree DNA harmless for all consequences of sharing this information with that other individual(s).Family Tree DNA is establishing a database of family ethnic origins. If you would like to be in this web accessible database, which will not contain your name, only your most distant ancestors country of origin, (male if Y-DNA or female if mtDNA) please write the country in the space provided.

Paternal Ancestry's Country of Origin________________________________________
Unless you are a Native American or of Native American Ancestry,your Country of Origin is not the USA. It should be the country where your ancestors came from.

Maternal Ancestry's Country of Origin________________________________________
Unless you are a Native American or of Native American Ancestry,your Country of Origin is not the USA. It should be the country where your ancestors came from.

Signature_________________________________________   Date_________

(A copy of this Release Form is sent with each order. There is no need to send it again if you returned your signed Release with your Kit)