** State what tribe or area your maternal grandmother's mother's mother's etc and paternal grandfather's father's father's etc were associated with, or delineate by saying your indigenous blood comes through a paternal grandmother or maternal grandfather. This is important for subgrouping purposes. ** The American Indian U.S. South West DNA project is for all people that descend from Native Americans originally from New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and Texas area, including those of Apache, Navajo, Pueblo, and/or Pima descent. This project is open to people who have proven Native Ancestry by genetics or by traditional genealogy. You are asked for your genealogy and American Indian connection prior to joining. It is not necessarily required that a prospective participant has ordered any particular DNA test, but it is recommended to at least have "Family Finder" (or an autosomal transfer from another company; check our "Links" section to find out more), to compare against those who do have Y-chromosomal DNA (patrilineal) or mitochondrial DNA (matrilineal) results, and allow others to compare with your own results for such. As with all FamilyTreeDNA projects, no contact details or personal information will be publicised through the tools provided by FamilyTreeDNA. By joining, your basic Y-DNA STR marker+haplogroup results and/or mtDNA haplogroup results (if the appropriate tests were ordered) are automatically made available for other members of the project in the DNA Results pages alongside your last name and earliest known matrilineal and/or patrilineal ancestors and their respective birth+death dates and places, unless you have specifically asked the website to not show this. So that the administrator can effectively group your results, your project preferences for her will need to be set to at least Limited (not Minimal). Please ensure that you have a family tree with your kit.