1. Click on your name in the upper right hand corner of your FTDNA page. 
2. Click on the My Profile option.
3. Click on the Genealogy tab.  You'll see your Earliest Known Ancestor settings.  Contrary to the sample shown, PLEASE squeeze in some geographical information.  Don't worry about formatting as much as getting information in there.  Names and dates are not enough to tell us about your ancestor.   
4. Click the orange Save button at the bottom when done.

No, Family Tree DNA will need a DNA sample to run a Y-DNA test.   You can get your  Y-DNA results posted to autosomal account, however, so you don't have to have two accounts.

No, they will use the same sample.  Just use the Upgrade button in the upper right of your page to order the Y-DNA test.

No, unfortunately, it's a totally different kind of test.  If you have a sample at Family Tree DNA, though, you can order an upgrade and get the Y-DNA test.

The Y-DNA test is done on DNA from the Y chromosome, and only men have Y chromosomes (unless there's a genetic anomaly).   If you want Y-DNA results in a surname project, you can sponsor a male from your family to be Y-DNA tested who still carries the surname.   

If you've taken the Y-DNA test, a volunteer project administrator will help you understand your results and put you in a family group, as is possible.  Email if you have any questions at any point in time about Y-DNA results.

There are two possible reasons.  

1. If you are not logged into your account when you look at the results table, you may not see them because of a privacy setting that says only project members can see your results.  If this is the problem, you should see your results in the table if you log in to your account.   You can change this setting called Group Project Profile - Opt in to Sharing on your Privacy & Sharing page.  Opting in will enable your results to be displayed regardless of whether you are logged in or not.
2. The second reason is that your results may be hidden from displaying because they are not relevant to the project.  If your surname is not relevant to the surname of the project, OR if your Y-DNA results to not match someone with a relevant surname in the project, they will not be displayed.   Displaying a lot of irrelevant results slows down the loading of the page.

There are several reasons for this depending on the nature of your Y-DNA.

1. If you're seeing a lot of matches with a single other surname, that could be your true paternal identity.   We call this a "Non-Paternity Event" or NPE for short.   Somewhere in your paternal line a man by this other surname (or genetics) fathered a male child who would carry your last name.   Possible types of events are:   a child born out of wedlock who carries his mother's surname, a child conceived due to infidelity or rape, a simple adoption, a child conceived via sperm donation, etc...  In rarer cases, sometimes it's just a name change for whatever reason.
2. Some men's DNA is just a lot more "common" than others and you don't start seeing Y-DNA matches relevant to the genealogical time frame until you get at much higher marker levels.   FTDNA will use give you a "upgrade recommended" message on your matches page if this is the case.
3. It could also be that you're see matches with other men who have incurred NPEs somewhere in their paternal line.

1. Click on your name in the upper right hand corner of your FTDNA page. 
2. Click on the My Profile option.
3. Click on the Surnames tab next to Earliest Known Ancestors.

This surname list is used for the Family Finder test.  When you look at your Family Finder matches, FTDNA will bold the surnames in your matches' surname list any surname that you also have.  (Note that they use some variant formula and also partial matching e.g. you may see Goldsmith in bold if you have Smith in your list.)

Yes, we welcome you, but we can't do anything with autosomal results.  You are welcome to check for matches within the project, though.  Use the Advanced Settings feature under Family Finder to search for matches within a project.

Autosomal results are complex, and there's a big learning curve to make good use of them.    It would be a full-time job for administrators to explain results to all project members.   Consider Googling something like "autosomal DNA results" or going to YouTube and searching for videos.   There are a lot of tutorials out there to help.

No, it's not quite that simple.   You could match them on a completely different line.   You'd ideally want to find a third person who shares the same DNA segment (using Chromosome Browser) with the two of you to try to confirm which line you match on.   This technique is called "triangulation," and if you search for "DNA triangulation" on the web or on YouTube, you can learn more about it.

No, we are just volunteers.  Please be kind and patient.  

You have the ultimate control of your privacy and controls what information can be seen about you.  Just understand that the stricter your privacy settings, the less you may get out of your results.  Use the following steps to view and set your Privacy & Sharing settings.

1. Click on your name in the upper right hand corner of your FTDNA page. 
2. Click on the Privacy & Sharing option.
3. Review all the options and set according to your wishes.  Note the little, black "i" icon for help.
4. Click the orange Save button at the bottom when done.