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In order to see your results compared to other members, please go to the Family Tree DNA home page at http://www.familytreedna.com/ and log in with your kit number and password in the area "MY FTDNA" Click on the section "Y DNA Matches". You will see a display of those that match or closely match your DNA. Click on the little icon to the right of that person's name and you will see a display of the "probable time to most common ancestor". Many times census, church, burial, land deed, and military service records will be more accurate than this time to MRCA prediction.
If you match someone who has signed a Release Form their name(s) and email addresses are shown on your personal data page. Since this page refers to you, your name and email will not show up here, just people you match. If the same email address appears multiple times then the people listed are members of a group study which has chosen to make the group administrator a single point of contact. Recent matches are at the top of the list. (** indicates additions since your last login.) Only people who sent us SIGNED RELEASE FORMS are eligible to be listed here. If the individuals with whom you have matches have tested for more markers, you will see next to their names, between parenthesis, the number of markers that they have tested for.
If you match someone who has signed a Release Form their name(s) and email addresses are shown on your personal data page. Since this page refers to you, your name and email will not show up here, just people you match. If the same email address appears multiple times then the people listed are members of a group study which has chosen to make the group administrator a single point of contact. Recent matches are at the top of the list. (** indicates additions since your last login.) Only people who sent us SIGNED RELEASE FORMS are eligible to be listed here. If the individuals with whom you have matches have tested for more markers, you will see next to their names, between parenthesis, the number of markers that they have tested for.