County Kerry mtDNA Regional Study

Read before clicking JOIN for account setup instructions and for  JOIN WINDOW TEXT.

If you have any questions after reading the materials here, email Susan at countykerrymtdna @ earthlink.net. If you expect me to see your email and want a reply, copy and paste the exact phrase COUNTY KERRY MTDNA into the subject line of your email.

Read the FAQ for eligibility details , help with setting up your FTDNA account, and other information; project GOALS so you have an idea of where we're going with County Kerry mtDNA data, and our Results page to see our published results.

Basic Requirements

• DIRECT maternal line ancestry from County Kerry, or a good circumstantial case for believing so.

• FTDNA mtFull test, on order, or already completed.

• Family history data preparation in your account. Sharing of that family history data and DNA data with matches and with FTDNA. This is not optional.

 

Before Clicking Join

County Kerry vacation photo

✏️ Look at the Results page. It shows a pedigree and the approximate origin of the matriline marked on a County Kerry map. This shows youwhat the study hopes to produce for both project members and other interested researchers. Decide if you'd like to contribute your data to this effort (please say YES!)

✏️ Complete your FTDNA account setup as described in the  FAQ.

 

✏️ Copy and paste the Join Window Text into a text editor of your choice. Read through and make edits as needed. Feel free to add additional text describing your genealogy evidence of the Kerry ancestry of your maternal ancestor. Then click JOIN and copy and paste the completed information into the JOIN window.

 

Copy this text into a text editor and make edits as necessary. Delete the parts (headed by blue sections) not applicable to you. When you click JOIN, paste your completed text into the join window.

I have verified my mtFull test is
qualified as described on the
Background and FAQ pages.

I have read the project FAQ, and
have prepared my FTDNA account
as per project requirements.

I understand that my account
preparation will be reviewed
for completeness, and my presence in
the project depends on whether I have
completed that preparation and whether
I have an eligible direct maternal line.

(DELETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE IF YOU
DON'T NEED HELP WITH YOUR ACCOUNT)
I need help setting up my FTDNA account
in accordance with project needs.

(OPTIONAL - DELETE THIS  PARAGRAPH BEFORE
SUBMITTING YOUR JOIN REQUEST IF YOU DO NOT
WANT YOUR ANONYMIZED DATA INCLUDED ON OUR
RESULTS PAGE)
I hereby give permission to include my
matriline pedigree and haplogroup on
the FTDNA Results page of the project.
I understand that my name and contact
information are NOT on public pages.

👉 Upon admittance, your account will immediately be checked to verify your account setup. Depending on your account preparation, the administrator might advise on further steps to take in your account and expects that you will follow through.

 

Policies Summary (including privacy)

Project shoppers and browsers (data miners) are not admitted.

Contact information of members is not given out. Members are not given the contact information of other members whom they do not match.

 

The project does not give out results information other than what is published by the written permission of project participants.

 

The administrator is not an email message forwarder.

This project does not assist directly with autosomal DNA or yDNA analysis. See the LINKS in the left sidebar for the relevant DNA groups.

If you have any questions after reading the materials here, email Susan at countykerrymtdna @ earthlink.net. If you expect me to see your email and want a reply, copy the exact phrase COUNTY KERRY MTDNA into the subject line of your email.