The web site at www.danieldna.com is the original project web site, created in 2002 when the project was initiated. Use of this site provides the project managers the ability to use customization and editing tools not available on the sites provided by Family Tree DNA.

Why are project Y DNA results not grouped on the project web site at www.danieldna.com?

The original intent of the Daniel DNA Project was to use Y DNA testing to dispel the confusion created by incorrect assumptions and much repeated misinformation unsupported by primary records or actual research which has been building since the 1890s after the founding of groups like the DAR piqued American's interest in genealogy. Unfortunately, participants of many projects, not just the Daniel DNA Project, continue to perpetuate these issues. Many claim ancestors that they cannot prove using primary records or put forth conclusions not supported by reasoned hypotheses based on good research principles. In some instances, unrelated Y DNA lines even claim the same ancestor. In an attempt to address this issue, the Participating Lines page was created at the Daniel Project web site, www.danieldna.com. Only biographies of ancestors who can be proved using primary record evidence are included. Inclusion of kit numbers assist researchers in making conclusions based on primary record and Y DNA evidence.Participants are encouraged to submit a biography of their earliest Daniel ancestor who can be proved using primary records. Instructions for composing a biography for your earliest proved ancestor are available on the FAQ page at www.danieldna.com and biographies on the Participating Lines page can be used as examples of completed biographies.

Participants in the Daniel DNA Project are also encouraged to only set a "Direct Paternal" ancestor who can be proved using primary records on the "Genealogy" tab under "Account Settings" on their Family Tree DNA personal web page. Whatever information is added there is also added to the Results page and cannot be evaluated or edited by the project managers.