The Jones Y-DNA Project is a Y-DNA focused project, however, Family Finder tested people are welcome to join for purpose of searching for matches within the project. The below criteria must be met for approval: All YDNA testers who have Jones matches are welcome in the project You must have an active FTDNA Test on file with an active email account. You must be willing to share your family tree up as far back as you have it, as a minimum we must be supplied with your Jones lineage to a grandparent. If you are adopted or have a different surname your known family tree is fine. If female or male testing atdna only, you must have at least one grandparent with the surname Jones. You must be willing to have your Jones ancestry added to our private ancestry tree. You will be invited to that tree that includes your matches. For Y-DNA participants : If you are newly tested or newly joined, you will be placed in a group as quickly as possible. Placement is based on what we see in your Y-DNA Matches list. You can determine what group you've been place in by finding your kit on the Classic Results page of the project. It's big, so give it time to load, do not start scrolling until the page fully loads. If you have questions regarding your grouping, feel free to contact us, our emails can be found on the Activity Feed page. If you do have significant matches not in the project, whether they are Jones or not, feel free to invite them to join. We're happy to create a new family grouping if you are currently unmatched and get a new match with a non-project member. For Family Finder participants: Using the Advanced Matches function allows you to check for Family Finder matches within the project and perhaps identify Jones relatives. See the Background tab for instructions if you don't know how. [Disclaimer] Our project, its members, and administrators have no expertise in genetic studies and has not independently verified the claims of Family Tree DNA, so do not take responsibility for any results or disclosures of private information that may arise as a result of participation in this project. Participation is welcome, but strictly voluntary and each participant should satisfy himself as to issues of reliability and confidentiality, as neither this group (Jones Y-DNA) nor the administrators of this project are making any representations or assurances.