McMahon

Hi Jane, Rest assured that Terry's account is still intact and still accessible to the McMahon Surname Project administrators. Therefore, the account doesn't need to be recovered per se. You just need to recover the password. If you search through your emails at the time of original purchase you should find an email from ftdna confirming that you purchased the kit. The email heading will be "Family Tree DNA New Order Confirmation". Inside the email will be your password originally given to you for the kit. This will still work unless you changed it at some point. Failing in that, call ftdna from Australia at 0011-1 (713) 868-1438 and ask them to reset your password. Please email me at snugaza@aol.com if you require further assistance. Thanks

Hi Rich, thank you for responding. I will try such a search through past emails, firstly, then if no success, I will phone FTDNA-I have tried ringing FTDNA, but my International dialing code was incorrect-so thank you for providing the correct phone contact. Hopefully the above will work and if not, I will email you. Thank you again-Jane.

Rich Raney- this kit's password was reset by FTDNA - many thanks for the international dial code assistance.

Hello again Jane. First, let me thank you for alerting me to Kit #187479 so that I could send an invitation for him to join this project. I have just done so. Unfortunately though, the recipient needs to update his email address as the invitation has returned unopened. Second, you can find email addresses for the kits you mentioned among your Y dna matches for Y67 and Y111. Third, in group C2, where you find yourself, you are the only member thus far to order Big Y-700 testing. Another member has SNP tested out to R-Z16435 which you also share. It is very likely that all of the members in C2 would match you at R-PH158 and perhaps join you in a new subclade beyond R-PH158 were they to do Big Y -700 testing. Fourth, Kits won't appear on ftdna block trees or on Alex Williamson's Big Tree until they have completed Big Y-700 testing. Please let me know if I have covered all of your questions and requests. Thank you

Hi Rich, Thank you very much for the prompt reply and direction re contact information. I guess you could try the email address for Kit #215932 as It is referred to in a way that suggests it is connected to the non-responsive email address of Kit #187479? Also I understand a little better, why some Projects place kits in certain alignment patterns/'terminal snp' groupings. Thanks again. Jane per Terry.

Hello Jane, Thank you for your participation in the McMahon Surname Project through your cousin Terry's kit #IN36575. I am emailing you and also posting on the board my response to your board inquiry since it may be of general interest. First off, since you have completed Big Y-700 testing, there is no further SNP testing to be done. As noted your cousin Terry has a terminal SNP of R-PH158. There is, however, an important final step for you to do. We are very fortunate to have top genetic researchers in our R haplogroup who will further examine your ftdna results to look for additional findings and group you, all for free. One of these men is Alex Williamson who runs the The Big Tree. I strongly recommend that you add your results to the Big Tree as Alex often finds SNPs and other anomalies not found by regular ftdna analysis. Here is the current R-Z164135 grouping from which you are downstream https://www.ytree.net/DisplayTree.php?blockID=3652& Here are Alex's instructions for including your results https://www.ytree.net/Instructions.html You basically download your zipped vcf file from your ftdna home page and then upload it to the Y-DNA data warehouse and they do the rest. https://ydna-warehouse.org/submit.php Now, if you prefer, as Administrators, we can submit your Big Y-700 to Alex Williamson's Big Tree for you, if you change your default access settings from "Limited" to "Advanced". Here are the instructions for doing that if you want our assistance. 1) You can access your "account settings" in the drop down menu under your picture, name, and kit # viewable on the top right corner of your home page. 2) Once you have accessed your "account settings" you will click on "Project Preferences" 3) Scroll down through your list of group projects until you find the one called "McMahon".. To the right of that listing will be two icons, Click on the one which looks like a pencil 4) A popup menu should appear entitled "Group Administrator Access: McMahon" Scroll down that page to where you see my name (Richard Raney) and Patrick McMahon's name. 5) Next to each of our names a drop down menu will allow you to change our access from "Limited" to "Advanced". Do that and then click on "Accept Project Preferences" at the bottom of the page. 6) Finally, notify us by email that you have changed your access settings and would like us to get your kit onto Alex Williamson's Big Tree. Thank you also for your interest in making a donation to the McMahon Surname Project. Though I do not know if the "Activity Feed" displays any differently in Australia than from what it does in the United States, there should be a very prominent blue button at the top of this page (the same page where you posted) marked "Donate". Press that and you can make your donation. Any contribution is greatly appreciated as we all benefit from advancing each other's kits. Sincerely, Rich Raney Co-Administrator McMahon Surname Project

Thanks Rich ... I have followed you advice and directions, replied to your personal email and have seen at Big Y, Terry's Kit entered (although not completed processing) and his 'predicted' Terminal SNP- currently slightly varied but awaiting further analysis. Thanks again for the help and MAC/MCMAHON project participation may lead us all to a shared space/place. Jane per Terry McMahon's Kit and with thanks to Terry.

Rich and Admins ... Jane van Woerkom-McMahon here via cousin Terry's kit IN36575 - tonight Australian time I spoke to cousin Terry McMahon - and his wife Liz. Both were pleased with the information provided re his Y700 results analysis and I also emailed information including, recent email thread communication from the project Admin/s to keep him informed. Ty again- Jane.