October 20, 2025

Updated member Y-DNA subgrouping based on confirmed SNPs.

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October 6, 2020

Add FAQ page to this site.

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July 28, 2020

Updated member Y-DNA subgrouping based on confirmed SNPs.

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February 8, 2019

In the wake of news of accelerating law enforcement exploitation of the FTDNA consumer database, we have removed our Project results display from public display and removed the display of surnames.

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February 4, 2019

FTDNA responded to news articles relating to FTDNA's facilitation of law enforcement-provided samples and use of the FTDNA matching tools on consumer DNA results (like our Project members) when the Opt-In to Matching option is enabled under Privacy & Sharing in your kit profile. Here is a link to the letter to customers: https://mailchi.mp/familytreedna/letter-to-customers

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January 31 2019
FTDNA has replaced the Big Y-500 test with a new Big Y-700 product. The new product should have wider and more consistent coverage of the useful area of the Y-chromosome. For distinguishing lineages within a family group or clan, this new test should prove valuable.

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May 2018
The impact of the EU's GDPR legislation has resulted in tremendous disruption to the field of genetic genealogy. Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) has added many restrictions and additional layers of sharing preferences on their web platform intended to fulfill GDPR requirements. These changes have included changing the URL address for our project web site. In many cases, DNA project administrators are removing results altogether from the Internet or making them members-only display. Sadly, the World Families Network (WFN) Project Administration services (our original web site) is also being closed after 14 years of providing free yet valuable assistance to genetic genealogists.