Twigs to Trees #31 June, 2018
Twigs to Trees
June 2018
Mary Helen Haines
Hello everyone. Summer has arrived in Texas with all the ensuing heat. I am looking forward to our Annual Members Meeting in September at Estes Park, Colorado where the temperatures will be perfect! I hope to see some of you there and have a chance to meet in person.
The biggest change that has occurred in our MacFarlane DNA project is the new rule that affects privacy. It is a big headache for the administrators because we cannot see your results or matches unless you specifically go to your settings and allow access. This means we can’t help you interpret results or make meaning from your results. So, please, if you haven’t already done so, follow the instructions here:
- 1. Log into your FTDNA personal home page and hover your cursor over your name on the top right hand side. This will create a drop down menu.
- 2. Click on 'Privacy & Sharing', then when the new screen comes up, click on the tab 'Project Preferences'.
- 3. Click on the 'Edit' button for the MacFarlane project.
- 4. Please grant ‘Limited Access’ to everyone.
Also, do this for any other project that you have joined at FTDNA, because all administrators of the projects are in the same boat.
The newest task I have taken on is to administer a couple of new DNA projects with FamilyTreeDNA. The Mobley surname is part of my distant lineage, and is also my husband’s mother’s name. By comparing my FF matches with his FF matches, I found that we are distantly related….oh my! They do say that we are all 6 degrees of separation and now I totally believe it. I am also the 6th cousin of my husband’s step-father. This is the fun of genealogy…..finding all the connections.