DNA Group Projects

Profile managers: Karen Lowe [send private message], Peter Roberts [send private message], and Mags Gaulden [send private message]

The goal of this project is to help DNA Group Administrators create, manage and maintain information associated with DNA Group Projects they administer.. See the 8 October 2023 announcement of our work in this G2G post.

Remember! The privacy of DNA testers must be protected. Do not list a tester's name within any information on a Group Project Page, including as the anchor to a pedigree or a relationship trail. Listing other company's DNA kit numbers is not a privacy issue, but associating a person's name with the DNA kit is. A WikiTree user may enter their own name on a project's page. That is a great way to highlight your participation, and will appear in the page's Changes feed.

From FamilyTree DNA:

"Those who take a Y-chromosome DNA (Y-DNA) test may join:

• Paternal lineage projects such as a Surname project for all who have the same surname or a variant. Paternal lineage projects may also be a project specific to a suspected shared ancestor.
• Y-chromosome Geographical Projects to verify a possible point of origin for the paternal line.
• After testing, you may join a Y-Chromosome Haplogroup project to explore your haplogroup in a historic context.

Those who take a mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) Test may join:

• Maternal Lineage Projects for individuals that have or suspect having the same maternal line.
• Mitochondrial Geographical Projects to verify a possible point of origin for the maternal line.
• After testing, you may join an mtDNA Haplogroup project to explore your haplogroup in a historic context."

DNA Group Projects, especially y-DNA (patrilineal) study projects, are often closely associated with Surname or Name Study projects, which may already exist on WikiTree. Many are already incorporating DNA into their project. Collaboration with these existing projects is imperative to take advantage of all of WikiTree's features. Before creating a DNA project, please review the list of name studies already existing on WikiTree and work with the relevant members to link these companion projects together. Place Studies may be incorporated as well.

• Request a Name Study
• Project:One_Place_Studies

Creating a DNA Group Project

WikiTree has great information for creating a Free Space Project. Please read through this information, then paste the DNA Group Project Template into the space you have just created.

Step-by-Step Guide

1. Go to "Add" Menu, top of page, scroll to and click "New Thing"
2. Add Title (should be the primary name or location) i.e., Golden DNA Group Project
3. Add other surnames, i.e. Goulding, Gold... (3 surnames per field)
4. Add locations if applicable
5. Paste the DNA Group Project Template into the Text box or use the DNAGP Conversion Application.
6. Add pedigrees or relationship trails. Use the Relationship Trails Conversion Application to convert text from FamilyTreeDNA into wikitext, the markup language used on WikiTree and many other wikis. Here is a WikiTree quick guide to Wiki-markup formatting]
7. Add information and images as needed.

Categories

Categories are a way for WikiTree to cross reference things. Please add these categories to your group project page as applicable (all should include the first category).

• [[Category:DNA Group Projects]]
• [[Category:One_Name_Studies]]
• [[Category:One_Place_Studies]] if relevant

Add this category to the relevant ancestor and WikiTree member profile biographies:

• [[Category:<surname> DNA Group Project]] if relevant

Tasks

Here are some of the first tasks that we have identified. Mags will be working on them, and could use your help!

• Building a team

Mags Gaulden

Peter Roberts

Greg Clarke

Azure Robinson

Veronica Williams

Ron Rowland

Darlene Athey Hill

Anne johnston

Ginny Winslet

William Watson

Doug Beezley

• Getting the word out
• Helpers for setup

Mags Gaulden

Azure Robinson

Veronica Williams

Darlene Athery Hill

Anne johnston

Ginny Winslet

• WikiTable Makers

Mags Gaulden

Doug Beezley

• Idea People
• Cousin Bait
• Apps

Greg Clarke

Will you join us? Please post a comment here on this page, in this G2G announcement, or send Mags a private message. Thanks!

Links, Widgets, Tips and Tricks

Click this symbol on a WikiTree profile to see relationships.

• WikiTree Relationship Trails - You can find the relationship between two profiles easily using WikiTree's Relationship Calculator. Relationship Finder Relationship trail from Mags Gaulden to her 5th Great grandfather, John Mathew Gaulding.
• DNA Ancestors - To see a WikiTreer's DNA ancestors (auDNA, YDNA, mtDNA and XDNA) Click on the person's WikiTree ID drop-down menu, scroll to and click "DNA". To insert a link to this into a DNA Project Group Page, use this URL: https://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/<''WikiTree ID''>/89
• DNA Descendants - To see a ancestor's DNA descendants (auDNA, YDNA, mtDNA and XDNA), Click on the person's WikiTree ID drop-down menu, scroll to and click "DNA". To insert a link to this into a DNA Project Group Page, use this URL: https://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/<''WikiTree ID''>/890
• DNA Confirmations and Potential DNA tested matches by DNA test type - To see a WikiTreer's DNA confirmations and potential DNA tested matches by DNA test type (auDNA, YDNA, mtDNA and XDNA) Click on the person's WikiTree ID drop-down menu, scroll to and click "DNA". To insert a link to this into a DNA Project Group Page, https://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/<''WikiTree ID''>/899
• DNA Surname Connections - To see a WikiTreer's DNA confirmations and potential DNA tested matches by DNA test type (auDNA, YDNA, mtDNA and XDNA) Click on the person's WikiTree ID drop-down menu, scroll to and click "DNA". To insert a link to this into a DNA Project Group Page, https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:DNATests&s=<''Surname''>
• WikiTable Converter Simply paste a spreadsheet and convert it to a WikiTable.
• Widget for showing Y Descendants of an Ancestor Smith Example

Full Sequence mtDNA haplogroup Earliest Known Ancestor

For mtDNA you can identify the Full Sequence mtDNA haplogroup Earliest Known Ancestor, by placing this template on the EKA ancestor for a direct maternal, matrilineal line. Add this category to the profile, [[Category: <haplogroup> FS mtDNA Haplogroup]] You can also add a category for the women who match the EKA so they all appear together in a category, [[Category:<haplogroup>mtDNA Group1]]

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Display:

Full Sequence mtDNA Haplogroup H1b1-T16362C Earliest Known Ancestor.

Resources

• Beasley Y-STR Blue Group -- A summary of the "Blue Group" Haplotype of Doug Beezley's Beasley Name Study
• [1] -- Cool table example from Doug Beezley
• Chris Gilberts DNA Lineage Page