Significant news today with the transfer of the DNA Heritage database and customers to Family Tree DNA. This will now bring several Scottish surname projects under the wing of FTDNA such as the original Lindsay DNA Project.
Below is part of the message from Alastair Greenshields, principal of DNA Heritage:
April 2011
Dear Customers,
Today we have signed an agreement with Family Tree DNA to transfer the DNA Heritage database, and also the Ybase domain, site and database. In a few weeks time, the DNA Heritage domain will also be transferred.
Customers within the DNA Heritage database will be able to opt-in to be uploaded into the FTDNA database. Family Tree DNA will organize this opt-in process. New orders can then later be taken through Family Tree DNA. Project Funds for Surname Projects will remain intact in the transfer.
In recent months sales have lowered which impacts the rate at which we can cover the costs of the lab process. With no immediate rise in sales, this became unsustainable so we started the process of finding a suitable company that could a) absorb the customer database and b) continue testing at the same markers. The number of companies that are able to do this is limited but we hope that our past customers will be happy with the transfer.
Because of the income from the sale of assets, testing will resume at our current labs and we shall complete all those in process, and also for those that have pre-paid.
See this link for more information:
http://www.familytreedna.com/landing/dna-heritage.aspx
Below is part of the message from Alastair Greenshields, principal of DNA Heritage:
April 2011
Dear Customers,
Today we have signed an agreement with Family Tree DNA to transfer the DNA Heritage database, and also the Ybase domain, site and database. In a few weeks time, the DNA Heritage domain will also be transferred.
Customers within the DNA Heritage database will be able to opt-in to be uploaded into the FTDNA database. Family Tree DNA will organize this opt-in process. New orders can then later be taken through Family Tree DNA. Project Funds for Surname Projects will remain intact in the transfer.
In recent months sales have lowered which impacts the rate at which we can cover the costs of the lab process. With no immediate rise in sales, this became unsustainable so we started the process of finding a suitable company that could a) absorb the customer database and b) continue testing at the same markers. The number of companies that are able to do this is limited but we hope that our past customers will be happy with the transfer.
Because of the income from the sale of assets, testing will resume at our current labs and we shall complete all those in process, and also for those that have pre-paid.
See this link for more information:
http://www.familytreedna.com/landing/dna-heritage.aspx
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