Transferring Autosomal Test Results.

FamilyTreeDNA makes it convenient to transfer results from other testing services.  There is no charge for opening a Family Finder kit to accept the data.  However, FTDNA does charge for “unlocking” other features of its Family Finder service, including tools such as the chromosome browser often not available from other services.  The fee to unlock a kit is currently $19.  In rare circumstances where unlocking a kit will advance family research to a new level, project administrators may agree to pay the unlock fee if the owner of the kit requires financial assistance or has no personal interest in utilizing the full toolkit.

Instructions on downloading autosomal test results should be available from the service that administered the test.  As one example, here is the procedure to transfer data from Ancestry DNA:

1. Go into your Ancestry DNA account and open Your Account (under your name in the upper right corner), then DNA under Account Settings, and at the bottom of the next page you will see Test Management / Actions / Download DNA Data at the bottom.  Clicking on Download will create a file in your Downloads folder or perhaps your desktop depending on how you typically handle downloads.
2. Then open up https://www.familytreedna.com/ and in the menu bar at the top you will see Upload DNA Data.  This is free and will create a kit on Family Tree’s Family Finder under your name, email, password, etc.  A screen will appear where you can simply drag the Ancestry download file into the box and that will port your data into FF.  Sometimes it takes a couple minutes.  Family Finder will offer you the option to pay the $19, but that is not required if you only want to see autosomal matches and not use FF’s toolkit.
3. After your Family Finder kit is in place, you can join Stinnett Genealogy as follows.  In the menu bar of your FF kit, click on myPROJECTS / Join a Project.  On the page that appears, select Browse Group Projects / Surname Projects.  Stinnett Genealogy is under “S.”   No join authorization is required as of this Oct 2021 update.

Family Trees.

FTDNA also provides a facility for importing a family tree (GEDCOM data) or to construct a family tree on the project site itself.  Project members are expected to provide a family tree with at least the most recent three generations (kit owner, parents, grandparents) unless that information is unavailable.

Links.

FTDNA members are strongly encouraged to also join and post messages and inquiries to Stinnett Genealogy on Facebook.  This public group is the successor to Stinnett DNA Project, a Facebook public group initiated by Janet Crain.  

Project Administration.

Those who worked with her on family research were saddened by the death of Janet Crain, one of the founders of the FTDNA Stinnett Genealogy project.  To help ensure continuity in volunteer leadership going forward, two new co-administrators have been added, one from each of the two major subgroups of Y-DNA participants.  We also welcome as a co-administrator one of the FTDNA Calvert project administrators who is helping to coordinate research across surname lines.

We need to have a sufficient amount in the General Fund in order to fund upcoming projects.  So donations are very much appreciated!  You can donate by check, Credit Card, or PayPal.  Click on "Contribute to the Surname Project General Fund" on the left or go here.  Don't think your donation does not help.  It does!   If 16 people donated $10.00, we could proceed immediately to possibly solve a very important key piece of STINNETT history. 

Stinnett Case Study.

The lead researcher for the project (see Goals tab) to identify parents of the two Stinnett brothers (Benjamin and James) who settled in Amherst Co., VA, in the mid-1700’s reports progress in triangulating atDNA relationships among descendants using graph analytics and data from matching chromosome segments.  In some instances these go back many generations and have helped to verify or improve the accuracy of nodes on the patrilineal lines.  It is believed that these brothers are the progenitors of a vast number of the male and female Stinnett descendants who helped settle America.  Some Calvert/Colbert men have joined the case study in the mutual search for a common ancestor that would explain the large group of Stinnett males who carry Calvert Y-DNA (the R- clade).