The Maternal Ancestry report allows Project Administrators to evaluate project members according to information they have entered about their maternal ancestry.
Accessing the Maternal Ancestry Page
To access this page:
- Sign in to your GAP account by entering your Project Administrator username and password.
- On the navigation bar, hover your cursor over Reports > Member Reports, and click Maternal Ancestry on the drop-down menu.
OR
In the lower section of your GAP dashboard, in the Member Reports section, click Maternal Ancestry.
You are directed to the Maternal Ancestry page.
Controls and Columns
The Maternal Ancestry page contains the following controls:
- Show Advanced Filter – Click to display the following fields:
- Name – Allows you to filter/search the table by member name.
- Country – Allows you to filter/search the table by maternal country of origin.
- Maternal Ancestor Name – Allows you to filter/search the table by name of the earliest known direct maternal ancestor.
- Map Location – Allows you to filter/search the table by location of the earliest known direct maternal ancestor.
- Export Spreadsheet – Click to export the Maternal Ancestry table to a spreadsheet.
The Maternal Ancestry page contains the following columns:
- Kit Number – Project member’s kit number that was assigned with their first order. You may click on the kit number to view their results if they have set their Account Settings Project Preferences Group Administrator Access level to either Limited or Advanced.
- Name – Name of the project member provided on the project member’s FamilyTreeDNA Account Settings Contact Information tab.
- Sub Group – Displays the mtDNA subgroup to which the project member is assigned. This column is blank if the member is not assigned to an mtDNA subgroup. Members are assigned to subgroups in the Member Subgrouping tool.
- Email – Primary email address provided on the project member’s Contact Information page.
- Country – Maternal country of origin associated with the project member as provided on the member’s FamilyTreeDNA Account Settings Earliest Known Ancestors tab. If the project member has not entered this information, Unknown Origin is displayed in this column.
- Comment – Any additional information provided to FamilyTreeDNA staff by the project member.
- Maternal Ancestor Name – Earliest known direct maternal ancestor as provided on the member’s Earliest Known Ancestors tab. If the project member has not entered this information, the column is left blank.
- Map Location – Known location of the earliest known direct maternal ancestor. If the project member has not entered this information, No Location Saved is displayed in this column.
- Latitude – Latitude of the Map Location of the earliest known direct maternal ancestor. If the project member has not entered this information, 0 is displayed in this column.
- Longitude – Longitude of the Map Location of the earliest known direct maternal ancestor. If the project member has not entered this information, 0 is displayed in this column.
- Tree – Specifies whether or not the member has a family tree on their FamilyTreeDNA account. The family tree icon is displayed in purple when the member has a family tree and gray when the member does not have a family tree. When the member has a family tree, you can click on this icon to view their tree.
- Remove From Group – You can remove a project member from the project by clicking on the trash can icon. You will need to provide a reason for removing the project member from the project and confirm your decision.
Each column may be sorted in ascending or descending order. To sort in ascending order (A->Z or 1->10), click on the column name once. To sort in descending order (Z->A or 10->1), click on the column name twice.