MEMBERSHIP:
Anyone with a bona fide interest in R-U198 may join our project. You may join our email correspondence list where you can be kept updated with any new developments and share information with fellow members. Anyone who has Y-STR results from FTDNA and has tested positive for the relevant SNP (U198, S29 or rs17222279) with any testing company may also join our FTDNA project:
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/U198
We maintain a database of confirmed R-U198 individuals here:
View table 1 (Tested) STR values of confirmed S29 members
Of course anyone is free to browse this website and constructive comment or information is welcome.
A NOTE ON “PERSONAL GENOME TESTING”:
Companies offering the above service (including “23 and me” and “deCODEme”) read a SNP called “rs17222279”. Anyone with an “A” at this marker will be R-U198+
PROJECT STATUS:
This project is non-commercial and the administrators are operating on a voluntary basis. They are not paid or remunerated by any company or individual. It is most important to realise that this is the spirit of the project and to act in like spirit.
ADMINISTRATION:
This project was founded by, and is currently administered by, John Sloan and Chris Meek and they may be contacted on the following email addresses.
sloanydna[at]aol{dot}com or chrismeek[at]aol{dot}com
DISCLAIMER:
We take care to include information which is already in the public domain and free from copyright. Where information is obtained from other sources we use this only with the express permission of the person/s involved. Anyone who has any concern with their information being used on this website should contact the administrators directly. We believe in fair play and consequently would ask anyone using or quoting our work to give credit and acknowledgment to the authors.